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Use Frosty Meadow to generate a 'random' name for the server, but first seed Ruby's random with the contents of machine-id. Assumes that /etc/machine-id is valid and exists, and that it contains only hexadecimal numbers. Modify the source to any other source of predictable, guessable machine information. Like the MAC address or similar.
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| require 'frosty_meadow' | |
| # Use [Frosty Meadow](https://github.com/andyhmltn/frosty-meadow) to generate a | |
| # 'random' name for the server, but first seed Ruby's random with the contents | |
| # of machine-id. | |
| # | |
| # Assumes that /etc/machine-id is valid and exists, and that it contains only | |
| # hexadecimal numbers. Modify the source to any other source of predictable, | |
| # guessable machine information. Like the MAC address or similar. | |
| machine_id_seed = open("/etc/machine-id").read.to_i(16) | |
| old_seed = srand(machine_id_seed) | |
| puts FrostyMeadow.generate | |
| srand(old_seed) |
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