On Thu, 2022-07-14 at 19:59 +0200, Bill Allombert wrote: > On Thu, Jul 14, 2022 at 06:29:55PM +0200, Ansgar wrote: > > > From man:machine-id(5): > > > > +--- > > > The machine ID is usually generated from a random source during > > > system installation or first boot and stays constant for all > > > subsequent boots. Optionally, for stateless systems, it is generated > > > during runtime during early boot if necessary. > > +--- > > > > That looks like it fulfills what I guess popcon needs. > > Almost. Is it possible to detect stateless system so that they do not report > to popcon?
Does popcon detect such systems currently? I don't think anything changes for such systems with the proposed change? I'm not sure how one would reliably detect such systems; after all depending on ones definition any VM in a cloud may be such a system (depending on how it is used). Ansgar
