diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/utils/copernicus.c b/confluent_osdeploy/utils/copernicus.c
index 807f5dc1..a3aa1d19 100644
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/utils/copernicus.c
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/utils/copernicus.c
@@ -27,6 +27,20 @@ int add_uuid(char* destination, int maxsize) {
     return  uuidsize + 6;
 }
 
+int add_confluent_uuid(char* destination, int maxsize) {
+    int uuidf;
+    int uuidsize;
+    uuidf = open("/confluent_uuid", O_RDONLY);
+    if (uuidf < 1) { return 0; }
+    strncpy(destination, "/confluentuuid=", maxsize);
+    uuidsize = read(uuidf, destination + 15, maxsize - 15);
+    close(uuidf);
+    if (destination[uuidsize + 14] == '\n') {
+        destination[uuidsize + 14] = 0;
+    }
+    return uuidsize + 15;
+}
+
 void add_macs(char* destination, int maxsize) {
     struct ifaddrs *ifc, *ifa;
     struct sockaddr_ll *lla;
@@ -107,6 +121,8 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
     offset = strnlen(msg, 1024);
     add_uuid(msg + offset, 1024 - offset);
     offset = strnlen(msg, 1024);
+    add_confluent_uuid(msg + offset, 1024 - offset);
+    offset = strnlen(msg, 1024);
     add_macs(msg + offset, 1024 - offset);
     offset = strnlen(msg, 1024);
     ns = socket(AF_INET6, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
diff --git a/confluent_server/bin/osdeploy b/confluent_server/bin/osdeploy
index e849cfd8..38ade0b5 100644
--- a/confluent_server/bin/osdeploy
+++ b/confluent_server/bin/osdeploy
@@ -315,6 +315,16 @@ def initialize(cmdset):
     opath = os.getcwd()
     os.chdir('/var/lib/confluent/public/site')
     totar = []
+    if not os.path.exists('confluent_uuid'):
+        c = client.Command()
+        for rsp in c.read('/uuid'):
+            uuid = rsp.get('uuid', {}}).get('value', None)
+            if uuid:
+                with open('confluent_uuid') as uuidout:
+                    uuidout.write(uuid)
+                    uuidout.write('\n')
+    totar.append('confluent_uuid')
+    topack.append('confluent_uuid')
     if os.path.exists('ssh'):
         totar.append('ssh')
         topack.append('ssh/')
diff --git a/confluent_server/confluent/core.py b/confluent_server/confluent/core.py
index fd9aa58e..741db4fa 100644
--- a/confluent_server/confluent/core.py
+++ b/confluent_server/confluent/core.py
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ def _merge_dict(original, custom):
 
 rootcollections = ['deployment/', 'discovery/', 'events/', 'networking/',
                    'noderange/', 'nodes/', 'nodegroups/', 'usergroups/' ,
-                   'users/', 'version']
+                   'users/', 'uuid', 'version']
 
 
 class PluginRoute(object):
@@ -1216,6 +1216,8 @@ def handle_path(path, operation, configmanager, inputdata=None, autostrip=True):
             configmanager, inputdata, operation, pathcomponents)
     elif pathcomponents[0] == 'version':
         return (msg.Attributes(kv={'version': confluent.__version__}),)
+    elif pathcomponents[0] == 'uuid':
+        return (msg.Attributes(kv={'uuid': cfm.get_global('confluent_uuid')}),)
     elif pathcomponents[0] == 'usergroups':
         # TODO: when non-administrator accounts exist,
         # they must only be allowed to see their own user