4.5.1 About the uptrack-api-authorize Command

The uptrack-api-authorize command uses the authorize API call to change the authorization for a single machine, for example:

$ uptrack-api-authorize -u api_username -k api_key uuid deny
Successfully denied access for uuid.
$ uptrack-api-authorize -u api_username -k api_key uuid allow
Successfully allowed access for uuid .

Note

To view your API user name and API key, log in to https://uptrack.ksplice.com and select the Settings tab.

The UUID of a registered machine is stored in /var/lib/uptrack/uuid on the machine. An example of a UUID is e82ba0ae-ad0a-4b92-a776-62b502bfd29d.