Tracking computing systems utilizing software repositories

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions to cause a processor to perform operations comprising:

• providing, to a software package manager, access to a software repository using a uniform resource locator (URL);
• receiving, at the software repository, a request to download a software package from the software package manager;
• capturing, upon access to the URL by the software package manager, an identifier that is assigned by the software package manager, the identifier to be used to track a computing system, wherein the identifier is specific to the software package manager, wherein the identifier comprises a universal unique identifier (UUID), wherein the URL comprises a replaceable field for the identifier and wherein capturing the identifier comprises replacing the replaceable field with the UUID;
• and
• recording, by the processor, the identifier at the software repository.

An apparatus comprising:

• a memory to contain instructions;
• and
• a processor coupled to the memory, the processor to:
• provide, to a software package manager, access to a software repository using a uniform resource locator (URL);
• receive, at the software repository, a request to download a software package from the software package manager;
• capture, upon access to the URL by the software package manager, an identifier that is assigned by the software package manager, the identifier to be used to track a computing system, wherein the identifier is specific to the software package manager, wherein the identifier comprises a universal unique identifier (UUID), wherein the URL comprises a replaceable field for the identifier and wherein capturing the identifier comprises replacing the replaceable field with the UUID;
• and
• record the identifier at the software repository.