Use beginning of UUID for server uuidShort

app/Contracts/Repository/ServerRepositoryInterface.php

@@ -136,4 +136,13 @@ interface ServerRepositoryInterface extends RepositoryInterface, SearchableInter
      * @return int
      */
     public function getServersForPowerActionCount(array $servers = [], array $nodes = []): int;
+
+    /**
+     * Check if a given UUID and UUID-Short string are unique to a server.
+     *
+     * @param string $uuid
+     * @param string $short
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function isUniqueUuidCombo(string $uuid, string $short): bool;
 }

app/Repositories/Eloquent/ServerRepository.php

@@ -303,6 +303,18 @@ class ServerRepository extends EloquentRepository implements ServerRepositoryInt
         return $this->getServersForPowerAction($servers, $nodes, true);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Check if a given UUID and UUID-Short string are unique to a server.
+     *
+     * @param string $uuid
+     * @param string $short
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function isUniqueUuidCombo(string $uuid, string $short): bool
+    {
+        return ! $this->getBuilder()->where('uuid', '=', $uuid)->orWhere('uuidShort', '=', $short)->exists();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Return an array of server IDs that a given user can access based
      * on owner and subuser permissions.

app/Services/Servers/ServerCreationService.php

@@ -210,10 +210,12 @@ class ServerCreationService
      */
     private function createModel(array $data): Server
     {
+        $uuid = $this->generateUniqueUuidCombo();
+
         return $this->repository->create([
             'external_id' => array_get($data, 'external_id'),
-            'uuid' => Uuid::uuid4()->toString(),
-            'uuidShort' => str_random(8),
+            'uuid' => $uuid,
+            'uuidShort' => substr($uuid, 0, 8),
             'node_id' => array_get($data, 'node_id'),
             'name' => array_get($data, 'name'),
             'description' => array_get($data, 'description') ?? '',
@@ -289,4 +291,20 @@ class ServerCreationService
 
         return $allocation->node_id;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Create a unique UUID and UUID-Short combo for a server.
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    private function generateUniqueUuidCombo(): string
+    {
+        $uuid = Uuid::uuid4()->toString();
+
+        if (! $this->repository->isUniqueUuidCombo($uuid, substr($uuid, 0, 8))) {
+            return $this->generateUniqueUuidCombo();
+        }
+
+        return $uuid;
+    }
 }