diff --git a/server/Cargo.toml b/server/Cargo.toml
index 6bfa31428..020278b6c 100644
--- a/server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/server/Cargo.toml
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ tokio = { version = "1.13.1", default-features = false, features = [
 clokwerk = "0.4.0-rc1"
 actix-web-static-files = "4.0"
 static-files = "0.2.1"
+ulid = { version = "1.0", features = ["serde"] }
 ureq = { version = "2.5.0", features = ["json"] }
-uuid = { version = "1.2.1", features = ["v4", "fast-rng", "serde"] }
 
 [build-dependencies]
 static-files = "0.2.1"
diff --git a/server/src/alerts/mod.rs b/server/src/alerts/mod.rs
index b793d6176..caa8153d4 100644
--- a/server/src/alerts/mod.rs
+++ b/server/src/alerts/mod.rs
@@ -17,11 +17,12 @@
  */
 
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
-use uuid::Uuid;
 
 pub mod rule;
 pub mod target;
 
+use crate::utils::uid::Uid;
+
 pub use self::rule::Rule;
 use self::target::Target;
 
@@ -34,8 +35,8 @@ pub struct Alerts {
 #[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 #[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
 pub struct Alert {
-    #[serde(default = "crate::utils::uuid::gen")]
-    pub id: Uuid,
+    #[serde(default = "crate::utils::uid::gen")]
+    pub id: Uid,
     pub name: String,
     pub message: String,
     pub rule: Rule,
diff --git a/server/src/storage/store_metadata.rs b/server/src/storage/store_metadata.rs
index 7fc408d11..0ed7faaa8 100644
--- a/server/src/storage/store_metadata.rs
+++ b/server/src/storage/store_metadata.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ use std::{
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::io;
 
-use crate::{option::CONFIG, utils::hostname_unchecked};
+use crate::{option::CONFIG, utils::uid};
 
 use super::{object_storage::PARSEABLE_METADATA_FILE_NAME, ObjectStorageError};
 
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ pub struct StorageMetadata {
     pub mode: String,
     pub staging: PathBuf,
     pub storage: String,
-    pub deployment_id: String,
+    #[serde(default = "crate::utils::uid::gen")]
+    pub deployment_id: uid::Uid,
     pub user: Vec<User>,
     pub stream: Vec<String>,
 }
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ impl StorageMetadata {
             mode: CONFIG.storage_name.to_owned(),
             staging: CONFIG.staging_dir().canonicalize().unwrap(),
             storage: CONFIG.storage().get_endpoint(),
-            deployment_id: hostname_unchecked(),
+            deployment_id: uid::gen(),
             user: Vec::new(),
             stream: Vec::new(),
         }
diff --git a/server/src/utils.rs b/server/src/utils.rs
index a0b7945b7..d78a441ae 100644
--- a/server/src/utils.rs
+++ b/server/src/utils.rs
@@ -121,11 +121,13 @@ pub fn capitalize_ascii(s: &str) -> String {
     s[0..1].to_uppercase() + &s[1..]
 }
 
-pub mod uuid {
-    use uuid::Uuid;
+pub mod uid {
+    use ulid::Ulid;
 
-    pub fn gen() -> Uuid {
-        Uuid::new_v4()
+    pub type Uid = Ulid;
+
+    pub fn gen() -> Ulid {
+        Ulid::new()
     }
 }