docs: add warning on using non-uuid name for openssh nodes (#50906)

* docs: add warning on using non-uuid name for openssh nodes * docs: update verbiage on using non-uuid * docs: move warning * docs: update nodename instrs Co-authored-by: rosstimothy <[email protected]> * docs: update verbiage for metadata.name Co-authored-by: rosstimothy <[email protected]> --------- Co-authored-by: rosstimothy <[email protected]>
gravitational · Jan 14, 2025 · 3c79278 · 3c79278
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@@ -99,9 +99,7 @@ and `spec.hostname` to the name of the node as you would like users to see it in
 
 The `metadata.labels` field labels the SSH Service instance so you can apply RBAC rules to it.
 
-The `metadata.name` field isn't mandatory, but setting it here will save you some work later.
-
-To generate a new universal unique identifier (UUID) suitable for a `node` name, use the `uuidgen`
+The `metadata.name` field isn't mandatory, but if supplied, it must be a universal unique identifier (UUID).  To generate a new UUID suitable for a `node` name, use the `uuidgen`
 on Linux or macOS, or use the `New-Guid` cmdlet in Powershell on Windows.
 
 Create the node resource: