In case of virtualized environments, this is the operating system as it is observed by the process, i.e., the virtualized guest rather than the underlying host.
Status:
type: os
Description: The operating system (OS) on which the process represented by this resource is running.
| Attribute | Type | Description | Examples | Requirement Level | Stability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
os.type |
string | The operating system type. | windows; linux; darwin |
Required |
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os.build_id |
string | Unique identifier for a particular build or compilation of the operating system. [1] | TQ3C.230805.001.B2; 20E247; 22621 |
Recommended |
|
os.description |
string | Human readable (not intended to be parsed) OS version information, like e.g. reported by ver or lsb_release -a commands. |
Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.18363.778]; Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS |
Recommended |
|
os.name |
string | Human readable operating system name. | iOS; Android; Ubuntu |
Recommended |
|
os.version |
string | The version string of the operating system as defined in Version Attributes. | 14.2.1; 18.04.1 |
Recommended |
|
[1] os.build_id: build_id values SHOULD be obtained from the following sources:
| OS | Primary | Fallback |
|---|---|---|
| Windows | CurrentBuildNumber from registry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion |
- |
| MacOS | ProductBuildVersion from /System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion.plist |
ProductBuildVersion from /System/Library/CoreServices/ServerVersion.plist |
| Linux | BUILD_ID from /etc/os-release |
BUILD_ID from /usr/lib/os-release; contents of /proc/sys/kernel/osrelease |
os.type has the following list of well-known values. If one of them applies, then the respective value MUST be used; otherwise, a custom value MAY be used.
| Value | Description | Stability |
|---|---|---|
aix |
AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) | |
darwin |
Apple Darwin | |
dragonflybsd |
DragonFly BSD | |
freebsd |
FreeBSD | |
hpux |
HP-UX (Hewlett Packard Unix) | |
linux |
Linux | |
netbsd |
NetBSD | |
openbsd |
OpenBSD | |
solaris |
SunOS, Oracle Solaris | |
windows |
Microsoft Windows | |
z_os |
IBM z/OS | |