Operating system
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.
Attributes:
| Key | Stability | Requirement Level | Value Type | Description | Example Values |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
os.type |  | Required | string | The operating system type. | windows; linux; darwin |
os.build_id | | Recommended | string | Unique identifier for a particular build or compilation of the operating system. [1] | TQ3C.230805.001.B2; 20E247; 22621 |
os.description | | Recommended | 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 |
os.name | | Recommended | string | Human readable operating system name. | iOS; Android; Ubuntu |
os.version | | Recommended | string | The version string of the operating system as defined in Version Attributes. | 14.2.1; 18.04.1 |
[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 | |
zos | IBM z/OS | |
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