Status: Experimental
type: host
Description: A host is defined as a general computing instance.
| Attribute | Type | Description | Examples | Requirement Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
host.id |
string | Unique host ID. For Cloud, this must be the instance_id assigned by the cloud provider. For non-containerized Linux systems, the machine-id located in /etc/machine-id or /var/lib/dbus/machine-id may be used. |
fdbf79e8af94cb7f9e8df36789187052 |
Recommended |
host.name |
string | Name of the host. On Unix systems, it may contain what the hostname command returns, or the fully qualified hostname, or another name specified by the user. | opentelemetry-test |
Recommended |
host.type |
string | Type of host. For Cloud, this must be the machine type. | n1-standard-1 |
Recommended |
host.arch |
string | The CPU architecture the host system is running on. | amd64 |
Recommended |
host.image.name |
string | Name of the VM image or OS install the host was instantiated from. | infra-ami-eks-worker-node-7d4ec78312; CentOS-8-x86_64-1905 |
Recommended |
host.image.id |
string | VM image ID. For Cloud, this value is from the provider. | ami-07b06b442921831e5 |
Recommended |
host.image.version |
string | The version string of the VM image as defined in Version Attributes. | 0.1 |
Recommended |
host.arch 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 |
|---|---|
amd64 |
AMD64 |
arm32 |
ARM32 |
arm64 |
ARM64 |
ia64 |
Itanium |
ppc32 |
32-bit PowerPC |
ppc64 |
64-bit PowerPC |
s390x |
IBM z/Architecture |
x86 |
32-bit x86 |