Kernel

Reports the Linux kernel version string, release, and hostname as seen by the kernel.

Trait Path

kernel

Fields

Collection Method

Reads three files from /proc:

• /proc/version for the full version string
• /proc/sys/kernel/osrelease for the release identifier
• /proc/sys/kernel/hostname for the kernel-level hostname

Using in When Expressions

- name: install-kernel-headers
  type: package
  package: linux-headers-generic
  when: "os_family('debian')"

Using in Templates

- name: kernel-info
  type: file
  target_path: /var/lib/vigo/kernel.txt
  content: |
    Kernel: {{ .Traits.kernel.release }}
    Hostname: {{ .Traits.kernel.hostname }}

Platform

Linux