Host Basic

HostBasicModule retrieves basic information about the host: hostid, architecture, platform, distribution, version and uptime

Details

It heavily relies on the gopsutil library.

Data	Linux	Windows
hostname	uname syscall	GetComputerNameExW call
arch	uname syscall	GetNativeSystemInfo call
platform	runtime.GOOS variable	runtime.GOOS variable
distribution	scanning /etc/*-release files	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion* register keys
distribution version	scanning /etc/*-release files	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion* register keys
hostid	reading /sys/class/dmi/id/product_uuid, /etc/machine-id or /proc/sys/kernel/random/boot_id	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\MachineGuid register key
uptime	sysinfo syscall	GetTickCount64 call

Dependencies

Standard libraryExternal

• os

• time

• github.com/google/uuid

• github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v3/host