Container

Status:

type: container

Description: A container instance.

Attributes:

Key	Stability	Requirement Level	Value Type	Description	Example Values
container.id		Recommended	string	Container ID. Usually a UUID, as for example used to identify Docker containers. The UUID might be abbreviated.	a3bf90e006b2
container.label.<key>		Recommended	string	Container labels, <key> being the label name, the value being the label value. [1]	nginx
container.name		Recommended	string	Container name used by container runtime.	opentelemetry-autoconf
oci.manifest.digest		Recommended	string	The digest of the OCI image manifest. For container images specifically is the digest by which the container image is known. [2]	sha256:e4ca62c0d62f3e886e684806dfe9d4e0cda60d54986898173c1083856cfda0f4
container.command		Opt-In	string	The command used to run the container (i.e. the command name). [3]	otelcontribcol
container.command_args		Opt-In	string[]	All the command arguments (including the command/executable itself) run by the container.	["otelcontribcol", "--config", "config.yaml"]
container.command_line		Opt-In	string	The full command run by the container as a single string representing the full command.	otelcontribcol --config config.yaml

[1] container.label.<key>: For example, a docker container label app with value nginx SHOULD be recorded as the container.label.app attribute with value "nginx".

[2] oci.manifest.digest: Follows OCI Image Manifest Specification, and specifically the Digest property. An example can be found in Example Image Manifest.

[3] container.command: If using embedded credentials or sensitive data, it is recommended to remove them to prevent potential leakage.