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diff --git a/docs/CONTAINER_INTERFACE.md b/docs/CONTAINER_INTERFACE.md index 71f9185c58..a36d2edc72 100644 --- a/docs/CONTAINER_INTERFACE.md +++ b/docs/CONTAINER_INTERFACE.md @@ -121,6 +121,16 @@ manager, please consider supporting the following interfaces. `container_ttys=pts/7 pts/8 pts/14` it will spawn three additional login gettys on ptys 7, 8, and 14. +4. To allow applications to detect the OS version and other metadata of the host + running the container manager, if this is considered desirable, please parse + the host's `/etc/os-release` and set a `$container_host_<key>=<VALUE>` + environment variable for the ID fields described by the [os-release + interface](https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/os-release.html), eg: + `$container_host_id=debian` + `$container_host_build_id=2020-06-15` + `$container_host_variant_id=server` + `$container_host_version_id=10` + ## Advanced Integration 1. Consider syncing `/etc/localtime` from the host file system into the |