Windows Supported Facts

Generated from docs/schema/facts.yaml . conditional entries may be absent on a host when their preconditions do not hold.

Example Output

$ facts --json
{
  "fips_enabled": false,
  "kernel": {
    "name": "windows",
    "release": {
      "full": "10.0.22631",
      "major": "10",
      "minor": "0",
      "patch": "22631"
    },
    "version": {
      "full": "10.0.22631"
    }
  },
  "networking": {
    "hostname": "winbuild01",
    "interfaces": {
      "Ethernet": {
        "ip": "192.0.2.30",
        "mac": "00:15:5d:00:00:01",
        "mtu": 1500
      }
    }
  },
  "os": {
    "family": "windows",
    "name": "windows",
    "windows": {
      "system32": "C:\\Windows\\System32"
    }
  },
  "path": [
    "C:\\Windows\\system32",
    "C:\\Windows"
  ]
}

Fact Contract

101 schema entries include windows.

Fact	Type	Conditional	Description
`augeas.version`	`string`	yes	The Augeas version reported by augparse, when Augeas is installed.
`az_metadata`	`map`	yes	The Azure Instance Metadata Service tree, on Azure virtual machines.
`cloud.provider`	`string`	yes	The cloud provider hosting the machine: aws, azure, or gce.
`dmi.manufacturer`	`string`	yes	The manufacturer of the system.
`dmi.product.name`	`string`	yes	The product name of the system (the hardware model on macOS).
`dmi.product.serial_number`	`string`	yes	The serial number of the system.
`dmi.product.uuid`	`string`	yes	The hardware UUID of the system.
`ec2_metadata`	`map`	yes	The EC2 instance metadata tree, on AWS instances.
`ec2_userdata`	`string`	yes	The EC2 instance user data, on AWS instances that define it.
`facterversion`	`string`	no	The Facter compatibility version of the Facts engine.
`fips_enabled`	`boolean`	no	Whether the platform enforces FIPS-validated cryptography.
`gce`	`map`	yes	The Google Compute Engine metadata tree, on GCE instances.
`hypervisors.hyperv`	`map`	yes	Hyper-V guest details, when running on Microsoft Hyper-V (including Azure).
`hypervisors.kvm`	`map`	yes	KVM guest details, when running on a KVM hypervisor.
`hypervisors.kvm.google`	`boolean`	yes	Whether the KVM hypervisor is Google Compute Engine.
`hypervisors.kvm.openstack`	`boolean`	yes	Whether the KVM hypervisor is OpenStack.
`hypervisors.virtualbox`	`map`	yes	VirtualBox guest details, when running on VirtualBox.
`hypervisors.virtualbox.revision`	`string`	yes	The revision of the VirtualBox hypervisor.
`hypervisors.virtualbox.version`	`string`	yes	The version of the VirtualBox hypervisor.
`hypervisors.vmware`	`map`	yes	VMware guest details, when running on VMware.
`hypervisors.xen`	`map`	yes	Xen guest details, when running on Xen.
`hypervisors.xen.context`	`string`	yes	The Xen virtualization context: hvm or pv.
`identity.privileged`	`boolean`	no	Whether Facts is running with root (or Administrator) privileges.
`identity.user`	`string`	no	The name of the user running Facts.
`is_virtual`	`boolean`	no	Whether the machine is a virtual machine or container.
`kernel.name`	`string`	no	The kernel name, such as Linux, Darwin, windows, FreeBSD, or Plan 9.
`kernel.release.full`	`string`	no	The full kernel release reported by the system.
`kernel.release.major`	`string`	no	The major component of the kernel release.
`kernel.release.minor`	`string`	no	The minor component of the kernel release.
`kernel.release.patch`	`string`	yes	The patch component of the kernel release, when one is present.
`kernel.version.full`	`string`	no	The kernel version, without any release suffix.
`load_averages.15m`	`double`	no	The 15-minute system load average (null on Windows).
`load_averages.1m`	`double`	no	The 1-minute system load average (null on Windows).
`load_averages.5m`	`double`	no	The 5-minute system load average (null on Windows).
`memory.system.available`	`string`	no	The display amount of free physical memory, such as 1.00 GiB.
`memory.system.available_bytes`	`integer`	no	The free physical memory, in bytes.
`memory.system.capacity`	`string`	no	The percentage of physical memory in use.
`memory.system.total`	`string`	yes	The display amount of total physical memory, such as 16.00 GiB.
`memory.system.total_bytes`	`integer`	yes	The total physical memory, in bytes.
`memory.system.used`	`string`	no	The display amount of physical memory in use, such as 1.00 GiB.
`memory.system.used_bytes`	`integer`	no	The physical memory in use, in bytes.
`mountpoints.*`	`map`	yes	A mounted filesystem, keyed by mount path.
`networking.dhcp`	`string`	no	The DHCP server of the primary interface, when known.
`networking.domain`	`string`	yes	The DNS domain of the host, when one is configured.
`networking.fqdn`	`string`	no	The fully qualified domain name of the host.
`networking.hostname`	`string`	yes	The short host name of the machine.
`networking.interfaces.*`	`map`	yes	A network interface, keyed by interface name.
`networking.interfaces.*.bindings`	`array`	yes	The IPv4 bindings of the interface (address, netmask, network).
`networking.interfaces.*.bindings6`	`array`	yes	The IPv6 bindings of the interface (address, netmask, network, scope6, flags).
`networking.interfaces.*.dhcp`	`string`	yes	The DHCP server of the interface, when known (null on Windows interfaces without one).
`networking.interfaces.*.dns_suffix`	`string`	yes	The connection-specific DNS suffix of the interface.
`networking.interfaces.*.ip`	`string`	yes	The first IPv4 address bound to the interface.
`networking.interfaces.*.ip6`	`string`	yes	The first IPv6 address bound to the interface.
`networking.interfaces.*.mac`	`string`	yes	The MAC address of the interface.
`networking.interfaces.*.mtu`	`integer`	yes	The maximum transmission unit of the interface.
`networking.interfaces.*.netmask`	`string`	yes	The IPv4 netmask of the interface’s first binding.
`networking.interfaces.*.netmask6`	`string`	yes	The IPv6 netmask of the interface’s first binding.
`networking.interfaces.*.network`	`string`	yes	The IPv4 network of the interface’s first binding.
`networking.interfaces.*.network6`	`string`	yes	The IPv6 network of the interface’s first binding.
`networking.interfaces.*.scope6`	`string`	yes	The IPv6 scope of the interface’s first binding, such as global or link.
`networking.ip`	`string`	yes	The IPv4 address of the primary interface.
`networking.ip6`	`string`	yes	The IPv6 address of the primary interface.
`networking.mac`	`string`	yes	The MAC address of the primary interface.
`networking.mtu`	`integer`	yes	The maximum transmission unit of the primary interface.
`networking.netmask`	`string`	yes	The IPv4 netmask of the primary interface.
`networking.netmask6`	`string`	yes	The IPv6 netmask of the primary interface.
`networking.network`	`string`	yes	The IPv4 network of the primary interface.
`networking.network6`	`string`	yes	The IPv6 network of the primary interface.
`networking.primary`	`string`	yes	The name of the primary interface.
`networking.scope6`	`string`	yes	The IPv6 scope of the primary interface, such as global or link.
`os.architecture`	`string`	no	The operating system’s hardware architecture, such as x86_64 or arm64.
`os.family`	`string`	no	The operating system family, such as Debian, RedHat, Darwin, windows, or Plan 9.
`os.hardware`	`string`	no	The hardware model of the machine, such as x86_64.
`os.name`	`string`	no	The operating system name, such as Ubuntu, Darwin, windows, or Plan 9.
`os.release.full`	`string`	no	The full release number of the operating system.
`os.release.major`	`string`	no	The major release number of the operating system.
`os.windows.display_version`	`string`	yes	The Windows display version, such as 24H2 (Windows 10 20H2 and later).
`os.windows.edition_id`	`string`	no	The Windows edition identifier, such as ServerDatacenter.
`os.windows.installation_type`	`string`	no	The Windows installation type, such as Server or Client.
`os.windows.product_name`	`string`	no	The Windows product name, such as Windows Server 2022 Datacenter.
`os.windows.release_id`	`string`	no	The Windows release identifier (the display version when available).
`os.windows.system32`	`string`	no	The native system32 directory, sysnative-aware for 32-bit processes.
`path`	`array`	no	The PATH environment entries of the Facts process, in lookup order.
`processors.cores`	`integer`	no	The number of cores per processor socket.
`processors.count`	`integer`	yes	The number of logical processors.
`processors.extensions`	`array`	no	The instruction set architectures the processors support, including the base architecture and x86_64 microarchitecture levels.
`processors.isa`	`string`	yes	The processor instruction set architecture, as reported by the platform.
`processors.models`	`array`	yes	The processor model strings, one entry per logical processor.
`processors.physicalcount`	`integer`	no	The number of physical processor sockets.
`processors.threads`	`integer`	no	The number of hardware threads per core.
`ssh`	`map`	yes	The structured SSH host key tree, when host keys are visible.
`ssh.*.fingerprints.sha1`	`string`	yes	The SSHFP SHA-1 fingerprint of the SSH host key, keyed by key algorithm.
`ssh.*.fingerprints.sha256`	`string`	yes	The SSHFP SHA-256 fingerprint of the SSH host key, keyed by key algorithm.
`ssh.*.key`	`string`	yes	The public SSH host key, keyed by key algorithm.
`ssh.*.type`	`string`	yes	The SSH host key type, such as ssh-ed25519, keyed by key algorithm.
`system_uptime.days`	`integer`	yes	The whole days the system has been up.
`system_uptime.hours`	`integer`	yes	The whole hours the system has been up.
`system_uptime.seconds`	`integer`	yes	The seconds the system has been up.
`system_uptime.uptime`	`string`	yes	The display form of the system uptime, such as 3 days.
`timezone`	`string`	no	The abbreviated time zone name of the system, such as UTC.
`virtual`	`string`	no	The hypervisor or container technology the machine runs under, or physical.