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CloudLinux VM not recognized

See original GitHub issue

I’ve encountered a CloudLinux VM that distro is unable to recognize:

$ distro
Name: 
Version: 
Codename: 
$ python -c 'import distro; print(distro.linux_distribution())'
('', '', '')

The problem is that none of the normal search strategies work:

$ which lsb_release
/usr/bin/which: no lsb_release in (...)
$ ls /etc/*release
ls: cannot access /etc/*release: No such file or directory
$ ls /etc/*version
ls: cannot access /etc/*version: No such file or directory
$ uname -a
Linux web.illinois.edu 3.10.0-962.3.2.lve1.5.24.9.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Feb 13 08:24:50 EST 2019 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
$ cat /proc/version
Linux version 3.10.0-962.3.2.lve1.5.24.9.el7.x86_64 (mockbuild@buildfarm02.cloudlinux.com) (gcc version 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-36) (GCC) ) #1 SMP Wed Feb 13 08:24:50 EST 2019

The only strategy that seems to work is:

$ hostnamectl
   Static hostname: web.illinois.edu
         Icon name: computer-vm
           Chassis: vm
           Boot ID: 5b5b8c522ccd4974808f192aea001491
    Virtualization: kvm
  Operating System: CloudLinux 7.6 (Vladimir Lyakhov)
       CPE OS Name: cpe:/o:cloudlinux:cloudlinux:7.6:GA:server
            Kernel: Linux 3.10.0-962.3.2.lve1.5.24.9.el7.x86_64
      Architecture: x86-64

We may need to add another search strategy to support this type of VM.

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Created 4 years ago
Comments:9 (9 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

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HorlogeSkynetcommented, Feb 8, 2022

So re.search around hostnamectl output, or something like dcar if we want to stop calling binaries directly in the future.

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adamjstewartcommented, Feb 6, 2022

This version of hostnamectl doesn’t have a --json option.

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