Operating system-level virtualization discovery

  • Release version: Australia
  • Updated March 12, 2026
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  • Discovery can collect image and container information from Operating system-level virtualization (OS-level virtualization) engines.

    Discovery can determine container status and size and identify images and their tags provided by operating-system-level virtualization.

    Note:
    Currently, the ServiceNow® platform supports the discovery of Docker virtualization containers only.

    Table schema

    Table Description
    cmdb_ci_oslv_engine Base table for all OSLV engines.
    cmdb_ci_oslv_image Base table for globally unique OSLV images.
    cmdb_ci_oslv_local_image Base table for local instances of OSLV images.
    cmdb_ci_oslv_image_tag Base table for tags on OSLV images.
    cmdb_ci_oslv_container Base table to store containers found on the host.

    Data collected

    Table Fields
    Operating System Level Virtualization Engine [cmdb_ci_oslv_engine] Server [server]
    Operating System Level Virtualization Image [cmdb_ci_oslv_image]
    • Image ID [image_id]
    • Image digest [image_digest]
    • Image created [image_created_at]
    • Size (bytes) [size_bytes]
    Operating System Level Virtualization Local Image [cmdb_ci_oslv_local_image] Image ID [image_id]
    Operating System Level Virtualization Image Tag [cmdb_ci_oslv_image_tag]
    • Image ID [image_id]
    • Repository [repository]
    • Tag [tag]
    Operating System Level Virtualization Container [cmdb_ci_oslv_container]
    • Container ID [container_id]
    • Status [status]
    • Size (bytes) [size_bytes]
    • Image ID [image_id]