Supported Fields for Conditions and Outputs

Events fields that you can use in conditions and outputs of Falco Rules

Here are the fields supported by Falco. These fields can be used in the condition key of a Falco rule and well as the output key. Any fields included in the output key of a rule will also be included in the alert's output_fields object when json_output is set to true.

You can also see this set of fields via falco --list=<source>, with <source> being one of the Falco event sources.

System Calls (source `syscall`)

syscall event source fields are provided by the Falco Drivers. See the supported events documentation to learn about all the available event types. The field evt.arg, evt.args and evt.rawarg is used to access arguments for each event. For example, in order to access the target arg of a symlinkat exit event you can use evt.arg.target.

# System Kernel Fields
$ falco --list=syscall

Field Class: evt

These fields can be used for all event types

Name	Type	Description
`evt.num`	UINT64	event number.
`evt.time`	CHARBUF	event timestamp as a time string that includes the nanosecond part.
`evt.time.s`	CHARBUF	event timestamp as a time string with no nanoseconds.
`evt.time.iso8601`	CHARBUF	event timestamp in ISO 8601 format, including nanoseconds and time zone offset (in UTC).
`evt.datetime`	CHARBUF	event timestamp as a time string that includes the date.
`evt.datetime.s`	CHARBUF	event timestamp as a datetime string with no nanoseconds.
`evt.rawtime`	ABSTIME	absolute event timestamp, i.e. nanoseconds from epoch.
`evt.rawtime.s`	ABSTIME	integer part of the event timestamp (e.g. seconds since epoch).
`evt.rawtime.ns`	ABSTIME	fractional part of the absolute event timestamp.
`evt.reltime`	RELTIME	number of nanoseconds from the beginning of the capture.
`evt.reltime.s`	RELTIME	number of seconds from the beginning of the capture.
`evt.reltime.ns`	RELTIME	fractional part (in ns) of the time from the beginning of the capture.
`evt.pluginname`	CHARBUF	if the event comes from a plugin-defined event source, the name of the plugin that generated it. The plugin must be currently loaded.
`evt.plugininfo`	CHARBUF	if the event comes from a plugin-defined event source, a summary of the event as formatted by the plugin. The plugin must be currently loaded.
`evt.source`	CHARBUF	the name of the source that produced the event.
`evt.is_async`	BOOL	'true' for asynchronous events, 'false' otherwise.
`evt.asynctype`	CHARBUF	If the event is asynchronous, the type of the event (e.g. 'container').
`evt.hostname`	CHARBUF	The hostname of the underlying host can be customized by setting an environment variable (e.g. FALCO_HOSTNAME for the Falco agent). This is valuable in Kubernetes setups, where the hostname can match the pod name particularly in DaemonSet deployments. To achieve this, assign Kubernetes' spec.nodeName to the environment variable. Notably, spec.nodeName generally includes the cluster name.

Field Class: evt (for system calls)

Event fields applicable to syscall events. Note that for most events you can access the individual arguments/parameters of each syscall via evt.arg, e.g. evt.arg.filename.

Name	Type	Description
`evt.latency`	RELTIME	delta between an exit event and the correspondent enter event, in nanoseconds.
`evt.latency.s`	RELTIME	integer part of the event latency delta.
`evt.latency.ns`	RELTIME	fractional part of the event latency delta.
`evt.latency.human`	CHARBUF	delta between an exit event and the correspondent enter event, as a human readable string (e.g. 10.3ms).
`evt.deltatime`	RELTIME	delta between this event and the previous event, in nanoseconds.
`evt.deltatime.s`	RELTIME	integer part of the delta between this event and the previous event.
`evt.deltatime.ns`	RELTIME	fractional part of the delta between this event and the previous event.
`evt.dir`	CHARBUF	event direction can be either '>' for enter events or '<' for exit events.
`evt.type`	CHARBUF	The name of the event (e.g. 'open').
`evt.type.is`	UINT32	allows one to specify an event type, and returns 1 for events that are of that type. For example, evt.type.is.open returns 1 for open events, 0 for any other event.
`syscall.type`	CHARBUF	For system call events, the name of the system call (e.g. 'open'). Unset for other events (e.g. switch or internal events). Use this field instead of evt.type if you need to make sure that the filtered/printed value is actually a system call.
`evt.category`	CHARBUF	The event category. Example values are 'file' (for file operations like open and close), 'net' (for network operations like socket and bind), memory (for things like brk or mmap), and so on.
`evt.cpu`	INT16	number of the CPU where this event happened.
`evt.args`	CHARBUF	all the event arguments, aggregated into a single string.
`evt.arg`	CHARBUF	one of the event arguments specified by name or by number. Some events (e.g. return codes or FDs) will be converted into a text representation when possible. E.g. 'evt.arg.fd' or 'evt.arg[0]'.
`evt.rawarg`	DYNAMIC	one of the event arguments specified by name. E.g. 'evt.rawarg.fd'.
`evt.info`	CHARBUF	for most events, this field returns the same value as evt.args. However, for some events (like writes to /dev/log) it provides higher level information coming from decoding the arguments.
`evt.buffer`	BYTEBUF	the binary data buffer for events that have one, like read(), recvfrom(), etc. Use this field in filters with 'contains' to search into I/O data buffers.
`evt.buflen`	UINT64	the length of the binary data buffer for events that have one, like read(), recvfrom(), etc.
`evt.res`	CHARBUF	event return value, as a string. If the event failed, the result is an error code string (e.g. 'ENOENT'), otherwise the result is the string 'SUCCESS'.
`evt.rawres`	INT64	event return value, as a number (e.g. -2). Useful for range comparisons.
`evt.failed`	BOOL	'true' for events that returned an error status.
`evt.is_io`	BOOL	'true' for events that read or write to FDs, like read(), send, recvfrom(), etc.
`evt.is_io_read`	BOOL	'true' for events that read from FDs, like read(), recv(), recvfrom(), etc.
`evt.is_io_write`	BOOL	'true' for events that write to FDs, like write(), send(), etc.
`evt.io_dir`	CHARBUF	'r' for events that read from FDs, like read(); 'w' for events that write to FDs, like write().
`evt.is_wait`	BOOL	'true' for events that make the thread wait, e.g. sleep(), select(), poll().
`evt.wait_latency`	RELTIME	for events that make the thread wait (e.g. sleep(), select(), poll()), this is the time spent waiting for the event to return, in nanoseconds.
`evt.is_syslog`	BOOL	'true' for events that are writes to /dev/log.
`evt.count`	UINT32	This filter field always returns 1.
`evt.count.error`	UINT32	This filter field returns 1 for events that returned with an error.
`evt.count.error.file`	UINT32	This filter field returns 1 for events that returned with an error and are related to file I/O.
`evt.count.error.net`	UINT32	This filter field returns 1 for events that returned with an error and are related to network I/O.
`evt.count.error.memory`	UINT32	This filter field returns 1 for events that returned with an error and are related to memory allocation.
`evt.count.error.other`	UINT32	This filter field returns 1 for events that returned with an error and are related to none of the previous categories.
`evt.count.exit`	UINT32	This filter field returns 1 for exit events.
`evt.around`	UINT64	Accepts the event if it's around the specified time interval. The syntax is evt.around[T]=D, where T is the value returned by %evt.rawtime for the event and D is a delta in milliseconds. For example, evt.around[1404996934793590564]=1000 will return the events with timestamp with one second before the timestamp and one second after it, for a total of two seconds of capture.
`evt.abspath`	CHARBUF	Absolute path calculated from dirfd and name during syscalls like renameat and symlinkat. Use 'evt.abspath.src' or 'evt.abspath.dst' for syscalls that support multiple paths.
`evt.is_open_read`	BOOL	'true' for open/openat/openat2/open_by_handle_at events where the path was opened for reading
`evt.is_open_write`	BOOL	'true' for open/openat/openat2/open_by_handle_at events where the path was opened for writing
`evt.is_open_exec`	BOOL	'true' for open/openat/openat2/open_by_handle_at or creat events where a file is created with execute permissions
`evt.is_open_create`	BOOL	'true' for for open/openat/openat2/open_by_handle_at events where a file is created.

Field Class: process

Additional information about the process and thread executing the syscall event.

Name	Type	Description
`proc.exe`	CHARBUF	The first command-line argument (i.e., argv[0]), typically the executable name or a custom string as specified by the user. It is primarily obtained from syscall arguments, truncated after 4096 bytes, or, as a fallback, by reading /proc/PID/cmdline, in which case it may be truncated after 1024 bytes. This field may differ from the last component of proc.exepath, reflecting how command invocation and execution paths can vary.
`proc.pexe`	CHARBUF	The proc.exe (first command line argument argv[0]) of the parent process.
`proc.aexe`	CHARBUF	The proc.exe (first command line argument argv[0]) for a specific process ancestor. You can access different levels of ancestors by using indices. For example, proc.aexe[1] retrieves the proc.exe of the parent process, proc.aexe[2] retrieves the proc.exe of the grandparent process, and so on. The current process's proc.exe line can be obtained using proc.aexe[0]. When used without any arguments, proc.aexe is applicable only in filters and matches any of the process ancestors. For instance, you can use `proc.aexe endswith java` to match any process ancestor whose proc.exe ends with the term `java`.
`proc.exepath`	CHARBUF	The full executable path of a process, resolving to the canonical path for symlinks. This is primarily obtained from the kernel, or as a fallback, by reading /proc/PID/exe (in the latter case, the path is truncated after 1024 bytes). For eBPF drivers, due to verifier limits, path components may be truncated to 24 for legacy eBPF on kernel <5.2, 48 for legacy eBPF on kernel >=5.2, or 96 for modern eBPF.
`proc.pexepath`	CHARBUF	The proc.exepath (full executable path) of the parent process.
`proc.aexepath`	CHARBUF	The proc.exepath (full executable path) for a specific process ancestor. You can access different levels of ancestors by using indices. For example, proc.aexepath[1] retrieves the proc.exepath of the parent process, proc.aexepath[2] retrieves the proc.exepath of the grandparent process, and so on. The current process's proc.exepath line can be obtained using proc.aexepath[0]. When used without any arguments, proc.aexepath is applicable only in filters and matches any of the process ancestors. For instance, you can use `proc.aexepath endswith java` to match any process ancestor whose path ends with the term `java`.
`proc.name`	CHARBUF	The process name (truncated after 16 characters) generating the event (task->comm). Truncation is determined by kernel settings and not by Falco. This field is collected from the syscalls args or, as a fallback, extracted from /proc/PID/status. The name of the process and the name of the executable file on disk (if applicable) can be different if a process is given a custom name which is often the case for example for java applications.
`proc.pname`	CHARBUF	The proc.name truncated after 16 characters) of the process generating the event.
`proc.aname`	CHARBUF	The proc.name (truncated after 16 characters) for a specific process ancestor. You can access different levels of ancestors by using indices. For example, proc.aname[1] retrieves the proc.name of the parent process, proc.aname[2] retrieves the proc.name of the grandparent process, and so on. The current process's proc.name line can be obtained using proc.aname[0]. When used without any arguments, proc.aname is applicable only in filters and matches any of the process ancestors. For instance, you can use `proc.aname=bash` to match any process ancestor whose name is `bash`.
`proc.args`	CHARBUF	The arguments passed on the command line when starting the process generating the event excluding argv[0] (truncated after 4096 bytes). This field is collected from the syscalls args or, as a fallback, extracted from /proc/PID/cmdline.
`proc.cmdline`	CHARBUF	The concatenation of `proc.name + proc.args` (truncated after 4096 bytes) when starting the process generating the event.
`proc.pcmdline`	CHARBUF	The proc.cmdline (full command line (proc.name + proc.args)) of the parent of the process generating the event.
`proc.acmdline`	CHARBUF	The full command line (proc.name + proc.args) for a specific process ancestor. You can access different levels of ancestors by using indices. For example, proc.acmdline[1] retrieves the full command line of the parent process, proc.acmdline[2] retrieves the proc.cmdline of the grandparent process, and so on. The current process's full command line can be obtained using proc.acmdline[0]. When used without any arguments, proc.acmdline is applicable only in filters and matches any of the process ancestors. For instance, you can use `proc.acmdline contains base64` to match any process ancestor whose command line contains the term base64.
`proc.cmdnargs`	UINT64	The number of command line args (proc.args).
`proc.cmdlenargs`	UINT64	The total count of characters / length of the command line args (proc.args) combined excluding whitespaces between args.
`proc.exeline`	CHARBUF	The full command line, with exe as first argument (proc.exe + proc.args) when starting the process generating the event.
`proc.env`	CHARBUF	The environment variables of the process generating the event as concatenated string 'ENV_NAME=value ENV_NAME1=value1'. Can also be used to extract the value of a known env variable, e.g. proc.env[ENV_NAME].
`proc.aenv`	CHARBUF	[EXPERIMENTAL] This field can be used in three flavors: (1) as a filter checking all parents, e.g. 'proc.aenv contains xyz', which is similar to the familiar 'proc.aname contains xyz' approach, (2) checking the `proc.env` of a specified level of the parent, e.g. 'proc.aenv[2]', which is similar to the familiar 'proc.aname[2]' approach, or (3) checking the first matched value of a known ENV_NAME in the parent lineage, such as 'proc.aenv[ENV_NAME]' (across a max of 20 ancestor levels). This field may be deprecated or undergo breaking changes in future releases. Please use it with caution.
`proc.cwd`	CHARBUF	The current working directory of the event.
`proc.loginshellid`	INT64	The pid of the oldest shell among the ancestors of the current process, if there is one. This field can be used to separate different user sessions.
`proc.tty`	UINT32	The controlling terminal of the process. 0 for processes without a terminal.
`proc.pid`	INT64	The id of the process generating the event.
`proc.ppid`	INT64	The pid of the parent of the process generating the event.
`proc.apid`	INT64	The pid for a specific process ancestor. You can access different levels of ancestors by using indices. For example, proc.apid[1] retrieves the pid of the parent process, proc.apid[2] retrieves the pid of the grandparent process, and so on. The current process's pid can be obtained using proc.apid[0]. When used without any arguments, proc.apid is applicable only in filters and matches any of the process ancestors. For instance, you can use `proc.apid=1337` to match any process ancestor whose pid is equal to 1337.
`proc.vpid`	INT64	The id of the process generating the event as seen from its current PID namespace.
`proc.pvpid`	INT64	The id of the parent process generating the event as seen from its current PID namespace.
`proc.sid`	INT64	The session id of the process generating the event.
`proc.sname`	CHARBUF	The name of the current process's session leader. This is either the process with pid=proc.sid or the eldest ancestor that has the same sid as the current process.
`proc.sid.exe`	CHARBUF	The first command line argument argv[0] (usually the executable name or a custom one) of the current process's session leader. This is either the process with pid=proc.sid or the eldest ancestor that has the same sid as the current process.
`proc.sid.exepath`	CHARBUF	The full executable path of the current process's session leader. This is either the process with pid=proc.sid or the eldest ancestor that has the same sid as the current process.
`proc.vpgid`	INT64	The process group id of the process generating the event, as seen from its current PID namespace.
`proc.vpgid.name`	CHARBUF	The name of the current process's process group leader. This is either the process with proc.vpgid == proc.vpid or the eldest ancestor that has the same vpgid as the current process. The description of `proc.is_vpgid_leader` offers additional insights.
`proc.vpgid.exe`	CHARBUF	The first command line argument argv[0] (usually the executable name or a custom one) of the current process's process group leader. This is either the process with proc.vpgid == proc.vpid or the eldest ancestor that has the same vpgid as the current process. The description of `proc.is_vpgid_leader` offers additional insights.
`proc.vpgid.exepath`	CHARBUF	The full executable path of the current process's process group leader. This is either the process with proc.vpgid == proc.vpid or the eldest ancestor that has the same vpgid as the current process. The description of `proc.is_vpgid_leader` offers additional insights.
`proc.duration`	RELTIME	Number of nanoseconds since the process started.
`proc.ppid.duration`	RELTIME	Number of nanoseconds since the parent process started.
`proc.pid.ts`	RELTIME	Start of process as epoch timestamp in nanoseconds.
`proc.ppid.ts`	RELTIME	Start of parent process as epoch timestamp in nanoseconds.
`proc.is_exe_writable`	BOOL	'true' if this process' executable file is writable by the same user that spawned the process.
`proc.is_exe_upper_layer`	BOOL	'true' if this process' executable file is in upper layer in overlayfs. This field value can only be trusted if the underlying kernel version is greater or equal than 3.18.0, since overlayfs was introduced at that time.
`proc.is_exe_lower_layer`	BOOL	'true' if this process' executable file is in lower layer in overlayfs. This field value can only be trusted if the underlying kernel version is greater or equal than 3.18.0, since overlayfs was introduced at that time.
`proc.is_exe_from_memfd`	BOOL	'true' if the executable file of the current process is an anonymous file created using memfd_create() and is being executed by referencing its file descriptor (fd). This type of file exists only in memory and not on disk. Relevant to detect malicious in-memory code injection. Requires kernel version greater or equal to 3.17.0.
`proc.is_sid_leader`	BOOL	'true' if this process is the leader of the process session, proc.sid == proc.vpid. For host processes vpid reflects pid.
`proc.is_vpgid_leader`	BOOL	'true' if this process is the leader of the virtual process group, proc.vpgid == proc.vpid. For host processes vpgid and vpid reflect pgid and pid. Can help to distinguish if the process was 'directly' executed for instance in a tty (similar to bash history logging, `is_vpgid_leader` would be 'true') or executed as descendent process in the same process group which for example is the case when subprocesses are spawned from a script (`is_vpgid_leader` would be 'false').
`proc.exe_ino`	INT64	The inode number of the executable file on disk. Can be correlated with fd.ino.
`proc.exe_ino.ctime`	ABSTIME	Last status change time of executable file (inode->ctime) as epoch timestamp in nanoseconds. Time is changed by writing or by setting inode information e.g. owner, group, link count, mode etc.
`proc.exe_ino.mtime`	ABSTIME	Last modification time of executable file (inode->mtime) as epoch timestamp in nanoseconds. Time is changed by file modifications, e.g. by mknod, truncate, utime, write of more than zero bytes etc. For tracking changes in owner, group, link count or mode, use proc.exe_ino.ctime instead.
`proc.exe_ino.ctime_duration_proc_start`	ABSTIME	Number of nanoseconds between modifying status of executable image and spawning a new process using the changed executable image.
`proc.exe_ino.ctime_duration_pidns_start`	ABSTIME	Number of nanoseconds between PID namespace start ts and ctime exe file if PID namespace start predates ctime.
`proc.pidns_init_start_ts`	UINT64	Start of PID namespace (container or non container pid namespace) as epoch timestamp in nanoseconds.
`thread.cap_permitted`	CHARBUF	The permitted capabilities set
`thread.cap_inheritable`	CHARBUF	The inheritable capabilities set
`thread.cap_effective`	CHARBUF	The effective capabilities set
`proc.is_container_healthcheck`	BOOL	'true' if this process is running as a part of the container's health check.
`proc.is_container_liveness_probe`	BOOL	'true' if this process is running as a part of the container's liveness probe.
`proc.is_container_readiness_probe`	BOOL	'true' if this process is running as a part of the container's readiness probe.
`proc.fdopencount`	UINT64	Number of open FDs for the process
`proc.fdlimit`	INT64	Maximum number of FDs the process can open.
`proc.fdusage`	DOUBLE	The ratio between open FDs and maximum available FDs for the process.
`proc.vmsize`	UINT64	Total virtual memory for the process (as kb).
`proc.vmrss`	UINT64	Resident non-swapped memory for the process (as kb).
`proc.vmswap`	UINT64	Swapped memory for the process (as kb).
`thread.pfmajor`	UINT64	Number of major page faults since thread start.
`thread.pfminor`	UINT64	Number of minor page faults since thread start.
`thread.tid`	INT64	The id of the thread generating the event.
`thread.ismain`	BOOL	'true' if the thread generating the event is the main one in the process.
`thread.vtid`	INT64	The id of the thread generating the event as seen from its current PID namespace.
`thread.exectime`	RELTIME	CPU time spent by the last scheduled thread, in nanoseconds. Exported by switch events only.
`thread.totexectime`	RELTIME	Total CPU time, in nanoseconds since the beginning of the capture, for the current thread. Exported by switch events only.
`thread.cgroups`	CHARBUF	All cgroups the thread belongs to, aggregated into a single string.
`thread.cgroup`	CHARBUF	The cgroup the thread belongs to, for a specific subsystem. e.g. thread.cgroup.cpuacct.
`proc.nthreads`	UINT64	The number of alive threads that the process generating the event currently has, including the leader thread. Please note that the leader thread may not be here, in that case 'proc.nthreads' and 'proc.nchilds' are equal
`proc.nchilds`	UINT64	The number of alive not leader threads that the process generating the event currently has. This excludes the leader thread.
`thread.cpu`	DOUBLE	The CPU consumed by the thread in the last second.
`thread.cpu.user`	DOUBLE	The user CPU consumed by the thread in the last second.
`thread.cpu.system`	DOUBLE	The system CPU consumed by the thread in the last second.
`thread.vmsize`	UINT64	For the process main thread, this is the total virtual memory for the process (as kb). For the other threads, this field is zero.
`thread.vmrss`	UINT64	For the process main thread, this is the resident non-swapped memory for the process (as kb). For the other threads, this field is zero.
`proc.stdin.type`	CHARBUF	The type of file descriptor 0, corresponding to stdin, of the process generating the event.
`proc.stdout.type`	CHARBUF	The type of file descriptor 1, corresponding to stdout, of the process generating the event.
`proc.stderr.type`	CHARBUF	The type of file descriptor 2, corresponding to stderr, of the process generating the event.
`proc.stdin.name`	CHARBUF	The name of the file descriptor 0, corresponding to stdin, of the process generating the event.
`proc.stdout.name`	CHARBUF	The name of the file descriptor 1, corresponding to stdout, of the process generating the event.
`proc.stderr.name`	CHARBUF	The name of the file descriptor 2, corresponding to stderr, of the process generating the event.

Field Class: user

Information about the user executing the specific event.

Name	Type	Description
`user.uid`	UINT32	user ID.
`user.name`	CHARBUF	user name.
`user.homedir`	CHARBUF	home directory of the user.
`user.shell`	CHARBUF	user's shell.
`user.loginuid`	INT64	audit user id (auid), internally the loginuid is of type `uint32_t`. However, if an invalid uid corresponding to UINT32_MAX is encountered, it is returned as -1 to support familiar filtering conditions.
`user.loginname`	CHARBUF	audit user name (auid).

Field Class: group

Information about the user group.

Name	Type	Description
`group.gid`	UINT32	group ID.
`group.name`	CHARBUF	group name.

Field Class: container

Container information. If the event is not happening inside a container, both id and name will be set to 'host'.

Name	Type	Description
`container.id`	CHARBUF	The truncated container ID (first 12 characters), e.g. 3ad7b26ded6d is extracted from the Linux cgroups by Falco within the kernel. Consequently, this field is reliably available and serves as the lookup key for Falco's synchronous or asynchronous requests against the container runtime socket to retrieve all other 'container.' information. One important aspect to be aware of is that if the process occurs on the host, meaning not in the container PID namespace, this field is set to a string called 'host'. In Kubernetes, pod sandbox container processes can exist where `container.id` matches `k8s.pod.sandbox_id`, lacking other 'container.' details.
`container.full_id`	CHARBUF	The full container ID, e.g. 3ad7b26ded6d8e7b23da7d48fe889434573036c27ae5a74837233de441c3601e. In contrast to `container.id`, we enrich this field as part of the container engine enrichment. In instances of userspace container engine lookup delays, this field may not be available yet.
`container.name`	CHARBUF	The container name. In instances of userspace container engine lookup delays, this field may not be available yet. One important aspect to be aware of is that if the process occurs on the host, meaning not in the container PID namespace, this field is set to a string called 'host'.
`container.image`	CHARBUF	The container image name (e.g. falcosecurity/falco:latest for docker). In instances of userspace container engine lookup delays, this field may not be available yet.
`container.image.id`	CHARBUF	The container image id (e.g. 6f7e2741b66b). In instances of userspace container engine lookup delays, this field may not be available yet.
`container.type`	CHARBUF	The container type, e.g. docker, cri-o, containerd etc.
`container.privileged`	BOOL	'true' for containers running as privileged, 'false' otherwise. In instances of userspace container engine lookup delays, this field may not be available yet.
`container.mounts`	CHARBUF	A space-separated list of mount information. Each item in the list has the format 'source:dest:mode:rdrw:propagation'. In instances of userspace container engine lookup delays, this field may not be available yet.
`container.mount`	CHARBUF	Information about a single mount, specified by number (e.g. container.mount[0]) or mount source (container.mount[/usr/local]). The pathname can be a glob (container.mount[/usr/local/*]), in which case the first matching mount will be returned. The information has the format 'source:dest:mode:rdrw:propagation'. If there is no mount with the specified index or matching the provided source, returns the string "none" instead of a NULL value. In instances of userspace container engine lookup delays, this field may not be available yet.
`container.mount.source`	CHARBUF	The mount source, specified by number (e.g. container.mount.source[0]) or mount destination (container.mount.source[/host/lib/modules]). The pathname can be a glob. In instances of userspace container engine lookup delays, this field may not be available yet.
`container.mount.dest`	CHARBUF	The mount destination, specified by number (e.g. container.mount.dest[0]) or mount source (container.mount.dest[/lib/modules]). The pathname can be a glob. In instances of userspace container engine lookup delays, this field may not be available yet.
`container.mount.mode`	CHARBUF	The mount mode, specified by number (e.g. container.mount.mode[0]) or mount source (container.mount.mode[/usr/local]). The pathname can be a glob. In instances of userspace container engine lookup delays, this field may not be available yet.
`container.mount.rdwr`	CHARBUF	The mount rdwr value, specified by number (e.g. container.mount.rdwr[0]) or mount source (container.mount.rdwr[/usr/local]). The pathname can be a glob. In instances of userspace container engine lookup delays, this field may not be available yet.
`container.mount.propagation`	CHARBUF	The mount propagation value, specified by number (e.g. container.mount.propagation[0]) or mount source (container.mount.propagation[/usr/local]). The pathname can be a glob. In instances of userspace container engine lookup delays, this field may not be available yet.
`container.image.repository`	CHARBUF	The container image repository (e.g. falcosecurity/falco). In instances of userspace container engine lookup delays, this field may not be available yet.
`container.image.tag`	CHARBUF	The container image tag (e.g. stable, latest). In instances of userspace container engine lookup delays, this field may not be available yet.
`container.image.digest`	CHARBUF	The container image registry digest (e.g. sha256:d977378f890d445c15e51795296e4e5062f109ce6da83e0a355fc4ad8699d27). In instances of userspace container engine lookup delays, this field may not be available yet.
`container.healthcheck`	CHARBUF	The container's health check. Will be the null value ("N/A") if no healthcheck configured, "NONE" if configured but explicitly not created, and the healthcheck command line otherwise. In instances of userspace container engine lookup delays, this field may not be available yet.
`container.liveness_probe`	CHARBUF	The container's liveness probe. Will be the null value ("N/A") if no liveness probe configured, the liveness probe command line otherwise. In instances of userspace container engine lookup delays, this field may not be available yet.
`container.readiness_probe`	CHARBUF	The container's readiness probe. Will be the null value ("N/A") if no readiness probe configured, the readiness probe command line otherwise. In instances of userspace container engine lookup delays, this field may not be available yet.
`container.start_ts`	UINT64	Container start as epoch timestamp in nanoseconds based on proc.pidns_init_start_ts and extracted in the kernel and not from the container runtime socket / container engine.
`container.duration`	RELTIME	Number of nanoseconds since container.start_ts.
`container.ip`	CHARBUF	The container's / pod's primary ip address as retrieved from the container engine. Only ipv4 addresses are tracked. Consider container.cni.json (CRI use case) for logging ip addresses for each network interface. In instances of userspace container engine lookup delays, this field may not be available yet.
`container.cni.json`	CHARBUF	The container's / pod's CNI result field from the respective pod status info. It contains ip addresses for each network interface exposed as unparsed escaped JSON string. Supported for CRI container engine (containerd, cri-o runtimes), optimized for containerd (some non-critical JSON keys removed). Useful for tracking ips (ipv4 and ipv6, dual-stack support) for each network interface (multi-interface support). In instances of userspace container engine lookup delays, this field may not be available yet.

Field Class: fd

Every syscall that has a file descriptor in its arguments has these fields set with information related to the file.

Name	Type	Description
`fd.num`	INT64	the unique number identifying the file descriptor.
`fd.type`	CHARBUF	type of FD. Can be 'file', 'directory', 'ipv4', 'ipv6', 'unix', 'pipe', 'event', 'signalfd', 'eventpoll', 'inotify' 'signalfd' or 'memfd'.
`fd.typechar`	CHARBUF	type of FD as a single character. Can be 'f' for file, 4 for IPv4 socket, 6 for IPv6 socket, 'u' for unix socket, p for pipe, 'e' for eventfd, 's' for signalfd, 'l' for eventpoll, 'i' for inotify, 'b' for bpf, 'u' for userfaultd, 'r' for io_uring, 'm' for memfd ,'o' for unknown.
`fd.name`	CHARBUF	FD full name. If the fd is a file, this field contains the full path. If the FD is a socket, this field contain the connection tuple.
`fd.directory`	CHARBUF	If the fd is a file, the directory that contains it.
`fd.filename`	CHARBUF	If the fd is a file, the filename without the path.
`fd.ip`	IPADDR	matches the ip address (client or server) of the fd.
`fd.cip`	IPADDR	client IP address.
`fd.sip`	IPADDR	server IP address.
`fd.lip`	IPADDR	local IP address.
`fd.rip`	IPADDR	remote IP address.
`fd.port`	PORT	matches the port (either client or server) of the fd.
`fd.cport`	PORT	for TCP/UDP FDs, the client port.
`fd.sport`	PORT	for TCP/UDP FDs, server port.
`fd.lport`	PORT	for TCP/UDP FDs, the local port.
`fd.rport`	PORT	for TCP/UDP FDs, the remote port.
`fd.l4proto`	CHARBUF	the IP protocol of a socket. Can be 'tcp', 'udp', 'icmp' or 'raw'.
`fd.sockfamily`	CHARBUF	the socket family for socket events. Can be 'ip' or 'unix'.
`fd.is_server`	BOOL	'true' if the process owning this FD is the server endpoint in the connection.
`fd.uid`	CHARBUF	a unique identifier for the FD, created by chaining the FD number and the thread ID.
`fd.containername`	CHARBUF	chaining of the container ID and the FD name. Useful when trying to identify which container an FD belongs to.
`fd.containerdirectory`	CHARBUF	chaining of the container ID and the directory name. Useful when trying to identify which container a directory belongs to.
`fd.proto`	PORT	matches the protocol (either client or server) of the fd.
`fd.cproto`	CHARBUF	for TCP/UDP FDs, the client protocol.
`fd.sproto`	CHARBUF	for TCP/UDP FDs, server protocol.
`fd.lproto`	CHARBUF	for TCP/UDP FDs, the local protocol.
`fd.rproto`	CHARBUF	for TCP/UDP FDs, the remote protocol.
`fd.net`	IPNET	matches the IP network (client or server) of the fd.
`fd.cnet`	IPNET	matches the client IP network of the fd.
`fd.snet`	IPNET	matches the server IP network of the fd.
`fd.lnet`	IPNET	matches the local IP network of the fd.
`fd.rnet`	IPNET	matches the remote IP network of the fd.
`fd.connected`	BOOL	for TCP/UDP FDs, 'true' if the socket is connected.
`fd.name_changed`	BOOL	True when an event changes the name of an fd used by this event. This can occur in some cases such as udp connections where the connection tuple changes.
`fd.cip.name`	CHARBUF	Domain name associated with the client IP address.
`fd.sip.name`	CHARBUF	Domain name associated with the server IP address.
`fd.lip.name`	CHARBUF	Domain name associated with the local IP address.
`fd.rip.name`	CHARBUF	Domain name associated with the remote IP address.
`fd.dev`	INT32	device number (major/minor) containing the referenced file
`fd.dev.major`	INT32	major device number containing the referenced file
`fd.dev.minor`	INT32	minor device number containing the referenced file
`fd.ino`	INT64	inode number of the referenced file
`fd.nameraw`	CHARBUF	FD full name raw. Just like fd.name, but only used if fd is a file path. File path is kept raw with limited sanitization and without deriving the absolute path.
`fd.types`	LIST(CHARBUF)	List of FD types in used. Can be passed an fd number e.g. fd.types[0] to get the type of stdout as a single item list.
`fd.is_upper_layer`	BOOL	'true' if the fd is of a file in the upper layer of an overlayfs.
`fd.is_lower_layer`	BOOL	'true' if the fd is of a file in the lower layer of an overlayfs.

Field Class: fs.path

Every syscall that has a filesystem path in its arguments has these fields set with information related to the path arguments. This differs from the fd.* fields as it includes syscalls like unlink, rename, etc. that act directly on filesystem paths as compared to opened file descriptors.

Name	Type	Description
`fs.path.name`	CHARBUF	For any event type that deals with a filesystem path, the path the file syscall is operating on. This path is always fully resolved, prepending the thread cwd when needed.
`fs.path.nameraw`	CHARBUF	For any event type that deals with a filesystem path, the path the file syscall is operating on. This path is always the path provided to the syscall and may not be fully resolved.
`fs.path.source`	CHARBUF	For any event type that deals with a filesystem path, and specifically for a source and target like mv, cp, etc, the source path the file syscall is operating on. This path is always fully resolved, prepending the thread cwd when needed.
`fs.path.sourceraw`	CHARBUF	For any event type that deals with a filesystem path, and specifically for a source and target like mv, cp, etc, the source path the file syscall is operating on. This path is always the path provided to the syscall and may not be fully resolved.
`fs.path.target`	CHARBUF	For any event type that deals with a filesystem path, and specifically for a target and target like mv, cp, etc, the target path the file syscall is operating on. This path is always fully resolved, prepending the thread cwd when needed.
`fs.path.targetraw`	CHARBUF	For any event type that deals with a filesystem path, and specifically for a target and target like mv, cp, etc, the target path the file syscall is operating on. This path is always the path provided to the syscall and may not be fully resolved.

Field Class: syslog

Content of Syslog messages.

Name	Type	Description
`syslog.facility.str`	CHARBUF	facility as a string.
`syslog.facility`	UINT32	facility as a number (0-23).
`syslog.severity.str`	CHARBUF	severity as a string. Can have one of these values: emerg, alert, crit, err, warn, notice, info, debug
`syslog.severity`	UINT32	severity as a number (0-7).
`syslog.message`	CHARBUF	message sent to syslog.

Field Class: fdlist

Poll event related fields.

Name	Type	Description
`fdlist.nums`	CHARBUF	for poll events, this is a comma-separated list of the FD numbers in the 'fds' argument, returned as a string.
`fdlist.names`	CHARBUF	for poll events, this is a comma-separated list of the FD names in the 'fds' argument, returned as a string.
`fdlist.cips`	CHARBUF	for poll events, this is a comma-separated list of the client IP addresses in the 'fds' argument, returned as a string.
`fdlist.sips`	CHARBUF	for poll events, this is a comma-separated list of the server IP addresses in the 'fds' argument, returned as a string.
`fdlist.cports`	CHARBUF	for TCP/UDP FDs, for poll events, this is a comma-separated list of the client TCP/UDP ports in the 'fds' argument, returned as a string.
`fdlist.sports`	CHARBUF	for poll events, this is a comma-separated list of the server TCP/UDP ports in the 'fds' argument, returned as a string.

Field Class: k8s

Kubernetes context about pods and namespace name. These fields are populated with data gathered from the container runtime.

Name	Type	Description
`k8s.ns.name`	CHARBUF	The Kubernetes namespace name. This field is extracted from the container runtime socket simultaneously as we look up the 'container.*' fields. In cases of lookup delays, it may not be available yet.
`k8s.pod.name`	CHARBUF	The Kubernetes pod name. This field is extracted from the container runtime socket simultaneously as we look up the 'container.*' fields. In cases of lookup delays, it may not be available yet.
`k8s.pod.id`	CHARBUF	[LEGACY] The Kubernetes pod UID, e.g. 3e41dc6b-08a8-44db-bc2a-3724b18ab19a. This legacy field points to `k8s.pod.uid`; however, the pod ID typically refers to the pod sandbox ID. We recommend using the semantically more accurate `k8s.pod.uid` field. This field is extracted from the container runtime socket simultaneously as we look up the 'container.*' fields. In cases of lookup delays, it may not be available yet.
`k8s.pod.uid`	CHARBUF	The Kubernetes pod UID, e.g. 3e41dc6b-08a8-44db-bc2a-3724b18ab19a. Note that the pod UID is a unique identifier assigned upon pod creation within Kubernetes, allowing the Kubernetes control plane to manage and track pods reliably. As such, it is fundamentally a different concept compared to the pod sandbox ID. This field is extracted from the container runtime socket simultaneously as we look up the 'container.*' fields. In cases of lookup delays, it may not be available yet.
`k8s.pod.sandbox_id`	CHARBUF	The truncated Kubernetes pod sandbox ID (first 12 characters), e.g 63060edc2d3a. The sandbox ID is specific to the container runtime environment. It is the equivalent of the container ID for the pod / sandbox and extracted from the Linux cgroups. As such, it differs from the pod UID. This field is extracted from the container runtime socket simultaneously as we look up the 'container.' fields. In cases of lookup delays, it may not be available yet. In Kubernetes, pod sandbox container processes can exist where `container.id` matches `k8s.pod.sandbox_id`, lacking other 'container.' details.
`k8s.pod.full_sandbox_id`	CHARBUF	The full Kubernetes pod / sandbox ID, e.g 63060edc2d3aa803ab559f2393776b151f99fc5b05035b21db66b3b62246ad6a. This field is extracted from the container runtime socket simultaneously as we look up the 'container.*' fields. In cases of lookup delays, it may not be available yet.
`k8s.pod.label`	CHARBUF	The Kubernetes pod label. The label can be accessed either with the familiar brackets notation, e.g. 'k8s.pod.label[foo]' or by appending a dot followed by the name, e.g. 'k8s.pod.label.foo'. The label name itself can include the original special characters such as '.', '-', '_' or '/' characters. For instance, 'k8s.pod.label[app.kubernetes.io/name]', 'k8s.pod.label.app.kubernetes.io/name' or 'k8s.pod.label[custom-label_one]' are all valid. This field is extracted from the container runtime socket simultaneously as we look up the 'container.*' fields. In cases of lookup delays, it may not be available yet.
`k8s.pod.labels`	CHARBUF	The Kubernetes pod comma-separated key/value labels. E.g. 'foo1:bar1,foo2:bar2'. This field is extracted from the container runtime socket simultaneously as we look up the 'container.*' fields. In cases of lookup delays, it may not be available yet.
`k8s.pod.ip`	CHARBUF	The Kubernetes pod ip, same as container.ip field as each container in a pod shares the network stack of the sandbox / pod. Only ipv4 addresses are tracked. Consider k8s.pod.cni.json for logging ip addresses for each network interface. This field is extracted from the container runtime socket simultaneously as we look up the 'container.*' fields. In cases of lookup delays, it may not be available yet.
`k8s.pod.cni.json`	CHARBUF	The Kubernetes pod CNI result field from the respective pod status info, same as container.cni.json field. It contains ip addresses for each network interface exposed as unparsed escaped JSON string. Supported for CRI container engine (containerd, cri-o runtimes), optimized for containerd (some non-critical JSON keys removed). Useful for tracking ips (ipv4 and ipv6, dual-stack support) for each network interface (multi-interface support). This field is extracted from the container runtime socket simultaneously as we look up the 'container.*' fields. In cases of lookup delays, it may not be available yet.

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