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open-telemetry/detector-container
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OpenTelemetry container resource detector

1.2.0(1mo ago)0691.6k—8%1Apache-2.0PHPPHP ^8.1

Since May 10Pushed 1mo ago3 watchersCompare

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This is a read-only subtree split of .

OpenTelemetry Container Detector
================================

[](#opentelemetry-container-detector)

This package provides an OpenTelemetry `ResourceDetector` which will detect docker container id at runtime, using either V1 (cgroup) or V2 (mountinfo). It should work with docker, kubernetes, and podman containers.

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- OpenTelemetry SDK

Installation via composer
-------------------------

[](#installation-via-composer)

```
$ composer require open-telemetry/detector-container
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

The detector will be automatically registered as part of composer autoloading.

By default, all built-in and registered custom resource detectors are used, and will be added to the default resources associated with traces, metrics, and logs.

You can also provide a list of detectors via the `OTEL_PHP_DETECTORS` config (environment variable or php.ini setting):

```
putenv('OTEL_PHP_DETECTORS=container,env,os,')

var_dump(ResourceInfoFactory::defaultResource());
```

###  Health Score

53

—

FairBetter than 97% of packages

Maintenance88

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity37

Limited adoption so far

Community18

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor3

3 contributors hold 50%+ of commits

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~174 days

Recently: every ~230 days

Total

7

Last Release

55d ago

Major Versions

0.0.3 → 1.0.02023-10-11

PHP version history (2 changes)0.0.1PHP ^7.0|^8.0

1.1.0PHP ^8.1

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4978962?v=4)[Brett McBride](/maintainers/brettmc)[@brettmc](https://github.com/brettmc)

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4099109?v=4)[Bob Strecansky](/maintainers/bobstrecansky)[@bobstrecansky](https://github.com/bobstrecansky)

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Top Contributors

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Tags

containeropentelemetryoteldetectordockeropen-telemetry

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan, Psalm

Code StylePHP CS Fixer

Type Coverage Yes

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