OS Version

The OS Version device posture attribute checks whether the version of a device’s operating system matches, is greater than or lesser than a given Semver version. The version formation must be specified as a valid Semver (for example, x.x.x or 1.2.0).

To enable the OS version check:

1. On the Zero Trust Dashboard, navigate to My Team > Devices > Device posture.
2. Click +Add.
3. Select OS version.
4. Enter a descriptive name for the check.
5. Combine the Operating system, Operator, and Value fields to specify the OS version you want devices to match.
6. Click Save.

​​ Determine the OS Version

Operating systems display version numbers in different ways. This section covers how to retrieve the version number in each OS, in a format matching what the OS Version posture check expects.

​​ On macOS

1. Open a terminal window.
2. Use the defaults command to check for the value of SystemVersionStampAsString.

defaults read loginwindow SystemVersionStampAsString

​​ On Windows

1. Open a Powershell window.
2. Use the Get-CimInstance command to get the version property of the Win32_OperatingSystem class.

(Get-CimInstance Win32_OperatingSystem).version

​​ On Linux

Linux currently relies on the system Kernel version instead of a specific distro version. For the OS Version check to work, the kernel version must be converted to a valid SemVer.

1. Open a Terminal window.
2. Run the uname -r command to get the complete version.
3. The valid SemVer would be the first 3 whole numbers of the output you obtain in the previous step. For instance, if the command above returned 5.14.0-25.el9.x86_64, the valid SemVer would be 5.14.0.

uname -r