Merge pull request #1792 from chef/dr/platform-info

add platform info to json formatter

lib/inspec/rspec_json_formatter.rb

@@ -114,6 +114,10 @@ class InspecRspecJson < InspecRspecMiniJson # rubocop:disable Metrics/ClassLengt
 
     @output_hash[:other_checks] = examples_without_controls
     @output_hash[:profiles] = profiles_info
+    @output_hash[:platform] = {
+      name: os(:name),
+      release: os(:release),
+    }
 
     examples_with_controls.each do |example|
       control = example2control(example)
@@ -123,6 +127,11 @@ class InspecRspecJson < InspecRspecMiniJson # rubocop:disable Metrics/ClassLengt
 
   private
 
+  def os(field)
+    return nil if @backend.nil?
+    @backend.os.params[field]
+  end
+
   def all_unique_controls
     Array(@all_controls).uniq
   end

lib/inspec/schema.rb

@@ -11,6 +11,15 @@ module Inspec
       },
     }.freeze
 
+    PLATFORM = {
+      'type' => 'object',
+      'additionalProperties' => false,
+      'properties' => {
+        'name' => { 'type' => 'string' },
+        'release' => { 'type' => 'string' },
+      },
+    }.freeze
+
     # Tags are open right, with simple key-value associations and not restrictions
     TAGS = { 'type' => 'object' }.freeze
 
@@ -117,6 +126,7 @@ module Inspec
       'type' => 'object',
       'additionalProperties' => false,
       'properties' => {
+        'platform' => PLATFORM,
         'profiles' => {
           'type' => 'array',
           'items' => PROFILE,