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| author | Chris Akritidis <43294513+cakrit@users.noreply.github.com> | 2019-05-23 19:20:39 +0200 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2019-05-23 19:20:39 +0200 |
| commit | ff31a1599bcb9584d028cdcc8352a0a7171e1b7c (patch) | |
| tree | a455feed3f33a98e6c9a30a17a725e79737b04ec | |
| parent | a941d189a6d38c82662f25cd30184a7fd7797e49 (diff) | |
Mention anonymous statistics in additional places in the docs (#6084)
| -rw-r--r-- | README.md | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/anonymous-statistics.md | 3 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | netdata-installer.sh | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | packaging/installer/README.md | 2 |
4 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -113,6 +113,8 @@ For more information about running netdata in docker, check the [docker installa  +From Netdata v1.12 and above, anonymous usage information is collected by default and sent to Google Analytics. To read more about the information collected and how to opt-out, check the [anonymous statistics page](docs/anonymous-statistics.md). + ## Why Netdata Netdata has a quite different approach to monitoring. diff --git a/docs/anonymous-statistics.md b/docs/anonymous-statistics.md index 1e426e2c58..fc606b15a0 100644 --- a/docs/anonymous-statistics.md +++ b/docs/anonymous-statistics.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # Anonymous Statistics -From Netdata v1.12 and above, anonymous usage information is collected by default and send to Google Analytics. +From Netdata v1.12 and above, anonymous usage information is collected by default and sent to Google Analytics. The statistics calculated from this information will be used for: 1. **Quality assurance**, to help us understand if netdata behaves as expected and help us identify repeating issues for certain distributions or environment. @@ -60,3 +60,4 @@ To opt-out from sending anonymous statistics, you can create a file called `.opt - The anonymous statistics script will exit immediately if called via any other way (e.g. shell) - The Google Tag Manager Javascript snippet will remain in the page, but the linked tag will not be fired. The effect is that no data will ever be sent to GA. +You can also disable telemetry by passing the option `--disable-telemetry` to any of the installers.
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/netdata-installer.sh b/netdata-installer.sh index 63910bda0e..7b9eab81b5 100755 --- a/netdata-installer.sh +++ b/netdata-installer.sh @@ -1038,6 +1038,8 @@ EOF # Opt-out from telemetry program if [ -n "${NETDATA_DISABLE_TELEMETRY+x}" ]; then touch "${NETDATA_USER_CONFIG_DIR}/.opt-out-from-anonymous-statistics" +else + progress "You can opt out from anonymous statistics via the --disable-telemetry option, or by creating an empty file ${NETDATA_USER_CONFIG_DIR}/.opt-out-from-anonymous-statistics" fi # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- diff --git a/packaging/installer/README.md b/packaging/installer/README.md index 6dc084e839..02b06645ca 100644 --- a/packaging/installer/README.md +++ b/packaging/installer/README.md @@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ The best way to install Netdata is directly from source. Our **automatic install See also the list of Netdata [package maintainers](../maintainers) for ASUSTOR NAS, OpenWRT, ReadyNAS, etc. +Note: From Netdata v1.12 and above, anonymous usage information is collected by default and sent to Google Analytics. To read more about the information collected and how to opt-out, check the [anonymous statistics page](../../docs/anonymous-statistics.md). + --- ## One line installation |