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Neil Alexander 2022-07-19 11:51:46 +01:00
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@ -86,9 +86,12 @@ would be a huge help too, as that will help us to understand where the memory us
You may need to revisit the connection limit of your PostgreSQL server and/or make changes to the `max_connections` lines in your Dendrite configuration. Be aware that each Dendrite component opens its own database connections and has its own connection limit, even in monolith mode!
## What is being reported when enabling anonymous stats?
## What is being reported when enabling phone-home statistics?
If anonymous stats reporting is enabled, the following data is send to the defined endpoint.
Phone-home statistics contain your server's domain name, some configuration information about
your deployment and aggregated information about active users on your deployment. They are sent
to the endpoint URL configured in your Dendrite configuration file only. The following is an
example of the data that is sent:
```json
{
@ -106,7 +109,7 @@ If anonymous stats reporting is enabled, the following data is send to the defin
"go_arch": "amd64",
"go_os": "linux",
"go_version": "go1.16.13",
"homeserver": "localhost:8800",
"homeserver": "my.domain.com",
"log_level": "trace",
"memory_rss": 93452,
"monolith": true,

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@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ type Global struct {
// ServerNotices configuration used for sending server notices
ServerNotices ServerNotices `yaml:"server_notices"`
// ReportStats configures opt-in anonymous stats reporting.
// ReportStats configures opt-in phone-home statistics reporting.
ReportStats ReportStats `yaml:"report_stats"`
// Configuration for the caches.
@ -189,9 +189,9 @@ func (c *Cache) Verify(errors *ConfigErrors, isMonolith bool) {
checkPositive(errors, "max_size_estimated", int64(c.EstimatedMaxSize))
}
// ReportStats configures opt-in anonymous stats reporting.
// ReportStats configures opt-in phone-home statistics reporting.
type ReportStats struct {
// Enabled configures anonymous usage stats of the server
// Enabled configures phone-home statistics of the server
Enabled bool `yaml:"enabled"`
// Endpoint the endpoint to report stats to

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@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ func (p *phoneHomeStats) collect() {
output := bytes.Buffer{}
if err = json.NewEncoder(&output).Encode(p.stats); err != nil {
logrus.WithError(err).Error("unable to encode anonymous stats")
logrus.WithError(err).Error("Unable to encode phone-home statistics")
return
}
@ -147,14 +147,14 @@ func (p *phoneHomeStats) collect() {
request, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodPost, p.cfg.Global.ReportStats.Endpoint, &output)
if err != nil {
logrus.WithError(err).Error("unable to create anonymous stats request")
logrus.WithError(err).Error("Unable to create phone-home statistics request")
return
}
request.Header.Set("User-Agent", "Dendrite/"+internal.VersionString())
_, err = p.client.Do(request)
if err != nil {
logrus.WithError(err).Error("unable to send anonymous stats")
logrus.WithError(err).Error("Unable to send phone-home statistics")
return
}
}