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Posted to dev@whimsical.apache.org by sebb <se...@gmail.com> on 2021/05/02 10:21:38 UTC
Passenger Telemetry - disable?
Passenger apps include remote telemetry, feeding back stats to a
central server. [1]
This was enabled by default in versions from 6.0.0 (Whimsy runs 6.0.5)
They say the stats are anonymised, however AFAICT traffic analysis
would show that a host was using Passenger.
Should the telemetry be disabled for Whimsy?
[1] https://www.phusionpassenger.com/docs/advanced_guides/in_depth/ruby/anonymous_telemetry_reporting.html
Re: Passenger Telemetry - disable?
Posted by sebb <se...@gmail.com>.
On Tue, 4 May 2021 at 17:35, Shane Curcuru <as...@shanecurcuru.org> wrote:
>
> sebb wrote on 5/2/21 6:21 AM:
> > Passenger apps include remote telemetry, feeding back stats to a
> > central server. [1]
> > This was enabled by default in versions from 6.0.0 (Whimsy runs 6.0.5)
> >
> > They say the stats are anonymised, however AFAICT traffic analysis
> > would show that a host was using Passenger.
> >
> > Should the telemetry be disabled for Whimsy?
> >
> > [1] https://www.phusionpassenger.com/docs/advanced_guides/in_depth/ruby/anonymous_telemetry_reporting.html
>
> Yes, unless we have a tool that needs this, we should turn it off.
>
> It would be helpful to:
>
> - Not do this the week before a board meeting
>
> - Ensure any commits around this clearly note what's happening, so in
> case something breaks later, we know exactly how to undo it.
>
> My only question would be if turning this off removes any of the
> debugging information in our error logs that we might have used to help
> fix things in the past. I can't think of any cases I've done that tho.
>
> Thanks, sebb!
Done
> --
> - Shane
> Whimsy PMC
> The Apache Software Foundation
Re: Passenger Telemetry - disable?
Posted by Shane Curcuru <as...@shanecurcuru.org>.
sebb wrote on 5/2/21 6:21 AM:
> Passenger apps include remote telemetry, feeding back stats to a
> central server. [1]
> This was enabled by default in versions from 6.0.0 (Whimsy runs 6.0.5)
>
> They say the stats are anonymised, however AFAICT traffic analysis
> would show that a host was using Passenger.
>
> Should the telemetry be disabled for Whimsy?
>
> [1] https://www.phusionpassenger.com/docs/advanced_guides/in_depth/ruby/anonymous_telemetry_reporting.html
Yes, unless we have a tool that needs this, we should turn it off.
It would be helpful to:
- Not do this the week before a board meeting
- Ensure any commits around this clearly note what's happening, so in
case something breaks later, we know exactly how to undo it.
My only question would be if turning this off removes any of the
debugging information in our error logs that we might have used to help
fix things in the past. I can't think of any cases I've done that tho.
Thanks, sebb!
--
- Shane
Whimsy PMC
The Apache Software Foundation