Commit 7227afe1 authored by Suzanne Selhorn's avatar Suzanne Selhorn

Merge branch 'kpaizee-usage-ping-product-tiers' into 'master'

Add tier info to Usage Ping guide

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!64682
parents 0f497da3 0872d425
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info: To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/ux/technical-writing/#assignments
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# Usage Ping Guide
# Usage Ping Guide **(FREE SELF)**
> Introduced in GitLab Ultimate 11.2, more statistics.
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Usage Ping information is not anonymous. It's linked to the instance's hostname. However, it does
not contain project names, usernames, or any other specific data.
Sending a Usage Ping payload is optional and can be [disabled](#disable-usage-ping) on any instance.
Sending a Usage Ping payload is optional and can be [disabled](#disable-usage-ping) on any self-managed instance.
When Usage Ping is enabled, GitLab gathers data from the other instances
and can show your instance's usage statistics to your users.
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- Usage Ping does not track frontend events things like page views, link clicks, or user sessions, and only focuses on aggregated backend events.
- Because of these limitations we recommend instrumenting your products with Snowplow for more detailed analytics on GitLab.com and use Usage Ping to track aggregated backend events on self-managed.
## Usage Ping payload
## View the Usage Ping payload **(FREE SELF)**
You can view the exact JSON payload sent to GitLab Inc. in the administration panel. To view the payload:
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For an example payload, see [Example Usage Ping payload](#example-usage-ping-payload).
## Disable Usage Ping
## Disable Usage Ping **(FREE SELF)**
NOTE:
The method to disable Usage Ping in the GitLab configuration file does not work in
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