[ZBXNEXT-486] server should gather anonymous statistics about Zabbix installation Created: 2010 Aug 24 Updated: 2024 Mar 14 |
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Status: | Open |
Project: | ZABBIX FEATURE REQUESTS |
Component/s: | Frontend (F), Server (S) |
Affects Version/s: | None |
Fix Version/s: | None |
Type: | Change Request | Priority: | Major |
Reporter: | Aleksandrs Saveljevs | Assignee: | Unassigned |
Resolution: | Unresolved | Votes: | 13 |
Labels: | None | ||
Remaining Estimate: | Not Specified | ||
Time Spent: | Not Specified | ||
Original Estimate: | Not Specified |
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Description |
Rich suggested there should be something like a census module that would gather all kind of information about Zabbix installation and submit it to the developers. This would allow us to learn more about real user environments: number of items per type, number of IPMI hosts, number of SNMP hosts, number of triggers, user count, etc., and plan the development accordingly. |
Comments |
Comment by richlv [ 2010 Aug 24 ] |
i'm not sure server should be doing that - frontend might be a better choice because it could prompt user and show the information to user before submitting. additionally, we should support multiple methods of submitting the information, because zabbix installation might not have direct access to internet - sending an email (requires configuring smpt params), posting to webpage (would require http proxy support) etc. anyway, initial list of things we might be interested in (initial list should be as inclusive as possible) : unique id (how to construct one ?) so that changes in data might be seen afterwards; this post should be edited to add more/improve existing |
Comment by Walter Heck [ 2011 Mar 11 ] |
Just noting that the results should be open to all, like the debian popularity contest: http://popcon.debian.org/ |
Comment by richlv [ 2017 Feb 20 ] |
here's what opennms does : http://stats.opennms.org/ |
Comment by Glebs Ivanovskis (Inactive) [ 2017 Jul 21 ] |
For security freaks the process of gathering data can be organized as follows. Server will dump usage statistics into its database where it may stay undisclosed forever if the user is not willing to help improving Zabbix. But for those who are Zabbix will provide a standalone utility to extract this data from the database and generate a human-readable report in plain text file or XML. This file can be then reviewed for the presence/absence of any sensitive information and submitted manually in a special user feedback corner of https://www.zabbix.com. |
Comment by Stefan [ 2018 Sep 10 ] |
in the past it was planned for 4.0, why was it removed? If you add this option, please make as "opt-in" option |