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# Usage statistics
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GitLab Inc. will periodically collect information about your instance in order
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to perform various actions.
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All statistics are opt-out, you can enable/disable them from the admin panel
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under **Admin area > Settings > Usage statistics**.
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## Version check
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If enabled, version check will inform you if a new version is available and the
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importance of it through a status. This is shown on the help page (i.e. `/help`)
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for all signed in users, and on the admin pages. The statuses are:
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* Green: You are running the latest version of GitLab.
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* Orange: An updated version of GitLab is available.
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* Red: The version of GitLab you are running is vulnerable. You should install
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the latest version with security fixes as soon as possible.
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GitLab Inc. collects your instance's version and hostname (through the HTTP
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referer) as part of the version check. No other information is collected.
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This information is used, among other things, to identify to which versions
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patches will need to be back ported, making sure active GitLab instances remain
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secure.
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If you disable version check, this information will not be collected. Enable or
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disable the version check at **Admin area > Settings > Usage statistics**.
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## Usage ping
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> [Introduced][ee-557] in GitLab Enterprise Edition 8.10. More statistics
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[were added][ee-735] in GitLab Enterprise Edition
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8.12. [Moved to GitLab Community Edition][ce-23361] in 9.1.
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GitLab sends a weekly payload containing usage data to GitLab Inc. The usage
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ping uses high-level data to help our product, support, and sales teams. It does
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not send any project names, usernames, or any other specific data. The
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information from the usage ping is not anonymous, it is linked to the hostname
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of the instance.
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You can view the exact JSON payload in the administration panel.
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### Deactivate the usage ping
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The usage ping is opt-out. If you want to deactivate this feature, go to
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the Settings page of your administration panel and uncheck the Usage ping
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checkbox.
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To disable the usage ping and prevent it from being configured in future through
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the administration panel, Omnibus installs can set the following in
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[`gitlab.rb`](https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/settings/configuration.html#configuration-options):
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```ruby
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gitlab_rails['usage_ping_enabled'] = false
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```
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And source installs can set the following in `gitlab.yml`:
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```yaml
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production: &base
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# ...
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gitlab:
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# ...
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usage_ping_enabled: false
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```
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[ee-557]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/merge_requests/557
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[ee-735]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/merge_requests/735
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[ce-23361]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/23361
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