Enabling Telemetry
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-To allow the *telemetry* module to start sharing data, run the following
-command:
+To allow the *telemetry* module to share data, run the following command:
.. prompt:: bash #
ceph telemetry preview
-The generation of a sample report might take a few moments in big clusters
-(clusters with hundreds of OSDs or more).
+The generation of a sample report for larger clusters might take some time.
-To protect your privacy, device reports are generated separately. Data
+To protect sensitive information, device reports are generated separately. Data
including hostnames and device serial numbers are anonymized. The device
telemetry is sent to a different endpoint and does not associate the device
data with a particular cluster. To see a preview of the device report, run the
ceph telemetry preview-device
-.. note:: In order to generate the device report we use Smartmontools version
- 7.0 and up, which supports JSON output. If you have any concerns about
- privacy with regard to the information included in this report, contact the
- Ceph developers.
+.. note:: ``smartmontools`` version 7.0 or later must be installed so that JSON
+ output can be specified and parsed. If you have any concerns about privacy
+ with regard to the information included in this report, contact the Ceph
+ developers.
When telemetry is enabled, run the following command to generate both reports
in a single output: