Telemetry in KubeSphere

Telemetry collects aggregate information about the size of KubeSphere clusters installed, KubeSphere and Kubernetes versions, components enabled, cluster running time, error logs and so on. KubeSphere promises that the information is only used by the KubeSphere community to improve products and will not be shared with any third parties.

What Information Is Collected

• External network IP
• Download date
• Kubernetes version
• KubeSphere version
• Kubernetes cluster size
• The type of the operating system
• Installer error logs
• Components enabled
• The running time of Kubernetes clusters
• The running time of KubeSphere clusters
• Cluster ID
• Machine ID

Disable Telemetry

Telemetry is enabled by default when you install KubeSphere, while you also have the option to disable it either before or after the installation.

Disable Telemetry before installation

When you install KubeSphere on an existing Kubernetes cluster, you need to download the file cluster-configuration.yaml for cluster settings. If you want to disable Telemetry, do not run kubectl apply -f directly for this file.

1. Download the file cluster-configuration.yaml and edit it:

   vi cluster-configuration.yaml
   

2. In this local cluster-configuration.yaml file, scroll down to the bottom of the file and add telemetry_enabled: false as follows:

     openpitrix:
       store:
         enabled: false
     servicemesh:
       enabled: false
     telemetry_enabled: false # Add this line manually to disable Telemetry.
   

3. Save the file and run the following commands to start installation.

   kubectl apply -f https://github.com/kubesphere/ks-installer/releases/download/v3.3.2/kubesphere-installer.yaml
   
   kubectl apply -f cluster-configuration.yaml
   

Disable Telemetry after installation

1. Log in to the console as admin and click Platform in the upper-left corner.

2. Select Cluster Management and navigate to CRDs.

   Note

   If you have enabled the multi-cluster feature, you need to select a cluster first.

3. Enter clusterconfiguration in the search bar and click the result to go to its detail page.

4. Click on the right of ks-installer and select Edit YAML.

5. Scroll down to the bottom of the file, add telemetry_enabled: false, and then click OK.

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