Wiki source code of Active Installs
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| 1 | Active Installs is provided by the [[Active Installs 2 API>>doc:extensions:Extension.Active Installs 2 API.WebHome]] extension, bundled with the XWiki flavor. Once a day it sends an anonymous report, called a ping, from your instance to xwiki.org. | ||
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| 3 | The XWiki open source project has no other way of counting the wikis that are running: without those pings it cannot tell whether usage is growing, shrinking or flat. Leaving them on is the simplest way to support the project, and knowing that the software is being used is what keeps its developers going. | ||
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| 5 | == Where the Data Goes == | ||
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| 7 | Every ping feeds a public dashboard that anyone can browse: | ||
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| 9 | {{image reference="dashboard.png" size="large" alt="The XWiki Active Installs dashboard, showing the number of instances that reported a ping"/}} | ||
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| 11 | [[Open the XWiki Active Installs dashboard>>https://elk.xwiki.org/app/dashboards?auth_provider_hint=anonymous1#/view/b18c5e30-eca8-11ec-963c-993dcba915d1?_g=(filters:!(),refreshInterval:(pause:!t,value:0),time:(from:'2022-06-01T14:54:55.706Z',to:now))]] | ||
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| 13 | == What to Read Next == | ||
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| 15 | * [[Active Installs Ping Data>>doc:documentation.xs.admin.active-installs.ping-data.WebHome]] lists everything a ping carries. | ||
| 16 | * [[Active Installs Parameters>>doc:documentation.xs.admin.active-installs.parameters.WebHome]] documents the settings that control where and how the ping is sent. | ||
| 17 | * [[Opt Out of Active Installs>>doc:documentation.xs.admin.active-installs.disable-pings.WebHome]] explains how to stop sending pings. |
