docs-v2/content/influxdb/v2/reference/telemetry.md

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title: Usage telemetry
description: >
InfluxData collects information, or _telemetry data_, about the usage of {{% product-name %}} to help improve the product.
Learn what data {{% product-name %}} collects and sends to InfluxData, how it's used, and
how you can opt out.
menu:
influxdb_v2:
name: Usage telemetry
parent: Reference
weight: 8
related:
- /influxdb/v2/reference/cli/influxd/
- /influxdb/v2/reference/internals/metrics/
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InfluxData collects information, or *telemetry data*, about the usage of {{% product-name %}} to help improve the product.
Learn what data {{% product-name %}} collects and sends to InfluxData, how it's used, and
how you can opt out.
## Metrics Collection
For each InfluxDB 2.x installation, we collect the following at startup and then every 8 hours:
### Tags
| Tags | Description |
| --------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| arch | Microarchitecture InfluxDB was compiled for |
| build date | Date associated with the InfluxDB build |
| commit | SHA of commit associated with the InfluxDB build |
| cpus | Number of CPUs running InfluxDB |
| functions | Flux functions |
| id | Snowflake identifier for the InfluxDB instance |
| Index partition | Identifies the index partition used by the underlying InfluxDB storage engine |
| ip | IP Address of the inbound connection which reports the statistics. This is **not** the specific IP Address of the machine running InfluxDB unless it is exposed directly on the public Internet. |
| org | Identifier for an organization. Allows for grouping of statistics by organization within the InfluxDB instance |
| os | Operating System InfluxDB is running on |
| result | Text allowing grouping of Flux query invocations results |
| series file partition | Identifies the series files in use for the underlying InfluxDB storage engine. This is not the metadata about series. |
| status | Status of write ahead log (associated to number of successful /failed writes) |
| user\_agent | Typically, this is set by the browser, InfluxDB client libraries (includes the language \[Go, JavaScript, Java, C#, Ruby, Python, etc.] and version), and other technologies \[such as third-party dashboarding applications, etc.]. |
| version | InfluxDB version |
With those tag elements, we then leverage a combination of the unique combination of `id`, `ip`, and storage system specifics (where applicable) to capture usage counts of the various subsystems within InfluxDB.
### Fields
| Fields | Description |
| --------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| buckets total counter | Total number of buckets present within the InfluxDB instance |
| bytes written counter | Total number of bytes written |
| bytes scanned counter | Total number of bytes scanned within the storage system via queries and tasks |
| dashboards total counter | Total number of dashboards present within the InfluxDB instance |
| flux function total counter | Total number of calls by function invoked within Flux |
| http api requests counter | Total number of API invocations by each API path |
| query duration histogram | Histogram counting duration of queries into bins |
| organizations total counter | Total number of organizations present within the InfluxDB instance |
| scrapers total counter | Total number of scrapers configured within the InfluxDB instance |
| series total counter | Total number of series present within the InfluxDB instance |
| storage total counter | Total number of bytes stored within the InfluxDB instance |
| task scheduler gauge | Number of tasks running within the InfluxDB instance |
| telegrafs total counter | Total number of Telegraf configurations within the InfluxDB instance |
| tokens total counter | Total number of tokens present within the InfluxDB instance |
| uptime gauge | Number of seconds InfluxDB has been continuously running |
| users total counter | Total number of users present within the InfluxDB instance |
| wal current segment gauge | Number of bytes in the current segments for the write ahead log |
| wal writes total counter | Total number of writes to the write ahead log by status (ok, fail, etc.) |
## Disable telemetry
To "opt-out" of collecting and sending {{% product-name %}} telemetry data,
include the `--reporting-disabled` flag with the `influxd` command when starting {{% product-name %}}.