Why Google Analytics in web interface for XI

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skyslayer
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Why Google Analytics in web interface for XI

Post by skyslayer »

I am running a demo of XI and if I can not remove Google Analytics from this product I will not be buying it!
There is no justification to this that I see and I feel it is a invasion or our privacy.

Why would I want to use Google Analytics on a product that monitors our systems!!!!!!!! this is a no no

How do I disable it????

This will be a deal braker
tmcdonald
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Re: Why Google Analytics in web interface for XI

Post by tmcdonald »

Well I'm confused. As far as myself and two other techs know, Google Analytics does not ship with any of our products. Can you post a screenshot of what appears to be Google Analytics?

EDIT: I did some searching and I guess this was also around back in 2012: http://support.nagios.com/forum/viewtop ... =20&t=6656

The solution is to edit /usr/local/nagiosxi/html/config.inc.php as follows:

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$cfg['enable_analytics']=0;
and then

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service nagios restart
Sorry about the initial confusion. I only found the one reference to G.A. being included. Now I should note that it is only in the trial version of XI, and is disabled when you buy a license. It is there for our purposes so we can get a good idea of how many people are using the trial. Always nice to know we're liked :)
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skyslayer
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Re: Why Google Analytics in web interface for XI

Post by skyslayer »

This is at the bottom of the Administration page it looks like it is on all the pages
I noticed it because of my noscript was letting me know



<script type='text/javascript'>

var _gaq = _gaq || [];
_gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-2887186-1']);
_gaq.push(['_setAllowLinker', true]);
_gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);

(function() {
var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true;
ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js';
var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s);
})();

</script>
slansing
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Re: Why Google Analytics in web interface for XI

Post by slansing »

Did you disable it through the .cfg? Strange, noscript was telling me nothing, maybe its time for an update..
skyslayer
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Re: Why Google Analytics in web interface for XI

Post by skyslayer »

Yes I did disable it and now it is good
I think I was writing my last post as the last reply came in.


After flowing the above post it is now gone By the way this is the latest version installed Last Friday

I am still not happy with the fact that you guys put there in the first place
Thanks
slansing
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Re: Why Google Analytics in web interface for XI

Post by slansing »

Thank you for your feedback on this, the reasons for it being there are posted above.
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