Commit 718909b0 authored by Simon Mansfield's avatar Simon Mansfield Committed by Mike Jang

Usage Ping - Add firewall exception info to docs

parent 5bd48e0f
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1. When the cron job runs, it calls [`GitLab::UsageData.to_json`](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/blob/master/app/services/submit_usage_ping_service.rb#L22).
1. `GitLab::UsageData.to_json` [cascades down](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/blob/master/lib/gitlab/usage_data.rb#L22) to ~400+ other counter method calls.
1. The response of all methods calls are [merged together](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/blob/master/lib/gitlab/usage_data.rb#L14) into a single JSON payload in `GitLab::UsageData.to_json`.
1. The JSON payload is then [posted to the Versions application]( https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/blob/master/app/services/submit_usage_ping_service.rb#L20).
1. The JSON payload is then [posted to the Versions application]( https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/blob/master/app/services/submit_usage_ping_service.rb#L20)
If a firewall exception is needed, the required URL depends on several things. If
the hostname is `version.gitlab.com`, the protocol is `TCP`, and the port number is `443`,
the required URL is <https://version.gitlab.com/>.
## Implementing Usage Ping
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