From c12e9098823fcea8f9b6ba53986cf8c46d994ca9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bryan Boreham Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2016 16:47:26 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Document what is sent in checkpoint request --- site/installing-weave.md | 14 +++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/site/installing-weave.md b/site/installing-weave.md index 17a6c69b..ef439d8d 100644 --- a/site/installing-weave.md +++ b/site/installing-weave.md @@ -31,12 +31,20 @@ With Weave Net downloaded onto your VMs or hosts, you are ready to launch a Weav Weave Net [periodically contacts Weaveworks servers for available versions](https://github.com/weaveworks/go-checkpoint). New versions are announced in the log and in [the status -summary](/site/troubleshooting.md#weave-status). To disable this -check, run the following before launching Weave Net: +summary](/site/troubleshooting.md#weave-status). + +The information sent in this check is: + + * Host UUID hash + * Kernel version + * Docker version + * Weave Net version + * Network mode, e.g. 'awsvpc' + +To disable this check, run the following before launching Weave Net: export CHECKPOINT_DISABLE=1 - ###Guides for Specific Platforms CoreOS users see [here](/guides/networking-docker-containers-with-weave-on-coreos/) for an example of installing Weave using cloud-config.