Opt out of telemetry collection

This topic tells you how to opt out of the VMware Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP). By default, when you install Tanzu Application Platform (commonly known as TAP), you are opted into telemetry collection.

Note
If you opt out of telemetry collection, VMware cannot offer you proactive support and the other benefits that accompany participation in the CEIP.

Follow these steps to turn off telemetry collection:

kubectl

To turn off telemetry collection on your Tanzu Application Platform by using kubectl:

Ensure your Kubernetes context is pointing to the cluster where Tanzu Application Platform is installed.

Run the following kubectl command:

kubectl apply -f - <<EOF
apiVersion: v1
kind: Namespace
metadata:
  name: vmware-system-telemetry
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: ConfigMap
metadata:
  namespace: vmware-system-telemetry
  name: vmware-telemetry-cluster-ceip
data:
  level: disabled
EOF

If you already have Tanzu Application Platform installed, restart the telemetry collector to pick up the change:
```
kubectl delete pods --namespace tap-telemetry --all
```

Tanzu CLI

The Tanzu CLI provides a telemetry plugin enabled by the Tanzu Framework v0.25.0, which has been included in Tanzu Application Platform since v1.3.

To turn off telemetry collection on your Tanzu Application Platform by using the Tanzu CLI:

$ tanzu telemetry update --CEIP-opt-out
*no output*

To learn more about how to update the telemetry settings:

$ tanzu telemetry update --help
Update tanzu telemetry settings

Usage:
  tanzu telemetry update [flags]

Examples:

    # opt into ceip
    tanzu telemetry update --CEIP-opt-in
    # opt out of ceip
    tanzu telemetry update --CEIP-opt-out
    # update shared configuration settings
    tanzu telemetry update --env-is-prod "true" --entitlement-account-number "1234" --csp-org-id "XXXX"


Flags:
      --CEIP-opt-in                         opt into VMware's CEIP program
      --CEIP-opt-out                        opt out of VMware's CEIP program
      --csp-org-id string                   Accepts a string and sets a cluster-wide CSP
                                                                            org ID. Empty string is equivalent to
                                                                            unsetting this value.
      --entitlement-account-number string   Accepts a string and sets a cluster-wide
                                                                            entitlement account number. Empty string is
                                                                            equivalent to unsetting this value
      --env-is-prod string                  Accepts a boolean and sets a cluster-wide
                                                                            value denoting whether the target is a
                                                                            production cluster or not.
  -h, --help                                help for update

At this point, your Tanzu Application Platform deployment no longer emits telemetry, and you are opted out of the CEIP.