metrics: Document uploader functionality
Metrics uploader can be activated with the metrics_uploader use flag, update README to reflect that. Also fix the section about activating metrics. BUG=None TEST=None Change-Id: I2c6d0abe6536eb419c5b49f149b6d3f097670325 Reviewed-on: https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/216631 Reviewed-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@chromium.org> Tested-by: Bertrand Simonnet <bsimonnet@chromium.org> Commit-Queue: Bertrand Simonnet <bsimonnet@chromium.org>
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found in the LICENSE file.
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The Chrome OS "metrics" package contains utilities for client-side user metric
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collection. The collected data is sent to Chrome for transport to the UMA
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server.
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collection.
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When Chrome is installed, Chrome will take care of aggregating and uploading the
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metrics to the UMA server.
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When Chrome is not installed (embedded build) and the metrics_uploader USE flag
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is set, metrics_daemon will aggregate and upload the metrics itself.
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For more information on the C API see c_metrics_library.h.
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- Samples are sent to Chrome only if the "/home/chronos/Consent To Send Stats"
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file exists (see the AreMetricsEnabled API method). Normally, this file is
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created when the user opts into metrics collection.
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file exists or the metrics are declared enabled in the policy file (see the
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AreMetricsEnabled API method).
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- On the target platform, shortly after the sample is sent, it should be visible
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in Chrome through "about:histograms".
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