Hi! I cant seam to find any information on how to configure the “Usage statistics” plugin settings. I wish to anonymize statistics due to GDPR but i cant find any info on how to create the salt file that should be readable by the web server user Im running OJS 3.x on RedHat Linux. These are the …

I see the issue is solved :slight_smile: Maybe then just to confirm here that the salt in the config.ini is not the same as the salt file needed for usage stats. The salt file for usage stats has to be created by the system admin – it is a text file that should be readable and writable for the web …

muellerscheessel August 24, 2021, 3:34pm 7

The salt is set in a separate txt-file which you put in your files-folder. You then specify the path in the usage-plugin.
BTW, you are not the first with this problem (see this thread).

How to configure "Usage Statistics" plugin settings