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Improve metrics docs page a bit

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We mainly switch the anonymous metrics viewing variable
to false, along with other wording changes.
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# Enabling metrics and graphs for your Matrix server (optional)
It can be useful to have some (visual) insight in the performance of your homeserver.
It can be useful to have some (visual) insight into the performance of your homeserver.
You can enable this with the following settings in your configuration file (`inventory/host_vars/matrix.<your-domain>/vars.yml`):
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matrix_prometheus_node_exporter_enabled: true
matrix_grafana_enabled: true
matrix_grafana_anonymous_access: true
matrix_grafana_anonymous_access: false
matrix_grafana_default_admin_user: yourname
# Passwords containing special characters may be troublesome.
# Changing the password subsequently won't work.
matrix_grafana_default_admin_password: securelongpassword
```
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`matrix_synapse_metrics_enabled`|Enables metrics specific to Synapse
`matrix_prometheus_node_exporter_enabled`|Node Exporter is an addon of sorts to Prometheus that collects generic system information such as CPU, memory, filesystem, and even system temperatures
`matrix_grafana_enabled`|Grafana is the visual component. It shows the dashboards with the graphs that we're interested in
`matrix_grafana_anonymous_access`|By default you need to login to see graphs. If you want to publicly share your graphs (e.g. when asking for help in [`#synapse:matrix.org`](https://matrix.to/#/#synapse:matrix.org?via=matrix.org&via=privacytools.io&via=mozilla.org)) you'll want to enable this option.
`matrix_grafana_anonymous_access`|By default you need to log in to see graphs. If you want to publicly share your graphs (e.g. when asking for help in [`#synapse:matrix.org`](https://matrix.to/#/#synapse:matrix.org?via=matrix.org&via=privacytools.io&via=mozilla.org)) you'll want to enable this option.
`matrix_grafana_default_admin_user`<br>`matrix_grafana_default_admin_password`|By default Grafana creates a user with `admin` as the username and password. If you feel this is insecure and you want to change it beforehand, you can do that here
## Security and privacy