Getting Started with Posit Chronicle

Published

March 13, 2025

Introduction

Chronicle helps data science managers and other stakeholders understand their organization’s use of supported professional products (Posit Connect, Posit Package Manager, and Posit Workbench).

A Chronicle installation is composed of one or more agents that collect usage metrics from Posit products and a centralized server that aggregates these data and writes them to persistent storage for later inspection.

flowchart TD
    subgraph n1 [VM or Kubernetes Pod]
    wb1(Posit Workbench)
    a1(Chronicle agent)
    wb1 -.->|Raw metrics| a1
    end
    subgraph n2 [VM or Kubernetes Pod]
    wb2(Posit Workbench)
    a2(Chronicle agent)
    wb2 -.->|Raw metrics| a2
    end
    subgraph n3 [VM or Kubernetes Pod]
    c1(Posit Connect)
    a3(Chronicle agent)
    c1 -.->|Raw metrics| a3
    end
    server(Chronicle server)
    disk[(File storage<br>local and/or S3)]
    a1 --> server
    a2 --> server
    a3 --> server
    server -->|Analytics-ready data| disk

    disk --> rep{{Chronicle Reports}}

This guide helps administrators install and configure both the Chronicle agent and server in their own environments.

Warning

Chronicle is currently available as pre-release software in development and features may be incomplete or subject to change.

Support and Feedback

We welcome and appreciate any and all feedback from users trying Chronicle during this phase of development. For technical support, questions, or if you are interested in joining our feedback program, please contact your Posit Customer Success Manager or Posit Support.

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