# Grafana Server pinging Grafana.com

**URL:** <https://community.grafana.com/t/grafana-server-pinging-grafana-com/128782>\
**Category:** Grafana\
**Tags:** websocket\
**Created:** [August 16, 2024, 9:24am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/grafana-server-pinging-grafana-com/128782 "2024-08-16T09:24:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![christianweiss04](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dec6dc/32.png) [@christianweiss04](https://community.grafana.com/u/christianweiss04)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2024, 9:24am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/grafana-server-pinging-grafana-com/128782/1 "2024-08-16T09:24:15Z")

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Hey everyone,  
I set up a Grafana server and saw, in my pihole, that the grafanahost tries to ping [grafana.com](http://grafana.com) every five minutes.  
Why does it do that, and can I block it?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![ebabeshko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9d8465/32.png) [@ebabeshko](https://community.grafana.com/u/ebabeshko)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2024, 11:35am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/grafana-server-pinging-grafana-com/128782/2 "2024-08-16T11:35:34Z")

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Try changing the following settings in grafana.ini file to false:

```auto
[analytics]
# Server reporting, sends usage counters to stats.grafana.org every 24 hours.
# No ip addresses are being tracked, only simple counters to track
# running instances, dashboard and error counts. It is very helpful to us.
# Change this option to false to disable reporting.
reporting_enabled = true

# Set to false to disable all checks to https://grafana.com
# for new versions of grafana. The check is used
# in some UI views to notify that a grafana update exists.
# This option does not cause any auto updates, nor send any information
# only a GET request to https://grafana.com/api/grafana/versions/stable to get the latest version.
check_for_updates = true

# Set to false to disable all checks to https://grafana.com
# for new versions of plugins. The check is used
# in some UI views to notify that a plugin update exists.
# This option does not cause any auto updates, nor send any information
# only a GET request to https://grafana.com to get the latest versions.
check_for_plugin_updates = true

```