Netdata: "Other servers" menu doesn't show remote streaming servers while not logged into nedata.cloud

[RX14]

Remote host is accessible as normal on /host/alarm/, and shows the dashboard as normal. The charts update fine. However there's no link in the server switcher menu to switch between hosts, because the whole menu is replaced by a "Please sign in to netdata.cloud" message. Upon signing in, the host appears in the menu as normal.

$ netdata -V
netdata v1.12.1-7-g86ed3869

[cakrit]

Hi @RX14, this is is by design. This way, no URLs and hostnames are sent to the global netdata registry, without explicit user action. Please see #3990 section "login to enable the registry" and the issues linked to it, like #2760.

[RX14]

This is about instances streaming data to the netdata instance. It doesn't need to send or recieve data from netdata.cloud to see the server because the dashboard is hosted on the same instance.

[cakrit]

You're right, actually the source of information is different for the replicated hosts, it comes from /api/v1/charts and not the registry. So we can definitely show those without requiring information to be sent to the registry.