Migrate to Google Analytics 4 (GA4)

[chalin]

Google has deprecated Universal Analytics (UA), in favor of its successor, Google Analytics 4 (GA4). This issue is part of a CNCF-wide effort to upgrade project websites to GA4. For more details about the deprecation and the CNCF migration effort, see:

• Migrate CNCF websites to GA4 cncf/techdocs#108, including reference to a suggested migration process, which we've used to migrate a few CNCF projects already.

Tasks: stages 1 & 2

• Create a GA4 site tag under the CNCF projects account.
  The new GA4 stream measurement ID is: G-V9SYWYG92Y
• Enable GA4 site tag, ideally via Netlify snippet injection (leaving the GTM site tag in place), "Google Analytics 4 - only in production", just before </head>:

  {% if CONTEXT == 'production' %}
  <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-V9SYWYG92Y"></script>
  <script>
    window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];
    function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);}
    gtag('js', new Date());
  
    gtag('config', 'G-V9SYWYG92Y');
  </script>
  {% endif %}

• Ensure that the GA4 site tag is receiving events.
• I'm going to assume that the GTM tag is still processing events, since the registration code hasn't been touched. If someone with access to that Analytics account can confirm, that would be appreciated.

Tasks: followup

• Eventually, the GTM tag will stop working. Either it will need to be upgraded, or simply dropped in favor of the GA4 site tag. Post Google Analytics 4 (GA4) migration cleanup #194

Sites

• Main site: this issue is for the main site, cilium.io, which is currently setup with:
  • Google Tag Manager (GTM) tag, GTM-M533ZSF
  • UA-96283704-1
• Docs: I'll be creating a separate issue for the docs subdomain, which is built from cilium/cilium. This docs issue is:
  [docs] Migrate to Google Analytics 4 (GA4) cilium#22007

/cc @caniszczyk @nate-double-u

[chalin]

Hi @tgraf @liquidat @xmulligan: who should I contact to gain access to the Netlify account for:

• cilium.io
• docs.cilium.io - edit - I have access through "CNCF projects 2"

I believe that the base account access is via app.netlify.com/sites/cilium. Thanks!

[xmulligan]

@chalin I can get you access. What do you need?

[chalin]

@xmulligan - I need access to the main site's Netlify account, so you'll need to add me via https://app.netlify.com/sites/cilium/members I believe. I can't recall what level of access I need, but we can start with Collaborator. Thanks!

[chalin]

@xmulligan - it seems that these two domains are distinct (and not redirected one to the other):

• docs.cilium.io
• docs-cilium-io.netlify.app

Is that correct? If so, where is the "official" docs domain being served from?

[xmulligan]

Sure, should I use your LF email or is there an alias I should use?

I'm not sure about the docs question. @qmonnet might know though

[chalin]

Sure, should I use your LF email or is there an alias I should use?

I just DM'd you via CNCF Slack. Thanks.

[chalin]

@xmulligan @qmonnet - any updates on this, post-offsite? To summarize:

• Cilium Netlify account access: can one of you grant me access?
• Docs have two hosts: I'd like some insights as to why there seem to be two hosting services active for the docs. For context, see my Migrate to Google Analytics 4 (GA4) #164 (comment) from earlier.

[qmonnet]

Sorry I'm currently on leave, deferring to Bill or maybe @michi-covalent

[xmulligan]

@chalin sorry for the delay, we didn't want to do the switch while on the offsite in case anything went wrong 😅

@michi-covalent is working on it now

[chalin]

Thanks @xmulligan @michi-covalent -- looking forward to hearing from you.

[michi-covalent]

hi @chalin ! 👋

• Cilium Netlify account access: can one of you grant me access?

we are in the process of migrating https://cilium.io site from a private netlify account to cncf account. i'll let you know when the migration is complete.

• Docs have two hosts: I'd like some insights as to why there seem to be two hosting services active for the docs.

https://docs.cilium.io is currently using readthedocs to host the production site. we use cncf netlify account for deploy previews. https://docs-cilium-io.netlify.app comes from that. not sure if there is a way to disable *.netlify.app domain.

[lizrice]

I think I've done it! I have transferred cilium.io to CNCF Projects 2 (where docs.cilium.io was already)

[chalin]

Great! Ok, GA4 is setup now so I'll close this issue. Let's track the post-migration cleanup via:

• Post Google Analytics 4 (GA4) migration cleanup #194

Just a reminder that the docs subdomain migration is being tracked separately via:

• [docs] Migrate to Google Analytics 4 (GA4) cilium#22007

[chalin]

https://docs.cilium.io is currently using readthedocs to host the production site. we use cncf netlify account for deploy previews. https://docs-cilium-io.netlify.app comes from that. not sure if there is a way to disable *.netlify.app domain.

I've created a separate issue to track this, see:

• Rename Netlify preview-only host or host docs via Netlify #195

[chalin]

I think I've done it! I have transferred cilium.io to CNCF Projects 2 (where docs.cilium.io was already)

@lizrice @qmonnet et al.: Cilium.io needs to opt out of Google's forced & automatic GA4 migration (since we've migrated already). For details, see:

• [Urgent] Opt-out of "Automatically set up a basic Google Analytics 4 property" #248