Lasso
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EDB developed a small multi-platform application called Lasso. Lasso can
safely gather relevant diagnostics data on a system where Postgres and
other relevant supported software, such as Barman, is running.

You can also run Lasso on systems where Postgres isn’t installed to
gather all relevant information about the underlying operating system.

Consult the specific information for your operating system.

..  Important::
   Lasso can't affect your data. It gathers statistics and diagnostics information from your Postgres server, with imperceptible effects on the workload. *No actual data* from the rows of your Postgres user tables is gathered. [^1]

Lasso is crucial for support operations because it allows EDB’s
engineers to have a centralized and standardized source of information
about your system. This ability greatly improves our resolution times
and quality of services.

.. toctree::
  :maxdepth: 3

  release-notes
  install
  usage
  configuration
  security
  report-types
  return
  collected-data
  describe
  appendix-a