[Usage collection] Collect non-default kibana configs (#97368) (#97653)

Co-authored-by: Kibana Machine <42973632+kibanamachine@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Ahmad Bamieh <ahmadbamieh@gmail.com>
2025-04-24 09:48:58 -04:00 · 2021-04-20 13:04:54 -04:00 · 2021-04-20 13:04:54 -04:00 · c67030243c
commit c67030243c
parent 14191b77a8
31 changed files with 1026 additions and 27 deletions
--- a/.telemetryrc.json
+++ b/.telemetryrc.json
@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
  {
    "output": "src/plugins/telemetry/schema/oss_plugins.json",
    "root": "src/plugins/",
-    "exclude": []
+    "exclude": [
+      "src/plugins/kibana_usage_collection/server/collectors/config_usage/register_config_usage_collector.ts"
+    ]
  }
 ]
--- a/docs/development/core/server/kibana-plugin-core-server.makeusagefromschema.md
+++ b/docs/development/core/server/kibana-plugin-core-server.makeusagefromschema.md
@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<!-- Do not edit this file. It is automatically generated by API Documenter. -->
+
+[Home](./index.md) &gt; [kibana-plugin-core-server](./kibana-plugin-core-server.md) &gt; [MakeUsageFromSchema](./kibana-plugin-core-server.makeusagefromschema.md)
+
+## MakeUsageFromSchema type
+
+List of configuration values that will be exposed to usage collection. If parent node or actual config path is set to `true` then the actual value of these configs will be reoprted. If parent node or actual config path is set to `false` then the config will be reported as \[redacted\].
+
+<b>Signature:</b>
+
+```typescript
+export declare type MakeUsageFromSchema<T> = {
+    [Key in keyof T]?: T[Key] extends Maybe<object[]> ? false : T[Key] extends Maybe<any[]> ? boolean : T[Key] extends Maybe<object> ? MakeUsageFromSchema<T[Key]> | boolean : boolean;
+};
+```
--- a/docs/development/core/server/kibana-plugin-core-server.md
+++ b/docs/development/core/server/kibana-plugin-core-server.md
@ -272,6 +272,7 @@ The plugin integrates with the core system via lifecycle events: `setup`<!-- -->
 |  [LegacyElasticsearchClientConfig](./kibana-plugin-core-server.legacyelasticsearchclientconfig.md) |  |
 |  [LifecycleResponseFactory](./kibana-plugin-core-server.lifecycleresponsefactory.md) | Creates an object containing redirection or error response with error details, HTTP headers, and other data transmitted to the client. |
 |  [LoggerConfigType](./kibana-plugin-core-server.loggerconfigtype.md) |  |
+|  [MakeUsageFromSchema](./kibana-plugin-core-server.makeusagefromschema.md) | List of configuration values that will be exposed to usage collection. If parent node or actual config path is set to <code>true</code> then the actual value of these configs will be reoprted. If parent node or actual config path is set to <code>false</code> then the config will be reported as \[redacted\]. |
 |  [MetricsServiceStart](./kibana-plugin-core-server.metricsservicestart.md) | APIs to retrieves metrics gathered and exposed by the core platform. |
 |  [MIGRATION\_ASSISTANCE\_INDEX\_ACTION](./kibana-plugin-core-server.migration_assistance_index_action.md) |  |
 |  [MIGRATION\_DEPRECATION\_LEVEL](./kibana-plugin-core-server.migration_deprecation_level.md) |  |
--- a/docs/development/core/server/kibana-plugin-core-server.pluginconfigdescriptor.exposetousage.md
+++ b/docs/development/core/server/kibana-plugin-core-server.pluginconfigdescriptor.exposetousage.md
@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<!-- Do not edit this file. It is automatically generated by API Documenter. -->
+
+[Home](./index.md) &gt; [kibana-plugin-core-server](./kibana-plugin-core-server.md) &gt; [PluginConfigDescriptor](./kibana-plugin-core-server.pluginconfigdescriptor.md) &gt; [exposeToUsage](./kibana-plugin-core-server.pluginconfigdescriptor.exposetousage.md)
+
+## PluginConfigDescriptor.exposeToUsage property
+
+Expose non-default configs to usage collection to be sent via telemetry. set a config to `true` to report the actual changed config value. set a config to `false` to report the changed config value as \[redacted\].
+
+All changed configs except booleans and numbers will be reported as \[redacted\] unless otherwise specified.
+
+[MakeUsageFromSchema](./kibana-plugin-core-server.makeusagefromschema.md)
+
+<b>Signature:</b>
+
+```typescript
+exposeToUsage?: MakeUsageFromSchema<T>;
+```
--- a/docs/development/core/server/kibana-plugin-core-server.pluginconfigdescriptor.md
+++ b/docs/development/core/server/kibana-plugin-core-server.pluginconfigdescriptor.md
@ -46,5 +46,6 @@ export const config: PluginConfigDescriptor<ConfigType> = {
 |  --- | --- | --- |
 |  [deprecations](./kibana-plugin-core-server.pluginconfigdescriptor.deprecations.md) | <code>ConfigDeprecationProvider</code> | Provider for the  to apply to the plugin configuration. |
 |  [exposeToBrowser](./kibana-plugin-core-server.pluginconfigdescriptor.exposetobrowser.md) | <code>{</code><br/><code>        [P in keyof T]?: boolean;</code><br/><code>    }</code> | List of configuration properties that will be available on the client-side plugin. |
+|  [exposeToUsage](./kibana-plugin-core-server.pluginconfigdescriptor.exposetousage.md) | <code>MakeUsageFromSchema&lt;T&gt;</code> | Expose non-default configs to usage collection to be sent via telemetry. set a config to <code>true</code> to report the actual changed config value. set a config to <code>false</code> to report the changed config value as \[redacted\].<!-- -->All changed configs except booleans and numbers will be reported as \[redacted\] unless otherwise specified.[MakeUsageFromSchema](./kibana-plugin-core-server.makeusagefromschema.md) |
 |  [schema](./kibana-plugin-core-server.pluginconfigdescriptor.schema.md) | <code>PluginConfigSchema&lt;T&gt;</code> | Schema to use to validate the plugin configuration.[PluginConfigSchema](./kibana-plugin-core-server.pluginconfigschema.md) |

--- a/src/core/server/core_usage_data/core_usage_data_service.mock.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/core_usage_data/core_usage_data_service.mock.ts
@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ const createStartContractMock = () => {
        },
      })
    ),
+    getConfigsUsageData: jest.fn(),
  };

  return startContract;
--- a/src/core/server/core_usage_data/core_usage_data_service.test.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/core_usage_data/core_usage_data_service.test.ts
@ -35,7 +35,35 @@ describe('CoreUsageDataService', () => {
    });

  let service: CoreUsageDataService;
-  const configService = configServiceMock.create();
+  const mockConfig = {
+    unused_config: {},
+    elasticsearch: { username: 'kibana_system', password: 'changeme' },
+    plugins: { paths: ['pluginA', 'pluginAB', 'pluginB'] },
+    server: { port: 5603, basePath: '/zvt', rewriteBasePath: true },
+    logging: { json: false },
+    pluginA: {
+      enabled: true,
+      objectConfig: {
+        debug: true,
+        username: 'some_user',
+      },
+      arrayOfNumbers: [1, 2, 3],
+    },
+    pluginAB: {
+      enabled: false,
+    },
+    pluginB: {
+      arrayOfObjects: [
+        { propA: 'a', propB: 'b' },
+        { propA: 'a2', propB: 'b2' },
+      ],
+    },
+  };
+
+  const configService = configServiceMock.create({
+    getConfig$: mockConfig,
+  });
+
  configService.atPath.mockImplementation((path) => {
    if (path === 'elasticsearch') {
      return new BehaviorSubject(RawElasticsearchConfig.schema.validate({}));
@ -146,6 +174,7 @@ describe('CoreUsageDataService', () => {

        const { getCoreUsageData } = service.start({
          savedObjects: savedObjectsServiceMock.createInternalStartContract(typeRegistry),
+          exposedConfigsToUsage: new Map(),
          elasticsearch,
        });
        expect(getCoreUsageData()).resolves.toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
@ -281,6 +310,453 @@ describe('CoreUsageDataService', () => {
        `);
      });
    });
+
+    describe('getConfigsUsageData', () => {
+      const elasticsearch = elasticsearchServiceMock.createStart();
+      const typeRegistry = savedObjectsServiceMock.createTypeRegistryMock();
+      let exposedConfigsToUsage: Map<string, Record<string, boolean>>;
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        exposedConfigsToUsage = new Map();
+      });
+
+      it('loops over all used configs once each', async () => {
+        configService.getUsedPaths.mockResolvedValue([
+          'pluginA.objectConfig.debug',
+          'logging.json',
+        ]);
+
+        exposedConfigsToUsage.set('pluginA', {
+          objectConfig: true,
+        });
+
+        const { getConfigsUsageData } = service.start({
+          savedObjects: savedObjectsServiceMock.createInternalStartContract(typeRegistry),
+          exposedConfigsToUsage,
+          elasticsearch,
+        });
+
+        const mockGetMarkedAsSafe = jest.fn().mockReturnValue({});
+        // @ts-expect-error
+        service.getMarkedAsSafe = mockGetMarkedAsSafe;
+        await getConfigsUsageData();
+
+        expect(mockGetMarkedAsSafe).toBeCalledTimes(2);
+        expect(mockGetMarkedAsSafe.mock.calls).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+          Array [
+            Array [
+              Map {
+                "pluginA" => Object {
+                  "objectConfig": true,
+                },
+              },
+              "pluginA.objectConfig.debug",
+              "pluginA",
+            ],
+            Array [
+              Map {
+                "pluginA" => Object {
+                  "objectConfig": true,
+                },
+              },
+              "logging.json",
+              undefined,
+            ],
+          ]
+        `);
+      });
+
+      it('plucks pluginId from config path correctly', async () => {
+        exposedConfigsToUsage.set('pluginA', {
+          enabled: false,
+        });
+        exposedConfigsToUsage.set('pluginAB', {
+          enabled: false,
+        });
+
+        configService.getUsedPaths.mockResolvedValue(['pluginA.enabled', 'pluginAB.enabled']);
+
+        const { getConfigsUsageData } = service.start({
+          savedObjects: savedObjectsServiceMock.createInternalStartContract(typeRegistry),
+          exposedConfigsToUsage,
+          elasticsearch,
+        });
+
+        await expect(getConfigsUsageData()).resolves.toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+          Object {
+            "pluginA.enabled": "[redacted]",
+            "pluginAB.enabled": "[redacted]",
+          }
+        `);
+      });
+
+      it('returns an object of plugin config usage', async () => {
+        exposedConfigsToUsage.set('unused_config', { never_reported: true });
+        exposedConfigsToUsage.set('server', { basePath: true });
+        exposedConfigsToUsage.set('pluginA', { elasticsearch: false });
+        exposedConfigsToUsage.set('plugins', { paths: false });
+        exposedConfigsToUsage.set('pluginA', { arrayOfNumbers: false });
+
+        configService.getUsedPaths.mockResolvedValue([
+          'elasticsearch.username',
+          'elasticsearch.password',
+          'plugins.paths',
+          'server.port',
+          'server.basePath',
+          'server.rewriteBasePath',
+          'logging.json',
+          'pluginA.enabled',
+          'pluginA.objectConfig.debug',
+          'pluginA.objectConfig.username',
+          'pluginA.arrayOfNumbers',
+          'pluginAB.enabled',
+          'pluginB.arrayOfObjects',
+        ]);
+
+        const { getConfigsUsageData } = service.start({
+          savedObjects: savedObjectsServiceMock.createInternalStartContract(typeRegistry),
+          exposedConfigsToUsage,
+          elasticsearch,
+        });
+
+        await expect(getConfigsUsageData()).resolves.toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+          Object {
+            "elasticsearch.password": "[redacted]",
+            "elasticsearch.username": "[redacted]",
+            "logging.json": false,
+            "pluginA.arrayOfNumbers": "[redacted]",
+            "pluginA.enabled": true,
+            "pluginA.objectConfig.debug": true,
+            "pluginA.objectConfig.username": "[redacted]",
+            "pluginAB.enabled": false,
+            "pluginB.arrayOfObjects": "[redacted]",
+            "plugins.paths": "[redacted]",
+            "server.basePath": "/zvt",
+            "server.port": 5603,
+            "server.rewriteBasePath": true,
+          }
+        `);
+      });
+
+      describe('config explicitly exposed to usage', () => {
+        it('returns [redacted] on unsafe complete match', async () => {
+          exposedConfigsToUsage.set('pluginA', {
+            'objectConfig.debug': false,
+          });
+          exposedConfigsToUsage.set('server', {
+            basePath: false,
+          });
+
+          configService.getUsedPaths.mockResolvedValue([
+            'pluginA.objectConfig.debug',
+            'server.basePath',
+          ]);
+
+          const { getConfigsUsageData } = service.start({
+            savedObjects: savedObjectsServiceMock.createInternalStartContract(typeRegistry),
+            exposedConfigsToUsage,
+            elasticsearch,
+          });
+
+          await expect(getConfigsUsageData()).resolves.toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+            Object {
+              "pluginA.objectConfig.debug": "[redacted]",
+              "server.basePath": "[redacted]",
+            }
+          `);
+        });
+
+        it('returns config value on safe complete match', async () => {
+          exposedConfigsToUsage.set('server', {
+            basePath: true,
+          });
+
+          configService.getUsedPaths.mockResolvedValue(['server.basePath']);
+
+          const { getConfigsUsageData } = service.start({
+            savedObjects: savedObjectsServiceMock.createInternalStartContract(typeRegistry),
+            exposedConfigsToUsage,
+            elasticsearch,
+          });
+
+          await expect(getConfigsUsageData()).resolves.toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+            Object {
+              "server.basePath": "/zvt",
+            }
+          `);
+        });
+
+        it('returns [redacted] on unsafe parent match', async () => {
+          exposedConfigsToUsage.set('pluginA', {
+            objectConfig: false,
+          });
+
+          configService.getUsedPaths.mockResolvedValue([
+            'pluginA.objectConfig.debug',
+            'pluginA.objectConfig.username',
+          ]);
+
+          const { getConfigsUsageData } = service.start({
+            savedObjects: savedObjectsServiceMock.createInternalStartContract(typeRegistry),
+            exposedConfigsToUsage,
+            elasticsearch,
+          });
+
+          await expect(getConfigsUsageData()).resolves.toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+            Object {
+              "pluginA.objectConfig.debug": "[redacted]",
+              "pluginA.objectConfig.username": "[redacted]",
+            }
+          `);
+        });
+
+        it('returns config value on safe parent match', async () => {
+          exposedConfigsToUsage.set('pluginA', {
+            objectConfig: true,
+          });
+
+          configService.getUsedPaths.mockResolvedValue([
+            'pluginA.objectConfig.debug',
+            'pluginA.objectConfig.username',
+          ]);
+
+          const { getConfigsUsageData } = service.start({
+            savedObjects: savedObjectsServiceMock.createInternalStartContract(typeRegistry),
+            exposedConfigsToUsage,
+            elasticsearch,
+          });
+
+          await expect(getConfigsUsageData()).resolves.toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+            Object {
+              "pluginA.objectConfig.debug": true,
+              "pluginA.objectConfig.username": "some_user",
+            }
+          `);
+        });
+
+        it('returns [redacted] on explicitly marked as safe array of objects', async () => {
+          exposedConfigsToUsage.set('pluginB', {
+            arrayOfObjects: true,
+          });
+
+          configService.getUsedPaths.mockResolvedValue(['pluginB.arrayOfObjects']);
+
+          const { getConfigsUsageData } = service.start({
+            savedObjects: savedObjectsServiceMock.createInternalStartContract(typeRegistry),
+            exposedConfigsToUsage,
+            elasticsearch,
+          });
+
+          await expect(getConfigsUsageData()).resolves.toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+            Object {
+              "pluginB.arrayOfObjects": "[redacted]",
+            }
+          `);
+        });
+
+        it('returns values on explicitly marked as safe array of numbers', async () => {
+          exposedConfigsToUsage.set('pluginA', {
+            arrayOfNumbers: true,
+          });
+
+          configService.getUsedPaths.mockResolvedValue(['pluginA.arrayOfNumbers']);
+
+          const { getConfigsUsageData } = service.start({
+            savedObjects: savedObjectsServiceMock.createInternalStartContract(typeRegistry),
+            exposedConfigsToUsage,
+            elasticsearch,
+          });
+
+          await expect(getConfigsUsageData()).resolves.toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+            Object {
+              "pluginA.arrayOfNumbers": Array [
+                1,
+                2,
+                3,
+              ],
+            }
+          `);
+        });
+
+        it('returns values on explicitly marked as safe array of strings', async () => {
+          exposedConfigsToUsage.set('plugins', {
+            paths: true,
+          });
+
+          configService.getUsedPaths.mockResolvedValue(['plugins.paths']);
+
+          const { getConfigsUsageData } = service.start({
+            savedObjects: savedObjectsServiceMock.createInternalStartContract(typeRegistry),
+            exposedConfigsToUsage,
+            elasticsearch,
+          });
+
+          await expect(getConfigsUsageData()).resolves.toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+            Object {
+              "plugins.paths": Array [
+                "pluginA",
+                "pluginAB",
+                "pluginB",
+              ],
+            }
+          `);
+        });
+      });
+
+      describe('config not explicitly exposed to usage', () => {
+        it('returns [redacted] for string configs', async () => {
+          exposedConfigsToUsage.set('pluginA', {
+            objectConfig: false,
+          });
+
+          configService.getUsedPaths.mockResolvedValue([
+            'pluginA.objectConfig.debug',
+            'pluginA.objectConfig.username',
+          ]);
+
+          const { getConfigsUsageData } = service.start({
+            savedObjects: savedObjectsServiceMock.createInternalStartContract(typeRegistry),
+            exposedConfigsToUsage,
+            elasticsearch,
+          });
+
+          await expect(getConfigsUsageData()).resolves.toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+            Object {
+              "pluginA.objectConfig.debug": "[redacted]",
+              "pluginA.objectConfig.username": "[redacted]",
+            }
+          `);
+        });
+
+        it('returns config value on safe parent match', async () => {
+          configService.getUsedPaths.mockResolvedValue([
+            'elasticsearch.password',
+            'elasticsearch.username',
+            'pluginA.objectConfig.username',
+          ]);
+
+          const { getConfigsUsageData } = service.start({
+            savedObjects: savedObjectsServiceMock.createInternalStartContract(typeRegistry),
+            exposedConfigsToUsage,
+            elasticsearch,
+          });
+
+          await expect(getConfigsUsageData()).resolves.toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+            Object {
+              "elasticsearch.password": "[redacted]",
+              "elasticsearch.username": "[redacted]",
+              "pluginA.objectConfig.username": "[redacted]",
+            }
+          `);
+        });
+
+        it('returns [redacted] on implicit array of objects', async () => {
+          configService.getUsedPaths.mockResolvedValue(['pluginB.arrayOfObjects']);
+
+          const { getConfigsUsageData } = service.start({
+            savedObjects: savedObjectsServiceMock.createInternalStartContract(typeRegistry),
+            exposedConfigsToUsage,
+            elasticsearch,
+          });
+
+          await expect(getConfigsUsageData()).resolves.toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+            Object {
+              "pluginB.arrayOfObjects": "[redacted]",
+            }
+          `);
+        });
+
+        it('returns values on implicit array of numbers', async () => {
+          configService.getUsedPaths.mockResolvedValue(['pluginA.arrayOfNumbers']);
+
+          const { getConfigsUsageData } = service.start({
+            savedObjects: savedObjectsServiceMock.createInternalStartContract(typeRegistry),
+            exposedConfigsToUsage,
+            elasticsearch,
+          });
+
+          await expect(getConfigsUsageData()).resolves.toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+            Object {
+              "pluginA.arrayOfNumbers": Array [
+                1,
+                2,
+                3,
+              ],
+            }
+          `);
+        });
+        it('returns [redacted] on implicit array of strings', async () => {
+          configService.getUsedPaths.mockResolvedValue(['plugins.paths']);
+
+          const { getConfigsUsageData } = service.start({
+            savedObjects: savedObjectsServiceMock.createInternalStartContract(typeRegistry),
+            exposedConfigsToUsage,
+            elasticsearch,
+          });
+
+          await expect(getConfigsUsageData()).resolves.toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+            Object {
+              "plugins.paths": "[redacted]",
+            }
+          `);
+        });
+
+        it('returns config value for numbers', async () => {
+          configService.getUsedPaths.mockResolvedValue(['server.port']);
+
+          const { getConfigsUsageData } = service.start({
+            savedObjects: savedObjectsServiceMock.createInternalStartContract(typeRegistry),
+            exposedConfigsToUsage,
+            elasticsearch,
+          });
+
+          await expect(getConfigsUsageData()).resolves.toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+            Object {
+              "server.port": 5603,
+            }
+          `);
+        });
+
+        it('returns config value for booleans', async () => {
+          configService.getUsedPaths.mockResolvedValue([
+            'pluginA.objectConfig.debug',
+            'logging.json',
+          ]);
+
+          const { getConfigsUsageData } = service.start({
+            savedObjects: savedObjectsServiceMock.createInternalStartContract(typeRegistry),
+            exposedConfigsToUsage,
+            elasticsearch,
+          });
+
+          await expect(getConfigsUsageData()).resolves.toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+            Object {
+              "logging.json": false,
+              "pluginA.objectConfig.debug": true,
+            }
+          `);
+        });
+
+        it('ignores exposed to usage configs but not used', async () => {
+          exposedConfigsToUsage.set('pluginA', {
+            objectConfig: true,
+          });
+
+          configService.getUsedPaths.mockResolvedValue(['logging.json']);
+
+          const { getConfigsUsageData } = service.start({
+            savedObjects: savedObjectsServiceMock.createInternalStartContract(typeRegistry),
+            exposedConfigsToUsage,
+            elasticsearch,
+          });
+
+          await expect(getConfigsUsageData()).resolves.toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+            Object {
+              "logging.json": false,
+            }
+          `);
+        });
+      });
+    });
  });

  describe('setup and stop', () => {
--- a/src/core/server/core_usage_data/core_usage_data_service.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/core_usage_data/core_usage_data_service.ts
@ -7,7 +7,9 @@
 */

 import { Subject } from 'rxjs';
-import { takeUntil } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import { takeUntil, first } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import { get } from 'lodash';
+import { hasConfigPathIntersection } from '@kbn/config';

 import { CoreService } from 'src/core/types';
 import { Logger, SavedObjectsServiceStart, SavedObjectTypeRegistry } from 'src/core/server';
@ -16,11 +18,12 @@ import { ElasticsearchConfigType } from '../elasticsearch/elasticsearch_config';
 import { HttpConfigType, InternalHttpServiceSetup } from '../http';
 import { LoggingConfigType } from '../logging';
 import { SavedObjectsConfigType } from '../saved_objects/saved_objects_config';
-import {
+import type {
  CoreServicesUsageData,
  CoreUsageData,
  CoreUsageDataStart,
  CoreUsageDataSetup,
+  ConfigUsageData,
 } from './types';
 import { isConfigured } from './is_configured';
 import { ElasticsearchServiceStart } from '../elasticsearch';
@ -30,6 +33,8 @@ import { CORE_USAGE_STATS_TYPE } from './constants';
 import { CoreUsageStatsClient } from './core_usage_stats_client';
 import { MetricsServiceSetup, OpsMetrics } from '..';

+export type ExposedConfigsToUsage = Map<string, Record<string, boolean>>;
+
 export interface SetupDeps {
  http: InternalHttpServiceSetup;
  metrics: MetricsServiceSetup;
@ -39,6 +44,7 @@ export interface SetupDeps {
 export interface StartDeps {
  savedObjects: SavedObjectsServiceStart;
  elasticsearch: ElasticsearchServiceStart;
+  exposedConfigsToUsage: ExposedConfigsToUsage;
 }

 /**
@ -266,6 +272,110 @@ export class CoreUsageDataService implements CoreService<CoreUsageDataSetup, Cor
    };
  }

+  private getMarkedAsSafe(
+    exposedConfigsToUsage: ExposedConfigsToUsage,
+    usedPath: string,
+    pluginId?: string
+  ): { explicitlyMarked: boolean; isSafe: boolean } {
+    if (pluginId) {
+      const exposeDetails = exposedConfigsToUsage.get(pluginId) || {};
+      const exposeKeyDetails = Object.keys(exposeDetails).find((exposeKey) => {
+        const fullPath = `${pluginId}.${exposeKey}`;
+        return hasConfigPathIntersection(usedPath, fullPath);
+      });
+
+      if (exposeKeyDetails) {
+        const explicitlyMarkedAsSafe = exposeDetails[exposeKeyDetails];
+
+        if (typeof explicitlyMarkedAsSafe === 'boolean') {
+          return {
+            explicitlyMarked: true,
+            isSafe: explicitlyMarkedAsSafe,
+          };
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    return { explicitlyMarked: false, isSafe: false };
+  }
+
+  private async getNonDefaultKibanaConfigs(
+    exposedConfigsToUsage: ExposedConfigsToUsage
+  ): Promise<ConfigUsageData> {
+    const config = await this.configService.getConfig$().pipe(first()).toPromise();
+    const nonDefaultConfigs = config.toRaw();
+    const usedPaths = await this.configService.getUsedPaths();
+    const exposedConfigsKeys = [...exposedConfigsToUsage.keys()];
+
+    return usedPaths.reduce((acc, usedPath) => {
+      const rawConfigValue = get(nonDefaultConfigs, usedPath);
+      const pluginId = exposedConfigsKeys.find(
+        (exposedConfigsKey) =>
+          usedPath === exposedConfigsKey || usedPath.startsWith(`${exposedConfigsKey}.`)
+      );
+
+      const { explicitlyMarked, isSafe } = this.getMarkedAsSafe(
+        exposedConfigsToUsage,
+        usedPath,
+        pluginId
+      );
+
+      // explicitly marked as safe
+      if (explicitlyMarked && isSafe) {
+        // report array of objects as redacted even if explicitly marked as safe.
+        // TS typings prevent explicitly marking arrays of objects as safe
+        // this makes sure to report redacted even if TS was bypassed.
+        if (
+          Array.isArray(rawConfigValue) &&
+          rawConfigValue.some((item) => typeof item === 'object')
+        ) {
+          acc[usedPath] = '[redacted]';
+        } else {
+          acc[usedPath] = rawConfigValue;
+        }
+      }
+
+      // explicitly marked as unsafe
+      if (explicitlyMarked && !isSafe) {
+        acc[usedPath] = '[redacted]';
+      }
+
+      /**
+       * not all types of values may contain sensitive values.
+       * Report boolean and number configs if not explicitly marked as unsafe.
+       */
+      if (!explicitlyMarked) {
+        switch (typeof rawConfigValue) {
+          case 'number':
+          case 'boolean':
+            acc[usedPath] = rawConfigValue;
+            break;
+          case 'undefined':
+            acc[usedPath] = 'undefined';
+            break;
+          case 'object': {
+            // non-array object types are already handled
+            if (Array.isArray(rawConfigValue)) {
+              if (
+                rawConfigValue.every(
+                  (item) => typeof item === 'number' || typeof item === 'boolean'
+                )
+              ) {
+                acc[usedPath] = rawConfigValue;
+                break;
+              }
+            }
+          }
+          default: {
+            acc[usedPath] = '[redacted]';
+          }
+        }
+      }
+
+      return acc;
+    }, {} as Record<string, any | any[]>);
+  }
+
  setup({ http, metrics, savedObjectsStartPromise }: SetupDeps) {
    metrics
      .getOpsMetrics$()
@ -326,10 +436,13 @@ export class CoreUsageDataService implements CoreService<CoreUsageDataSetup, Cor
    return { registerType, getClient } as CoreUsageDataSetup;
  }

-  start({ savedObjects, elasticsearch }: StartDeps) {
+  start({ savedObjects, elasticsearch, exposedConfigsToUsage }: StartDeps) {
    return {
-      getCoreUsageData: () => {
-        return this.getCoreUsageData(savedObjects, elasticsearch);
+      getCoreUsageData: async () => {
+        return await this.getCoreUsageData(savedObjects, elasticsearch);
+      },
+      getConfigsUsageData: async () => {
+        return await this.getNonDefaultKibanaConfigs(exposedConfigsToUsage);
      },
    };
  }
--- a/src/core/server/core_usage_data/index.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/core_usage_data/index.ts
@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 * Side Public License, v 1.
 */

-export type { CoreUsageDataSetup, CoreUsageDataStart } from './types';
+export type { CoreUsageDataSetup, ConfigUsageData, CoreUsageDataStart } from './types';
 export { CoreUsageDataService } from './core_usage_data_service';
 export { CoreUsageStatsClient } from './core_usage_stats_client';

--- a/src/core/server/core_usage_data/types.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/core_usage_data/types.ts
@ -122,6 +122,18 @@ export interface CoreUsageData extends CoreUsageStats {
  environment: CoreEnvironmentUsageData;
 }

+/**
+ * Type describing Core's usage data payload
+ * @internal
+ */
+export type ConfigUsageData = Record<string, any | any[]>;
+
+/**
+ * Type describing Core's usage data payload
+ * @internal
+ */
+export type ExposedConfigsToUsage = Map<string, Record<string, boolean>>;
+
 /**
 * Usage data from Core services
 * @internal
@ -270,4 +282,5 @@ export interface CoreUsageDataStart {
   * @internal
   * */
  getCoreUsageData(): Promise<CoreUsageData>;
+  getConfigsUsageData(): Promise<ConfigUsageData>;
 }
--- a/src/core/server/index.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/index.ts
@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ import {
  CoreUsageStats,
  CoreUsageData,
  CoreConfigUsageData,
+  ConfigUsageData,
  CoreEnvironmentUsageData,
  CoreServicesUsageData,
 } from './core_usage_data';
@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ export type {
  CoreConfigUsageData,
  CoreEnvironmentUsageData,
  CoreServicesUsageData,
+  ConfigUsageData,
 };

 export { bootstrap } from './bootstrap';
@ -256,6 +258,7 @@ export type {
  PluginManifest,
  PluginName,
  SharedGlobalConfig,
+  MakeUsageFromSchema,
 } from './plugins';

 export {
--- a/src/core/server/plugins/plugins_service.mock.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/plugins/plugins_service.mock.ts
@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ const createStartContractMock = () => ({ contracts: new Map() });

 const createServiceMock = (): PluginsServiceMock => ({
  discover: jest.fn(),
+  getExposedPluginConfigsToUsage: jest.fn(),
  setup: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(createSetupContractMock()),
  start: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(createStartContractMock()),
  stop: jest.fn(),
--- a/src/core/server/plugins/plugins_service.test.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/plugins/plugins_service.test.ts
@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ const createPlugin = (
    manifest: {
      id,
      version,
-      configPath: `${configPath}${disabled ? '-disabled' : ''}`,
+      configPath: disabled ? configPath.concat('-disabled') : configPath,
      kibanaVersion,
      requiredPlugins,
      requiredBundles,
@ -374,7 +374,6 @@ describe('PluginsService', () => {
      expect(mockPluginSystem.addPlugin).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
      expect(mockPluginSystem.addPlugin).toHaveBeenCalledWith(firstPlugin);
      expect(mockPluginSystem.addPlugin).toHaveBeenCalledWith(secondPlugin);
-
      expect(mockDiscover).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
      expect(mockDiscover).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
        {
@ -472,6 +471,88 @@ describe('PluginsService', () => {

      expect(pluginPaths).toEqual(['/plugin-A-path', '/plugin-B-path']);
    });
+
+    it('ppopulates pluginConfigUsageDescriptors with plugins exposeToUsage property', async () => {
+      const pluginA = createPlugin('plugin-with-expose-usage', {
+        path: 'plugin-with-expose-usage',
+        configPath: 'pathA',
+      });
+
+      jest.doMock(
+        join('plugin-with-expose-usage', 'server'),
+        () => ({
+          config: {
+            exposeToUsage: {
+              test: true,
+              nested: {
+                prop: true,
+              },
+            },
+            schema: schema.maybe(schema.any()),
+          },
+        }),
+        {
+          virtual: true,
+        }
+      );
+
+      const pluginB = createPlugin('plugin-with-array-configPath', {
+        path: 'plugin-with-array-configPath',
+        configPath: ['plugin', 'pathB'],
+      });
+
+      jest.doMock(
+        join('plugin-with-array-configPath', 'server'),
+        () => ({
+          config: {
+            exposeToUsage: {
+              test: true,
+            },
+            schema: schema.maybe(schema.any()),
+          },
+        }),
+        {
+          virtual: true,
+        }
+      );
+
+      jest.doMock(
+        join('plugin-without-expose', 'server'),
+        () => ({
+          config: {
+            schema: schema.maybe(schema.any()),
+          },
+        }),
+        {
+          virtual: true,
+        }
+      );
+
+      const pluginC = createPlugin('plugin-without-expose', {
+        path: 'plugin-without-expose',
+        configPath: 'pathC',
+      });
+
+      mockDiscover.mockReturnValue({
+        error$: from([]),
+        plugin$: from([pluginA, pluginB, pluginC]),
+      });
+
+      await pluginsService.discover({ environment: environmentSetup });
+
+      // eslint-disable-next-line dot-notation
+      expect(pluginsService['pluginConfigUsageDescriptors']).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+        Map {
+          "pathA" => Object {
+            "nested.prop": true,
+            "test": true,
+          },
+          "plugin.pathB" => Object {
+            "test": true,
+          },
+        }
+      `);
+    });
  });

  describe('#generateUiPluginsConfigs()', () => {
@ -624,6 +705,20 @@ describe('PluginsService', () => {
    });
  });

+  describe('#getExposedPluginConfigsToUsage', () => {
+    it('returns pluginConfigUsageDescriptors', () => {
+      // eslint-disable-next-line dot-notation
+      pluginsService['pluginConfigUsageDescriptors'].set('test', { enabled: true });
+      expect(pluginsService.getExposedPluginConfigsToUsage()).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+        Map {
+          "test" => Object {
+            "enabled": true,
+          },
+        }
+      `);
+    });
+  });
+
  describe('#stop()', () => {
    it('`stop` stops plugins system', async () => {
      await pluginsService.stop();
--- a/src/core/server/plugins/plugins_service.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/plugins/plugins_service.ts
@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 import Path from 'path';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import { filter, first, map, mergeMap, tap, toArray } from 'rxjs/operators';
-import { pick } from '@kbn/std';
+import { pick, getFlattenedObject } from '@kbn/std';

 import { CoreService } from '../../types';
 import { CoreContext } from '../core_context';
@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ export class PluginsService implements CoreService<PluginsServiceSetup, PluginsS
  private readonly config$: Observable<PluginsConfig>;
  private readonly pluginConfigDescriptors = new Map<PluginName, PluginConfigDescriptor>();
  private readonly uiPluginInternalInfo = new Map<PluginName, InternalPluginInfo>();
+  private readonly pluginConfigUsageDescriptors = new Map<string, Record<string, any | any[]>>();

  constructor(private readonly coreContext: CoreContext) {
    this.log = coreContext.logger.get('plugins-service');
@ -109,6 +110,10 @@ export class PluginsService implements CoreService<PluginsServiceSetup, PluginsS
    };
  }

+  public getExposedPluginConfigsToUsage() {
+    return this.pluginConfigUsageDescriptors;
+  }
+
  public async setup(deps: PluginsServiceSetupDeps) {
    this.log.debug('Setting up plugins service');

@ -211,6 +216,12 @@ export class PluginsService implements CoreService<PluginsServiceSetup, PluginsS
                configDescriptor.deprecations
              );
            }
+            if (configDescriptor.exposeToUsage) {
+              this.pluginConfigUsageDescriptors.set(
+                Array.isArray(plugin.configPath) ? plugin.configPath.join('.') : plugin.configPath,
+                getFlattenedObject(configDescriptor.exposeToUsage)
+              );
+            }
            this.coreContext.configService.setSchema(plugin.configPath, configDescriptor.schema);
          }
          const isEnabled = await this.coreContext.configService.isEnabledAtPath(plugin.configPath);
--- a/src/core/server/plugins/types.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/plugins/types.ts
@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ import { ElasticsearchConfigType } from '../elasticsearch/elasticsearch_config';
 import { SavedObjectsConfigType } from '../saved_objects/saved_objects_config';
 import { CoreSetup, CoreStart } from '..';

+type Maybe<T> = T | undefined;
+
 /**
 * Dedicated type for plugin configuration schema.
 *
@ -70,8 +72,39 @@ export interface PluginConfigDescriptor<T = any> {
   * {@link PluginConfigSchema}
   */
  schema: PluginConfigSchema<T>;
+  /**
+   * Expose non-default configs to usage collection to be sent via telemetry.
+   * set a config to `true` to report the actual changed config value.
+   * set a config to `false` to report the changed config value as [redacted].
+   *
+   * All changed configs except booleans and numbers will be reported
+   * as [redacted] unless otherwise specified.
+   *
+   * {@link MakeUsageFromSchema}
+   */
+  exposeToUsage?: MakeUsageFromSchema<T>;
 }

+/**
+ * List of configuration values that will be exposed to usage collection.
+ * If parent node or actual config path is set to `true` then the actual value
+ * of these configs will be reoprted.
+ * If parent node or actual config path is set to `false` then the config
+ * will be reported as [redacted].
+ *
+ * @public
+ */
+export type MakeUsageFromSchema<T> = {
+  [Key in keyof T]?: T[Key] extends Maybe<object[]>
+    ? // arrays of objects are always redacted
+      false
+    : T[Key] extends Maybe<any[]>
+    ? boolean
+    : T[Key] extends Maybe<object>
+    ? MakeUsageFromSchema<T[Key]> | boolean
+    : boolean;
+};
+
 /**
 * Dedicated type for plugin name/id that is supposed to make Map/Set/Arrays
 * that use it as a key or value more obvious.
--- a/src/core/server/server.api.md
+++ b/src/core/server/server.api.md
@ -381,6 +381,9 @@ export { ConfigPath }

 export { ConfigService }

+// @internal
+export type ConfigUsageData = Record<string, any | any[]>;
+
 // @public
 export interface ContextSetup {
    createContextContainer(): IContextContainer;
@ -558,6 +561,8 @@ export interface CoreUsageData extends CoreUsageStats {

 // @internal
 export interface CoreUsageDataStart {
+    // (undocumented)
+    getConfigsUsageData(): Promise<ConfigUsageData>;
    getCoreUsageData(): Promise<CoreUsageData>;
 }

@ -1662,6 +1667,13 @@ export { LogMeta }

 export { LogRecord }

+// Warning: (ae-forgotten-export) The symbol "Maybe" needs to be exported by the entry point index.d.ts
+//
+// @public
+export type MakeUsageFromSchema<T> = {
+    [Key in keyof T]?: T[Key] extends Maybe<object[]> ? false : T[Key] extends Maybe<any[]> ? boolean : T[Key] extends Maybe<object> ? MakeUsageFromSchema<T[Key]> | boolean : boolean;
+};
+
 // @public
 export interface MetricsServiceSetup {
    readonly collectionInterval: number;
@ -1848,6 +1860,7 @@ export interface PluginConfigDescriptor<T = any> {
    exposeToBrowser?: {
        [P in keyof T]?: boolean;
    };
+    exposeToUsage?: MakeUsageFromSchema<T>;
    schema: PluginConfigSchema<T>;
 }

@ -3234,9 +3247,9 @@ export const validBodyOutput: readonly ["data", "stream"];
 //
 // src/core/server/elasticsearch/client/types.ts:94:7 - (ae-forgotten-export) The symbol "Explanation" needs to be exported by the entry point index.d.ts
 // src/core/server/http/router/response.ts:297:3 - (ae-forgotten-export) The symbol "KibanaResponse" needs to be exported by the entry point index.d.ts
-// src/core/server/plugins/types.ts:293:3 - (ae-forgotten-export) The symbol "KibanaConfigType" needs to be exported by the entry point index.d.ts
-// src/core/server/plugins/types.ts:293:3 - (ae-forgotten-export) The symbol "SharedGlobalConfigKeys" needs to be exported by the entry point index.d.ts
-// src/core/server/plugins/types.ts:296:3 - (ae-forgotten-export) The symbol "SavedObjectsConfigType" needs to be exported by the entry point index.d.ts
-// src/core/server/plugins/types.ts:401:5 - (ae-unresolved-link) The @link reference could not be resolved: The package "kibana" does not have an export "create"
+// src/core/server/plugins/types.ts:326:3 - (ae-forgotten-export) The symbol "KibanaConfigType" needs to be exported by the entry point index.d.ts
+// src/core/server/plugins/types.ts:326:3 - (ae-forgotten-export) The symbol "SharedGlobalConfigKeys" needs to be exported by the entry point index.d.ts
+// src/core/server/plugins/types.ts:329:3 - (ae-forgotten-export) The symbol "SavedObjectsConfigType" needs to be exported by the entry point index.d.ts
+// src/core/server/plugins/types.ts:434:5 - (ae-unresolved-link) The @link reference could not be resolved: The package "kibana" does not have an export "create"

 ```
--- a/src/core/server/server.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/server.ts
@ -247,6 +247,7 @@ export class Server {
    const coreUsageDataStart = this.coreUsageData.start({
      elasticsearch: elasticsearchStart,
      savedObjects: savedObjectsStart,
+      exposedConfigsToUsage: this.plugins.getExposedPluginConfigsToUsage(),
    });

    this.coreStart = {
--- a/src/plugins/kibana_usage_collection/README.md
+++ b/src/plugins/kibana_usage_collection/README.md
@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ This plugin registers the basic usage collectors from Kibana:

 - [Application Usage](./server/collectors/application_usage/README.md)
 - Core Metrics
+- [Config Usage](./server/collectors/config_usage/README.md)
 - CSP configuration
 - Kibana: Number of Saved Objects per type
 - Localization data
@ -11,8 +12,3 @@ This plugin registers the basic usage collectors from Kibana:
 - Ops stats
 - UI Counts
 - UI Metrics
-
-
-
-
-
--- a/src/plugins/kibana_usage_collection/server/collectors/config_usage/README.md
+++ b/src/plugins/kibana_usage_collection/server/collectors/config_usage/README.md
@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+# Config Usage Collector
+
+The config usage collector reports non-default kibana configs.
+
+All non-default configs except booleans and numbers will be reported as `[redacted]` unless otherwise specified via `config.exposeToUsage` in the plugin config descriptor.
+
+```ts
+import { schema, TypeOf } from '@kbn/config-schema';
+import { PluginConfigDescriptor } from 'src/core/server';
+
+export const configSchema = schema.object({
+  usageCounters: schema.object({
+    enabled: schema.boolean({ defaultValue: true }),
+    retryCount: schema.number({ defaultValue: 1 }),
+    bufferDuration: schema.duration({ defaultValue: '5s' }),
+  }),
+  uiCounters: schema.object({
+    enabled: schema.boolean({ defaultValue: true }),
+    debug: schema.boolean({ defaultValue: schema.contextRef('dev') }),
+  }),
+  maximumWaitTimeForAllCollectorsInS: schema.number({
+    defaultValue: DEFAULT_MAXIMUM_WAIT_TIME_FOR_ALL_COLLECTORS_IN_S,
+  }),
+});
+
+export const config: PluginConfigDescriptor<ConfigType> = {
+  schema: configSchema,
+  exposeToUsage: {
+    uiCounters: true,
+    usageCounters: {
+      bufferDuration: true,
+    },
+    maximumWaitTimeForAllCollectorsInS: false,
+  },
+};
+```
+
+In the above example setting `uiCounters: true` in the `exposeToUsage` property marks all configs
+under the path `uiCounters` as safe. The collector will send the actual non-default config value
+when setting an exact config or its parent path to `true`.
+
+Settings the config path or its parent path to `false` will explicitly mark this config as unsafe.
+The collector will send `[redacted]` for non-default configs
+when setting an exact config or its parent path to `false`.
+
+### Output of the collector
+
+```json
+{
+  "kibana_config_usage": {
+    "xpack.apm.serviceMapTraceIdBucketSize": 30,
+    "elasticsearch.username": "[redacted]",
+    "elasticsearch.password": "[redacted]",
+    "plugins.paths": "[redacted]",
+    "server.port": 5603,
+    "server.basePath": "[redacted]",
+    "server.rewriteBasePath": true,
+    "logging.json": false,
+    "usageCollection.uiCounters.debug": true
+  }
+}
+```
+
+Note that arrays of objects will be reported as `[redacted]` and cannot be explicitly marked as safe.
--- a/src/plugins/kibana_usage_collection/server/collectors/config_usage/index.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/kibana_usage_collection/server/collectors/config_usage/index.ts
@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0 and the Server Side Public License, v 1; you may not use this file except
+ * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
+ * Side Public License, v 1.
+ */
+
+export { registerConfigUsageCollector } from './register_config_usage_collector';
--- a/src/plugins/kibana_usage_collection/server/collectors/config_usage/register_config_usage_collector.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/kibana_usage_collection/server/collectors/config_usage/register_config_usage_collector.test.ts
@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0 and the Server Side Public License, v 1; you may not use this file except
+ * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
+ * Side Public License, v 1.
+ */
+
+import {
+  Collector,
+  createUsageCollectionSetupMock,
+  createCollectorFetchContextMock,
+} from '../../../../usage_collection/server/mocks';
+import { registerConfigUsageCollector } from './register_config_usage_collector';
+import { coreUsageDataServiceMock, loggingSystemMock } from '../../../../../core/server/mocks';
+import type { ConfigUsageData } from '../../../../../core/server';
+
+const logger = loggingSystemMock.createLogger();
+
+describe('kibana_config_usage', () => {
+  let collector: Collector<unknown>;
+
+  const usageCollectionMock = createUsageCollectionSetupMock();
+  usageCollectionMock.makeUsageCollector.mockImplementation((config) => {
+    collector = new Collector(logger, config);
+    return createUsageCollectionSetupMock().makeUsageCollector(config);
+  });
+
+  const collectorFetchContext = createCollectorFetchContextMock();
+  const coreUsageDataStart = coreUsageDataServiceMock.createStartContract();
+  const mockConfigUsage = (Symbol('config usage telemetry') as any) as ConfigUsageData;
+  coreUsageDataStart.getConfigsUsageData.mockResolvedValue(mockConfigUsage);
+
+  beforeAll(() => registerConfigUsageCollector(usageCollectionMock, () => coreUsageDataStart));
+
+  test('registered collector is set', () => {
+    expect(collector).not.toBeUndefined();
+    expect(collector.type).toBe('kibana_config_usage');
+  });
+
+  test('fetch', async () => {
+    expect(await collector.fetch(collectorFetchContext)).toEqual(mockConfigUsage);
+  });
+});
--- a/src/plugins/kibana_usage_collection/server/collectors/config_usage/register_config_usage_collector.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/kibana_usage_collection/server/collectors/config_usage/register_config_usage_collector.ts
@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0 and the Server Side Public License, v 1; you may not use this file except
+ * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
+ * Side Public License, v 1.
+ */
+
+import { UsageCollectionSetup } from '../../../../usage_collection/server';
+import { ConfigUsageData, CoreUsageDataStart } from '../../../../../core/server';
+
+export function registerConfigUsageCollector(
+  usageCollection: UsageCollectionSetup,
+  getCoreUsageDataService: () => CoreUsageDataStart
+) {
+  const collector = usageCollection.makeUsageCollector<ConfigUsageData | undefined>({
+    type: 'kibana_config_usage',
+    isReady: () => typeof getCoreUsageDataService() !== 'undefined',
+    /**
+     * No schema for this collector.
+     * This collector will collect non-default configs from all plugins.
+     * Mapping each config to the schema is inconvenient for developers
+     * and would result in 100's of extra field mappings.
+     *
+     * We'll experiment with flattened type and runtime fields before comitting to a schema.
+     */
+    schema: {},
+    fetch: async () => {
+      const coreUsageDataService = getCoreUsageDataService();
+      if (!coreUsageDataService) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      return await coreUsageDataService.getConfigsUsageData();
+    },
+  });
+
+  usageCollection.registerCollector(collector);
+}
--- a/src/plugins/kibana_usage_collection/server/collectors/core/core_usage_collector.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/kibana_usage_collection/server/collectors/core/core_usage_collector.test.ts
@ -9,11 +9,11 @@
 import {
  Collector,
  createUsageCollectionSetupMock,
+  createCollectorFetchContextMock,
 } from '../../../../usage_collection/server/mocks';
-import { createCollectorFetchContextMock } from 'src/plugins/usage_collection/server/mocks';
-import { registerCoreUsageCollector } from '.';
+import { registerCoreUsageCollector } from './core_usage_collector';
 import { coreUsageDataServiceMock, loggingSystemMock } from '../../../../../core/server/mocks';
-import { CoreUsageData } from 'src/core/server/';
+import type { CoreUsageData } from '../../../../../core/server';

 const logger = loggingSystemMock.createLogger();

--- a/src/plugins/kibana_usage_collection/server/collectors/index.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/kibana_usage_collection/server/collectors/index.ts
@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ export { registerCloudProviderUsageCollector } from './cloud';
 export { registerCspCollector } from './csp';
 export { registerCoreUsageCollector } from './core';
 export { registerLocalizationUsageCollector } from './localization';
+export { registerConfigUsageCollector } from './config_usage';
 export {
  registerUiCountersUsageCollector,
  registerUiCounterSavedObjectType,
--- a/src/plugins/kibana_usage_collection/server/plugin.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/kibana_usage_collection/server/plugin.test.ts
@ -93,6 +93,10 @@ describe('kibana_usage_collection', () => {
          "isReady": false,
          "type": "core",
        },
+        Object {
+          "isReady": false,
+          "type": "kibana_config_usage",
+        },
        Object {
          "isReady": true,
          "type": "localization",
--- a/src/plugins/kibana_usage_collection/server/plugin.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/kibana_usage_collection/server/plugin.ts
@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import {
  registerUiCountersUsageCollector,
  registerUiCounterSavedObjectType,
  registerUiCountersRollups,
+  registerConfigUsageCollector,
  registerUsageCountersRollups,
  registerUsageCountersUsageCollector,
 } from './collectors';
@ -122,6 +123,7 @@ export class KibanaUsageCollectionPlugin implements Plugin {
    registerCloudProviderUsageCollector(usageCollection);
    registerCspCollector(usageCollection, coreSetup.http);
    registerCoreUsageCollector(usageCollection, getCoreUsageDataService);
+    registerConfigUsageCollector(usageCollection, getCoreUsageDataService);
    registerLocalizationUsageCollector(usageCollection, coreSetup.i18n);
  }
 }
--- a/src/plugins/telemetry/schema/oss_root.json
+++ b/src/plugins/telemetry/schema/oss_root.json
@ -183,8 +183,8 @@
            },
            "plugins": {
              "properties": {
-                "THIS_WILL_BE_REPLACED_BY_THE_PLUGINS_JSON": {
-                  "type": "text"
+                "kibana_config_usage": {
+                  "type": "pass_through"
                }
              }
            }
--- a/src/plugins/usage_collection/server/config.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/usage_collection/server/config.ts
@ -38,4 +38,9 @@ export const config: PluginConfigDescriptor<ConfigType> = {
  exposeToBrowser: {
    uiCounters: true,
  },
+  exposeToUsage: {
+    usageCounters: {
+      bufferDuration: true,
+    },
+  },
 };
--- a/test/api_integration/apis/telemetry/telemetry_local.ts
+++ b/test/api_integration/apis/telemetry/telemetry_local.ts
@ -8,6 +8,7 @@

 import expect from '@kbn/expect';
 import supertestAsPromised from 'supertest-as-promised';
+import { omit } from 'lodash';
 import { basicUiCounters } from './__fixtures__/ui_counters';
 import { basicUsageCounters } from './__fixtures__/usage_counters';
 import type { FtrProviderContext } from '../../ftr_provider_context';
@ -86,6 +87,35 @@ export default function ({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
        expect(stats.stack_stats.kibana.plugins.csp.strict).to.be(false);
        expect(stats.stack_stats.kibana.plugins.csp.warnLegacyBrowsers).to.be(true);
        expect(stats.stack_stats.kibana.plugins.csp.rulesChangedFromDefault).to.be(false);
+        expect(stats.stack_stats.kibana.plugins.kibana_config_usage).to.be.an('object');
+        // non-default kibana configs. Configs set at 'test/api_integration/config.js'.
+        expect(omit(stats.stack_stats.kibana.plugins.kibana_config_usage, 'server.port')).to.eql({
+          'elasticsearch.username': '[redacted]',
+          'elasticsearch.password': '[redacted]',
+          'elasticsearch.hosts': '[redacted]',
+          'elasticsearch.healthCheck.delay': 3600000,
+          'plugins.paths': '[redacted]',
+          'logging.json': false,
+          'server.xsrf.disableProtection': true,
+          'server.compression.referrerWhitelist': '[redacted]',
+          'server.maxPayload': 1679958,
+          'status.allowAnonymous': true,
+          'home.disableWelcomeScreen': true,
+          'data.search.aggs.shardDelay.enabled': true,
+          'security.showInsecureClusterWarning': false,
+          'telemetry.banner': false,
+          'telemetry.url': '[redacted]',
+          'telemetry.optInStatusUrl': '[redacted]',
+          'telemetry.optIn': false,
+          'newsfeed.service.urlRoot': '[redacted]',
+          'newsfeed.service.pathTemplate': '[redacted]',
+          'savedObjects.maxImportPayloadBytes': 10485760,
+          'savedObjects.maxImportExportSize': 10001,
+          'usageCollection.usageCounters.bufferDuration': 0,
+        });
+        expect(stats.stack_stats.kibana.plugins.kibana_config_usage['server.port']).to.be.a(
+          'number'
+        );

        // Testing stack_stats.data
        expect(stats.stack_stats.data).to.be.an('object');
--- a/test/api_integration/apis/telemetry/utils/schema_to_config_schema.ts
+++ b/test/api_integration/apis/telemetry/utils/schema_to_config_schema.ts
@ -8,8 +8,8 @@

 import type { ObjectType, Type } from '@kbn/config-schema';
 import { schema } from '@kbn/config-schema';
-import { get } from 'lodash';
 import { set } from '@elastic/safer-lodash-set';
+import { get, merge } from 'lodash';
 import type { AllowedSchemaTypes } from 'src/plugins/usage_collection/server';

 /**
@ -125,11 +125,19 @@ export function assertTelemetryPayload(
  stats: unknown
 ): void {
  const fullSchema = telemetrySchema.root;
+
+  const mergedPluginsSchema = merge(
+    {},
+    get(fullSchema, 'properties.stack_stats.properties.kibana.properties.plugins'),
+    telemetrySchema.plugins
+  );
+
  set(
    fullSchema,
    'properties.stack_stats.properties.kibana.properties.plugins',
-    telemetrySchema.plugins
+    mergedPluginsSchema
  );
+
  const ossTelemetryValidationSchema = convertSchemaToConfigSchema(fullSchema);

  // Run @kbn/config-schema validation to the entire payload
--- a/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/telemetry/telemetry_local.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/telemetry/telemetry_local.ts
@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ export default function ({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
    it('should pass the schema validation', () => {
      const root = deepmerge(ossRootTelemetrySchema, xpackRootTelemetrySchema);
      const plugins = deepmerge(ossPluginsTelemetrySchema, xpackPluginsTelemetrySchema);
+
      try {
        assertTelemetryPayload({ root, plugins }, stats);
      } catch (err) {