Update docs/configuring-playbook-synapse-usage-exporter.md: add the section "What does it do?"

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Synapse does not include usage statistics in its Prometheus metrics. They can be reported to an HTTP `PUT` endpoint 5 minutes after startup and from then on at a fixed interval of once every three hours. This role integrates a simple [Flask](https://flask.palletsprojects.com) project that offers an HTTP `PUT` endpoint and holds the most recent received record available to be scraped by Prometheus.
See the project's [documentation](https://github.com/loelkes/synapse-usage-exporter/blob/main/README.md) to learn what it does and why it might be useful to you.
## What does it do?
Enabling this service will automatically:
- install the synapse-usage-exporter service
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- re-configure [Prometheus](./configuring-playbook-prometheus-grafana.md) (if Prometheus is enabled), to periodically scrape metrics from synapse-usage-exporter
- add a new [Grafana](./configuring-playbook-prometheus-grafana.md) dashboard (if Grafana is enabled) containing Synapse usage statistics
See the project's [documentation](https://github.com/loelkes/synapse-usage-exporter/blob/main/README.md) to learn what it does and why it might be useful to you.
## Adjusting DNS records (optional)
By default, this playbook installs synapse-usage-exporter on the `matrix.` subdomain, at the `/report-usage-stats/push` path (https://matrix.example.com/report-usage-stats/push). This makes it easy to install it, because it **doesn't require additional DNS records to be set up**. If that's okay, you can skip this section.