Install Matomo - Self-Hosted Google Analytics Alternative - on Linux
16#Matomo #Analytics #Linux
Full steps can be found at https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials...
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What is Matomo?
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Matomo is the ethical alternative where you won't make privacy sacrifices or compromise your site. Matomo's the Google Analytics alternative that protects your data and your customer's privacy. A powerful web analytics platform with 100% data ownership. - https://matomo.org/
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Installing Matomo
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01. Log into the Debian device
02. Run the following commands in a terminal:
update software repositories
sudo apt update
install available updates
sudo apt upgrade -y
install Apache HTTPD and MySQL
sudo apt install apache2 mariadb-server mariadb-client -y
install PHP components
sudo apt install php php-curl php-gd php-cli php-mysql php-xml php-mbstring -y
configure the MySQL database
sudo su
mysql_secure_installation
03. Press Enter to login as root
04. Type Y and press Enter to set a root password, type the password twice to confirm
05. Type Y and press Enter to remove anonymous users
06. Type Y and press Enter to disallow root login remotely
07. Type Y and press Enter to remove the test database
08. Type Y and press Enter to reload privilege tables
09. Run the following command to login into MySQL:
mysql -u root -p
10. Authenticate with the root password set earlier
11. Run the following commands to create the Matomo database and database user
CREATE DATABASE analytics;
GRANT ALL ON analytics.* to 'analytics'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'An@lyt1c$!';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
exit
12. Continue with the following commands to download and extract Matomo in the Apache webroot
download latest matomo build
wget https://builds.matomo.org/matomo.zip
extract downloaded zip
sudo unzip matomo.zip -d /var/www/html
move to webroot
sudo mv /var/www/html/matomo /var/www/html/analytics
set the owner of the new analytics directory to www-data
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/analytics
13. Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP/analytics
14. Click the Next button on the Welcome screen
15. Click the Next button on the System Check screen
16. Fill in the database connection form as follows and click the Next button
Database Server: 127.0.0.1
Login: analytics
Password: An@lyt1c$!
Database Name: analytics
Table Prefix:
Adapter: MySQLI
17. Click the Next button
18. Create an administrative logon and set the password ≫ Click the Next button
19. Complete the form to add the first website to collect analytics on ≫ Click the Next button
20. Copy the generated code into the header of the application to monitor
21. Click Next ≫ Click Next on the Congratulations page
22. Login with the admin logon created earlier
23. Welcome to free self-hosted web analytics
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Installing Dark Theme (Optional)
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01. Click the gear icon in the top right
02. Select Platform ≫ Marketplace from the left navigation menu
03. Change the Show dropdown to Themes and search for Dark Theme
04. Find Dark Theme and click the Install button
05. Type the admin password to confirm the installation
06. Click the Activate Theme button
Source: https://matomo.org/docs/installation/...
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