Install Matomo - Self-Hosted Google Analytics Alternative - on Windows

#Matomo #Analytics #Windows

Full steps can be found at https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0325.html

What is Matomo?

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/

Installation

   01. Download XAMPP  https://sourceforge.net/projects/xampp/files/XAMPP%20Windows/    02. Download Matomo  https://github.com/matomo-org/matomo/releases/latest    03. Download Microsoft Visual C++  https://aka.ms/vs/16/release/vc_redist.x64.exe    04. Install Microsoft Visual C++    05. Right click the downloaded XAMPP file ≫ Extract All...    06. Right click the downloaded Matomo .zip file ≫ Extract All...    07. Cut the matomo folder inside the XAMPP/htdocs directory    08. Copy the extracted XAMPP directory to a safe location to run from, C:\Program Files for example    09. Run XAMPP/setup_xampp.bat to update the configuration files with the new server location    10. Run XAMPP/xampp-control.exe    11. Click the Start button next to Apache and MySQL    12. Navigate to XAMPP/mysql/bin    13. Hold the SHIFT key and right click in the white space ≫ Open PowerShell windows here...    14. Type the following in the PowerShell window to setup the database          .\mysql -u root          CREATE DATABASE analytics DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;          CREATE USER 'analytics_rw'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'An@lyt1c$!';          GRANT ALL ON analytics.* TO 'analytics_rw'@'localhost';          FLUSH PRIVILEGES;          exit;    15. Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP/matomo    16. Click the Next button on the Welcome screen    17. Click the Next button on the System Check screen    18. Fill in the database connection form as follows and click the Next button          Database Server: 127.0.0.1          Login: analytics_rw          Password: An@lyt1c$!          Database Name: analytics          Table Prefix:          Adapter: MySQLI    19. Click Next on the Creating the Tables page    20. Enter a Superuser login, password and email ≫ Click Next    21. Complete the form to setup the first site to start tracking analytics ≫ Click Next    22. Click Next then Continue to Matomo    23. Login with the Superuser username and password created earlier    24. Welcome to Matomo

Installing Dark Theme (Optional)

   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/#getting-started  

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