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

#Matomo #Analytics #Linux

Full steps can be found at https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0239.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/

Installing Matomo

   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

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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