Roll Your Own Google Analytics Alternative with Umami

#Umami #Analytics #NodeJS

Full steps can be found at https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0522.html

What is Umami

Umami is a simple, fast, website analytics alternative to Google Analytics. - https://github.com/mikecao/umami

Installing NodeJS

   01. Log into the Linux device    02. Run the following commands in a terminal window          # download nodejs          wget -O nodejs.tar.xz https://nodejs.org/dist/v14.17.0/node-v14.17.0-linux-x64.tar.xz          # extract nodejs.tar.xz          tar -xJf nodejs.tar.xz          # change directory to extracted folder          cd node-v14.17.0-linux-x64          # copy node binaries to /usr/local          sudo cp -R * /usr/local/          # test node is working          node -v          # test npm is working          npm -v

Running Umami

   01. Run the following commands in a terminal window          # install MySQL          sudo apt install mariadb-server -y          # configure the MySQL database          sudo su          mysql_secure_installation    02. Press Enter to login as root    03. Type Y and press Enter to set a root password, type the password twice to confirm    04. Type Y and press Enter to remove anonymous users    05. Type Y and press Enter to disallow root login remotely    06. Type Y and press Enter to remove the test database    07. Type Y and press Enter to reload privilege tables    08. Run the following command to login into MySQL:          mysql -u root -p    09. Authenticate with the root password set earlier    10. Run the following commands to create the database and database user          CREATE DATABASE umami DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci;          GRANT ALL ON umami.* TO 'umami_rw'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'um@m1!';          FLUSH PRIVILEGES;          EXIT;          exit    11. Continue with the following commands:          # install git          sudo apt install git -y          # cd back to home          cd ~          # clone umami github repo          git clone https://github.com/mikecao/umami.git          # cd into git clone          cd umami          # import database structure          mysql -u umami_rw -p umami ≪ sql/schema.mysql.sql          # install dependencies          npm install          # create and edit .env          nano ./.env    12. Paste the following into .env          DATABASE_URL=mysql://umami_rw:um@m1!@localhost:3306/umami          HASH_SALT=SomethingSecure    13. Press CTRL+O, Enter, CTRL+X to write the changes to .env    14. Continue with the following commands:          # build umami          npm run build          # run umami          npm start    15. Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP:3000    16. Login with the username admin and password umami    17. Navigate to Settings ≫ Profile and click the Change Password button    18. Enter the current password (umami) and enter and confirm the new password ≫ Click save  

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