Offen is an open-source and self-hosted tool for collecting, sharing, and processing website usage data. You can easily install it on Arch Linux by following these simple steps:
Make sure that your system is up to date and you have root privileges. You also need to have a web server and a database server installed on your system.
Offen requires PHP and some PHP extensions to work. To install these packages, run the following command:
sudo pacman -S php php-fpm php-pgsql postgresql
Create a new user and database for Offen. To create a new user, run the following command:
sudo -u postgres createuser -P offen
You will be prompted to set a password for the new user. Next, create a new database and grant all privileges to the new user:
sudo -u postgres createdb -O offen offen
Download Offen from the official website:
wget https://github.com/offen/offen/releases/download/v0.1.1/offen-linux-amd64.tar.gz
Extract the downloaded file and move it to the /opt directory:
tar xvfz offen-linux-amd64.tar.gz
sudo mv offen /opt/
Create a new configuration file:
sudo cp /opt/offen/config.example.yml /opt/offen/config.yml
Edit the configuration file using your favorite text editor:
sudo nano /opt/offen/config.yml
Update the following settings in the configuration file:
server.host: Set it to your server's IP address or domain name.database.dsn: Set it to pgsql:host=localhost;dbname=offen;user=offen;password=your_password.auth.provider.github.client_id: Set it to your GitHub client ID if you want to use GitHub for authentication.Save the configuration file and exit.
Edit the PHP-FPM configuration file:
sudo nano /etc/php/php-fpm.d/www.conf
Update the following settings in the configuration file:
listen: Set it to /run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock.listen.owner: Set it to http.listen.group: Set it to http.user: Set it to http.group: Set it to http.listen.allowed_clients: Comment it out.Save the configuration file and exit.
Start the PostgreSQL and PHP-FPM services:
sudo systemctl start postgresql
sudo systemctl start php-fpm
Open your web browser and go to http://your_server_domain_or_IP:8080/. You should see the Offen dashboard.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Offen on Arch Linux.
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