PostHog is an open-source, self-hosted product analytics platform that helps you understand how users interact with your website or application. In this tutorial, we'll guide you through installing PostHog on Arch Linux.
Before starting, you will need:
PostHog requires a few dependencies to be installed. Run the following command to install them:
sudo pacman -S postgresql redis python python-pip
To install PostHog, run the following commands:
pip install https://github.com/PostHog/posthog/archive/master.zip
sudo posthog migrate
This will install PostHog and run the initial database migrations.
Next, we need to create a configuration file for PostHog. Run the following command:
sudo nano /etc/posthog.conf
In this file, add the following lines:
DATABASE_URL=postgres://user:password@localhost:5432/posthog
REDIS_URL=redis://localhost:6379/0
Replace "user" and "password" with the appropriate values for your PostgreSQL installation.
To start PostHog, run the following command:
sudo posthog runserver
PostHog should now be running on your Arch Linux system.
Open a web browser and go to the following URL:
http://localhost:8000/
You should now see the PostHog login screen.
In this tutorial, we showed you how to install PostHog on Arch Linux. Now you can use PostHog to track user interactions on your website or application.
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