In this tutorial, we will be installing Redash, an open-source platform that allows you to connect and query multiple data sources to visualize and share data insights.
Before we can install Redash, we need to install its dependencies. The following command will install the necessary dependencies:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install build-essential pwgen libffi-dev libssl-dev libpq-dev python3-dev python3-pip
It is highly recommended to create a dedicated user for running Redash. You can create a new user with the following command:
sudo adduser --system --shell /bin/bash --group redash
Redash uses PostgreSQL as its database backend. You can install PostgreSQL by running the following command:
sudo apt-get install postgresql
Once PostgreSQL is installed, you can create a new user and database for Redash:
sudo -u postgres createuser redash
sudo -u postgres createdb redash -O redash
You also need to configure PostgreSQL to allow remote connections by editing the pg_hba.conf file:
sudo nano /etc/postgresql/{version}/main/pg_hba.conf
and add the following line at the end of the file:
host all all 0.0.0.0/0 md5
Then, restart PostgreSQL:
sudo service postgresql restart
The easiest way to install Redash is to install it using pip. You can install Redash by running the following commands:
sudo pip3 install redash[all]
You can configure Redash by editing the configuration file at /opt/redash/env. First, copy the sample configuration:
sudo cp /opt/redash/.env.sample /opt/redash/env
Next, edit the configuration file using your preferred text editor:
sudo nano /opt/redash/env
You need to set the following variables in the configuration file:
REDASH_SECRET_KEY=<your-secret-key>
REDASH_DATABASE_URL=postgresql://redash@localhost/redash
REDASH_COOKIE_SECRET=<your-cookie-secret>
REDASH_WEB_WORKERS=4
REDASH_ADDITIONAL_QUERY_RUNNERS=redash.query_runner.postgres_pg8000
Replace <your-secret-key> and <your-cookie-secret> with your own secret keys.
You can start Redash by running the following command:
sudo /opt/redash/bin/run
By default, Redash listens on port 5000. You can access the Redash web interface by navigating to http://localhost:5000 in your web browser.
Congratulations, you have successfully installed Redash on Debian Latest!
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