PostHog is a popular open-source product analytics platform that can help you better understand how users interact with your applications. In this tutorial, we will go through the process of installing PostHog on Elementary OS Latest.
Before we can start with the installation process, we need to make sure that our system has the following prerequisites:
If you don't have Docker installed, you can do so by following the steps on their website: https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/ubuntu/.
To install PostHog, follow these steps:
Open a terminal on your Elementary OS Latest system. You can do this by pressing "Ctrl + Alt + T" on your keyboard or by searching for "Terminal" in the Applications menu.
In the terminal, run the following command to download the PostHog Docker Compose file:
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/posthog/posthog/master/docker-compose.simple.yml > docker-compose.yml
This will download the PostHog Docker Compose file and save it as docker-compose.yml in your current directory.
Next, we need to customize the docker-compose.yml file to suit our needs. Open the file using your favorite text editor and make the following changes:
Change the POSTHOG_SECRET_KEY environment variable to a strong secret key. For example:
POSTHOG_SECRET_KEY: this_is_a_very_strong_secret_key
Change the POSTHOG_DEBUG environment variable to 0 if you are running PostHog in production. Otherwise, set it to 1.
If you want to use HTTPS to secure your PostHog installation, uncomment the POSTHOG_HTTPS environment variable and set it to 1. You will also need to provide your SSL certificate and key files by mounting them as volumes in the PostHog container.
Save the docker-compose.yml file and exit your text editor.
In the terminal, run the following command to start the PostHog Docker containers:
docker-compose up -d
This will download the necessary Docker images and start the PostHog containers in background mode.
Once the containers are up and running, you can access the PostHog web interface by visiting http://localhost:8000 in your web browser. You should see the PostHog login page.
To stop the PostHog Docker containers, run the following command in the terminal:
docker-compose down
This will stop and remove the PostHog containers from your system.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed PostHog on your Elementary OS Latest system. You can now use PostHog to track user events and analyze user behavior on your applications.
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