Ackee is a self-hosted analytics tool that allows you to track the visitors of your website. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Ackee on EndeavourOS. Ackee supports Linux, macOS and Windows, so it will work on almost any operating system.
To check if you have NodeJS and NPM installed on your system, open the terminal by pressing Ctrl + Alt + T. Type the following command:
node -v
If it shows the version number of NodeJS, it means NodeJS is installed on your system. Similarly, to check if NPM is installed or not, type the following command:
npm -v
If it shows the version number of NPM, it means NPM is installed on your system.
If you don't have NodeJS and NPM installed on your system, you can install them by running the following command in the terminal:
sudo pacman -S nodejs npm
Ackee requires MongoDB as its database. To install MongoDB on your system, run the following command in the terminal:
sudo pacman -S mongodb
Once the installation is complete, start the MongoDB service by running the following command:
sudo systemctl start mongodb
To make sure that MongoDB starts automatically during the boot time, enable it by running the following command:
sudo systemctl enable mongodb
To install Ackee on your system, create a new directory where you want to install it and move to that directory by running the following command:
mkdir Ackee
cd Ackee
Now, install Ackee by running the following command:
npm install ackee-server
This will install Ackee and all its dependencies on your system.
Now, we need to configure Ackee to work as per our requirements. To do this, create a new file config.yml inside the Ackee directory by running the following command:
nano config.yml
Add the following lines in the config.yml file:
server:
host: 127.0.0.1
port: 3000
db:
uri: mongodb://localhost:27017/ackee
options: {}
security:
password: your_password
jwtSecret: your_jwt_secret
etl:
interval: 1000 * 60 * 5
historyDays: 30
concurrentRequests: 5
mail:
from: 'Ackee <noreply@ackee.domain>'
transport: 'SMTP'
service: 'Mailgun'
auth:
user: 'your_user'
pass: 'your_password'
options:
host: 'smtp.mailgun.org'
Make sure to replace your_password and your_jwt_secret with your own passwords. For the mail configuration, replace your_user and your_password with your Mailgun credentials.
To start Ackee, run the following command inside the Ackee directory:
npm start
This will start Ackee and it will be available at http://localhost:3000 in your web browser.
In this tutorial, you learned how to install Ackee on EndeavourOS latest version along with NodeJS, NPM, and MongoDB. After installation, you also learned how to configure Ackee and start using it. Now, you can use Ackee to track the visitors of your website.
If you want to self-host in an easy, hands free way, need an external IP address, or simply want your data in your own hands, give IPv6.rs a try!
Alternatively, for the best virtual desktop, try Shells!
