How to install Open Web Analytics on EndeavourOS Latest

Open Web Analytics is an open source web analytics software that allows you to track and analyze the traffic to your website. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps to install Open Web Analytics on EndeavourOS Latest.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, you'll need:

• a server running EndeavourOS Latest
• root access to the server
• PHP version 5.6.0 or later
• MySQL or MariaDB database

Step 1: Install prerequisites

First, we need to install some prerequisites for Open Web Analytics:

sudo pacman -S php php-fpm php-gd php-mysqli php-xml mariadb

Step 2: Create a MySQL database

Create a new MySQL database for Open Web Analytics:

sudo mysql -u root -p

CREATE DATABASE owadb;
GRANT ALL ON owadb.* TO 'owauser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your_strong_password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit

Step 3: Download and install Open Web Analytics

Now, we need to download and install Open Web Analytics. We'll use the latest stable release (v1.7.0) for this tutorial.

sudo pacman -S git
cd /var/www
sudo git clone https://github.com/Open-Web-Analytics/Open-Web-Analytics.git owa
sudo chown -R http:http owa

Step 4: Configure Open Web Analytics

Next, we need to configure Open Web Analytics. Copy the sample configuration file:

cp /var/www/owa/config/owa-config-dist.php /var/www/owa/config/owa-config.php

Then, edit the configuration file to update the database credentials:

nano /var/www/owa/config/owa-config.php

Change the following lines to match your MySQL database credentials:

define('OWA_DB_HOST', 'localhost');
define('OWA_DB_USER', 'owauser');
define('OWA_DB_PASSWORD', 'your_strong_password');
define('OWA_DB_NAME', 'owadb');

Save and close the file.

Step 5: Configure PHP-FPM

We need to update PHP-FPM configuration to serve Open Web Analytics. Open up the configuration file:

sudo nano /etc/php/php-fpm.d/www.conf

Find the following lines and edit them to match the values below:

user = http
group = http
listen = /run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock
listen.owner = http
listen.group = http

Save and close the file.

Step 6: Secure Open Web Analytics

For security reasons, we'll create a new user and group and run Open Web Analytics as that user. Create a new user and group:

sudo groupadd owa
sudo useradd -g owa -d /var/www/owa -s /sbin/nologin owa
sudo chown -R owa:owa /var/www/owa

Step 7: Start PHP-FPM and test Open Web Analytics

Start PHP-FPM:

sudo systemctl start php-fpm.service
sudo systemctl enable php-fpm.service

Now, navigate to http://your_server_ip/owa in your web browser. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.

Conclusion

Open Web Analytics is now installed and ready to use. Keep in mind that this tutorial only covers the installation and basic configuration of Open Web Analytics. Refer to the official documentation for more information on advanced configuration and usage.

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