Installing Open Web Analytics on Fedora CoreOS Latest

Open Web Analytics (OWA) is an open-source web analytics software that provides real-time analytics tracking and reporting for websites. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Open Web Analytics on the latest version of Fedora CoreOS.

Prerequisites

Before installing OWA on Fedora CoreOS, you will need the following:

• A running instance of Fedora CoreOS latest
• SSH access to your Fedora CoreOS instance
• Root privileges on your Fedora CoreOS instance

Step 1: Install Apache

The first step is to install the Apache web server on your Fedora CoreOS instance. Apache is the most commonly used web server software, and it is required for OWA to function properly. To install Apache, run the following command:

sudo rpm-ostree install httpd

This command will download and install the Apache web server on your Fedora CoreOS instance.

Step 2: Install PHP

Open Web Analytics also requires PHP to run. To install PHP, run the following command:

sudo rpm-ostree install php php-mysqlnd php-gd php-mbstring php-xml php-json

This command will download and install PHP and its necessary extensions on your Fedora CoreOS instance.

Step 3: Download and Install Open Web Analytics

To download and install Open Web Analytics, follow these steps:

1. Change your current directory to the Apache web server's document root directory by running the following command:

cd /var/www/html/

2. Download the latest version of Open Web Analytics by running the following command:

sudo wget https://downloads.openwebanalytics.com/owa/owa_latest.zip

3. Extract the downloaded archive using the following command:

sudo unzip owa_latest.zip

4. Change the ownership of the openwebanalytics directory and its contents to the Apache web server user and group by running the following command:

sudo chown -R apache:apache openwebanalytics/

Step 4: Configure Apache to Serve OWA

To configure Apache to serve Open Web Analytics, follow these steps:

1. Open the Apache configuration file using your text editor of choice. We will use nano in this tutorial:

sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

2. Add the following code snippet at the end of the file to configure a virtual host for Open Web Analytics:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName your-domain.com
    DocumentRoot /var/www/html/openwebanalytics
    <Directory /var/www/html/openwebanalytics>
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Replace your-domain.com with your own domain name or IP address.

3. Save the changes and exit the text editor.

4. Restart the Apache web server by running the following command:

sudo systemctl restart httpd

Step 5: Access Open Web Analytics

Open Web Analytics is now installed and configured on your Fedora CoreOS instance, and you can access it by navigating to the public IP address or domain name of your server in your web browser.

For example, if your domain name is your-domain.com, you can access Open Web Analytics by visiting http://your-domain.com/openwebanalytics in your web browser.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Open Web Analytics on Fedora CoreOS Latest. You can now use OWA to track visitors and analyze traffic on your website.

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