Ackee is a self-hosted analytics tool aimed at those who want to gain insights into their website’s visitors. It is easy to set up and use, and provides a range of features such as metrics and reports.
In this tutorial, we’ll go through the process of installing Ackee on Fedora Server latest.
Before you begin, ensure that:
It is always a good practice to update the system so that all packages are up-to-date. To perform system update, follow these steps:
dnf update -y
Ackee requires Node.js version 12 or higher to run. Follow the steps below to install Node.js:
dnf module install nodejs:12 -y
node --version
Ackee stores its data in MongoDB. Follow the steps below to install MongoDB:
dnf config-manager --add-repo=https://repo.mongodb.org/yum/redhat/8Server/mongodb-org/4.4/x86_64/
dnf install mongodb-org -y
systemctl start mongod
systemctl enable mongod
mongo --version
Now that Node.js and MongoDB are installed, we can begin installing Ackee. Follow the steps below:
npm install -g ackee-server
ackee-server --mongodb-uri mongodb://localhost:27017/ackee
In this tutorial, we have installed Ackee on Fedora Server latest by installing Node.js, MongoDB and Ackee. Ready to get insights from your website visitors? Start exploring Ackee today!
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