How to install Shynet on FreeBSD Latest

Shynet is a self-hosted analytics tool designed to help website owners understand how users interact with their website. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Shynet on FreeBSD Latest.

Prerequisites

Before we start the installation process, you need to make sure that the following prerequisites are met:

• A server running FreeBSD Latest.
• Access to the server via SSH as the root user or a user with sudo privileges.
• Docker and Docker Compose are installed on the server.
• Git is installed on the server.

Step 1: Install Git

First, we need to install Git on the server. You can install Git on FreeBSD by running the following command:

sudo pkg install -y git

Step 2: Clone the Shynet repository

Next, we need to clone the Shynet repository using Git. To do that, run the following command:

git clone https://github.com/milesmcc/shynet.git

This will create a directory named shynet in the current working directory containing the Shynet source code.

Step 3: Configure Shynet

Before we start Shynet, we need to configure it by creating a .env file in the shynet directory. To do that, run the following command:

cd shynet
cp .env.example .env

Next, open the .env file in your favorite text editor and modify the following variables:

• APP_URL: The URL where Shynet will be accessible from. This should be the URL of your server.
• ADMIN_EMAIL: The email address of the Shynet admin user.
• ADMIN_PASSWORD: The password of the Shynet admin user.

Save the changes and close the file.

Step 4: Start Shynet

Finally, we can start Shynet by running the following command:

sudo docker-compose up -d

This will start the Shynet containers in detached mode, which means they will run in the background. To view the container logs, run the following command:

sudo docker-compose logs -f

Once Shynet is started, you can access it by visiting the URL you specified in the APP_URL variable in Step 3 in your web browser.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Shynet on FreeBSD Latest. You can now start using Shynet to monitor your website's traffic and user behavior. If you have any issues or questions, please refer to the Shynet documentation or the GitHub repository.

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