Countly is an open-source platform for mobile and web analytics. It helps you to track user behaviors and measure the success of your mobile and web apps. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Countly Community Edition on Kali Linux.
First, let's update and upgrade our Kali Linux system to ensure that we have the latest software packages.
sudo apt-get update -y
sudo apt-get upgrade -y
Countly requires several dependencies to be installed on your system. Here is the list of dependencies that you need to install:
sudo apt-get install -y curl wget sudo apt-transport-https gnupg2 mongodb nginx nodejs npm
Countly uses MongoDB as its database. You can install MongoDB by following these steps:
wget -qO - https://www.mongodb.org/static/pgp/server-4.4.asc | sudo apt-key add -
echo "deb [ arch=amd64,arm64 ] https://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu bionic/mongodb-org/4.4 multiverse" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-org-4.4.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y mongodb-org
After installing MongoDB, start and enable the service.
sudo systemctl start mongod
sudo systemctl enable mongod
You can download the latest version of Countly from their official website.
wget -qO- https://github.com/Countly/countly-server/archive/master.tar.gz | tar xvz -C ~/
cd ~/countly-server-master
After successfully installing Countly, it's time to configure it by creating a custom configuration file. You can generate the configuration file by running the following command:
sudo cp -r ./config.sample.js ./config.js
Then, edit the config.js file and provide your MongoDB credentials.
// Root URL of the Countly installation, used for internal links
config.host = "localhost";
// MongoDB connection settings
config.mongodb = {
host: "localhost",
db: "countly",
port: 27017,
max_pool_size: 500,
// username: "",
// password: "",
// replicaSet: "countly"
};
Now, we need to install frontend dependencies using npm.
cd ~/countly-server-master
npm install
Countly provides various plugins and extensions to extend its functionality. You can install them using the following command:
cd ~/countly-server-master/bin
./countly plugin install <plugin-name>
For example, if you want to install the push notifications plugin, run the following command:
./countly plugin install push-notifications
Finally, start Countly by running the following command:
cd ~/countly-server-master
COUNTLY_CONFIG_LOCATION=./config.js npm start
After starting Countly, you can access the Countly dashboard by opening a web browser and navigating to the following URL:
http://localhost:6001
Congratulations! You have learned how to install Countly Community Edition on Kali Linux. You can now use Countly to track user behaviors and measure your mobile and web apps' success.
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