Offen is an open-source, privacy-focused, GDPR compliant web analytics tool. It helps web developers to collect and analyze user data in a privacy-compliant way. In this tutorial, we will explain how to install Offen on Linux Mint latest.
Before starting the installation process, make sure that the following prerequisites are met:
First, you need to install some required packages on your Linux Mint system. Open your terminal and run the following command as sudo:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install build-essential git python3-dev python3-pip libmysqlclient-dev libjpeg-dev
This installation will take some time, wait until it finishes.
After installing the required packages, you need to clone the Offen repository from Github. Run the following command in the terminal:
git clone https://github.com/offen/offen.git
This will create a new directory called "offen" in your current directory.
Navigate into the "offen" directory that was created in Step 2, and run the following command:
cd offen
pip3 install -r requirements.txt
This command will install all the required dependencies for the Offen application.
You need to configure the Offen application before starting it. Navigate into the "config" folder and copy the "config.sample.json" file to "config.json":
cd config
cp config.sample.json config.json
Then, edit the "config.json" file and add your MySQL database details:
{
"db": {
"name": "offen",
"user": "<Your MySQL user name>",
"password": "<Your MySQL password>",
"host": "localhost",
"port": 3306
},
...
Create a new MySQL database for Offen and grant permissions to the user defined in the "config.json" file. Run the following commands in the terminal:
mysql -u root -p
mysql> CREATE DATABASE offen;
mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON offen.* TO '<Your MySQL user name>'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '<Your MySQL password>';
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
mysql> exit;
Now you are ready to start the Offen application. Navigate back to the "offen" directory and run the following command:
python3 manage.py migrate
This command will apply all database migrations. After the command finishes, run the following command to start the Offen application:
python3 manage.py runserver
That's it! The Offen application will be available at http://localhost:8000/. You can access the dashboard using the default username and password: admin/offen.
If you want to run Offen using Nginx, you need to create a new server block in your Nginx configuration. Create a new file called "offen.conf" in the "/etc/nginx/sites-available/" directory with the following contents:
server {
listen 80;
server_name yourdomain.com;
location / {
proxy_pass http://localhost:8000;
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
}
}
Replace "yourdomain.com" with your own domain name. Then, create a symbolic link to the "/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/" directory:
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/offen.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
Finally, restart Nginx:
sudo service nginx restart
Now you can access Offen at http://yourdomain.com.
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