Open Web Analytics (OWA) is a free, open-source web analytics software that helps to track and analyze your website traffic. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Open Web Analytics on Linux Mint Latest.
Before proceeding with this tutorial, make sure that you have the following prerequisites:
The first step is to download the latest version of Open Web Analytics from its official website. To do that, open a web browser and navigate to the following link:
http://www.openwebanalytics.com/download/
Click on the "Download" button to download the OWA package.
Once the OWA package is downloaded, extract it into the Apache document root directory /var/www/html:
sudo tar -xvf owa-1.7.4.tar.gz -C /var/www/html/
Change the ownership of the OWA directory to the web server user:
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/owa
Next, we need to create a MySQL database and user for OWA. Log in to the MySQL shell with the root user:
sudo mysql -u root
Create a new database named owa:
CREATE DATABASE owa;
Create a new user named owauser and set a password:
CREATE USER 'owauser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
Grant privileges to the owa database:
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON owa.* TO 'owauser'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;
Flush the privileges and exit from the MySQL shell:
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
OWA uses a configuration file named owa-config.php, which is located in the owa directory. Copy the owa-config.php.sample file to owa-config.php:
cd /var/www/html/owa
sudo cp owa-config.php.sample owa-config.php
Configure the OWA by editing the owa-config.php file:
sudo nano owa-config.php
Modify the following database settings in the file:
define('OWA_DB_HOST', 'localhost');
define('OWA_DB_NAME', 'owa');
define('OWA_DB_USERNAME', 'owauser');
define('OWA_DB_PASSWORD', 'password');
Save and close the file.
Now, we need to create a VirtualHost configuration file for OWA. Create a new configuration file named owa.conf:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/owa.conf
Add the following lines:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/owa
ServerName example.com
<Directory /var/www/html/owa/>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/owa_error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/owa_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Change the ServerName to your own server name. Save and close the file.
Enable the VirtualHost and Apache rewrite module:
sudo a2ensite owa.conf
sudo a2enmod rewrite
Restart Apache:
sudo systemctl restart apache2
Open a web browser and navigate to your server's IP address or domain name followed by /owa/:
http://server_IP_address_or_domain_name/owa/
The OWA installation page will appear. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Open Web Analytics on Linux Mint. You can now track and analyze your website traffic using OWA.
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