Open Web Analytics (OWA) is a web analytics software that helps you track and analyze the performance of your website. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install OWA on MXLinux Latest.
Before we install OWA, we need to make sure that our system meets the following requirements:
The first step is to download the latest version of OWA from the official website. You can download it using the following command:
sudo wget https://github.com/Open-Web-Analytics/Open-Web-Analytics/archive/1.7.6.tar.gz
Once the download is complete, we need to extract the archive. Use the following command to extract the tar file:
sudo tar -xvzf 1.7.6.tar.gz -C /var/www/
This command extracts the archive to the /var/www/ directory.
To use OWA, we need to create a new database. Use the following command to create a new database and a new user:
sudo mysql -u root -p
Enter your root password and press Enter. This should open up the MySQL shell. Once you are in the shell, create a new database and a user with the following commands:
CREATE DATABASE owadb;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON owadb.* TO 'owauser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Make sure to change owauser and password to your desired values.
Now that we have extracted the OWA archive and created the database, we need to configure OWA to use the database.
First, create a copy of the sample configuration file using the following command:
cd /var/www/Open-Web-Analytics-1.7.6/config/
cp owa-config-dist.php owa-config.php
Now, open the configuration file using any text editor:
nano owa-config.php
Find the following lines in the file:
/* database settings */
define('OWA_DB_HOST', 'localhost');
define('OWA_DB_USER', 'owa');
define('OWA_DB_PASSWORD', 'owa_password');
define('OWA_DB_NAME', 'owa_db');
Replace them with the following:
/* database settings */
define('OWA_DB_HOST', 'localhost');
define('OWA_DB_USER', 'owauser');
define('OWA_DB_PASSWORD', 'password');
define('OWA_DB_NAME', 'owadb');
The webserver needs write access to some of the folders and files inside the OWA directory. To give the required permissions, execute the following commands:
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/Open-Web-Analytics-1.7/
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/Open-Web-Analytics-1.7/
OWA is now installed and configured on your MXLinux Latest system. You can access it by visiting the following URL in your web browser:
http://localhost/Open-Web-Analytics-1.7.6
The first time you access OWA, you will be prompted to create an admin account.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Open Web Analytics on MXLinux Latest.
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