Metabase is an open source business intelligence and analytics tool that allows you to connect to a variety of data sources and visualize the data in a user-friendly way. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the process of installing Metabase on OpenBSD.
Before we begin, make sure you have the following:
Make sure your OpenBSD system is up-to-date by running the following command:
sudo pkg_add -Uu
Metabase requires Java Development Kit (JDK) version 8 or higher. To install Java on your OpenBSD system, run the following command:
sudo pkg_add openjdk-11
Verify that Java is installed by running the following command:
java -version
You should see the version of Java installed on your system.
Metabase requires a PostgreSQL database to store its data. To install PostgreSQL on your OpenBSD system, run the following command:
sudo pkg_add postgresql-server
Once installed, initialize the database server:
sudo /usr/local/bin/initdb -D /var/postgresql/data
Next, start the database server:
sudo /usr/local/sbin/postgresqlctl start
Finally, enable PostgreSQL to start at boot:
echo "postgresql=YES" | sudo tee -a /etc/rc.conf.local
Download the latest version of Metabase by going to the Metabase download page and selecting the OpenBSD option.
Once downloaded, extract the Metabase files to a folder where you would like to run the Metabase server from. For example, the following command extracts the Metabase files to the user's home directory:
unzip ~/Downloads/metabase-<version>-openbsd-amd64.zip -d ~/metabase
Before starting Metabase, you need to configure it to connect to your PostgreSQL database. To do so, run the following command:
cd ~/metabase/bin
./metabase setup
Follow the prompts to configure Metabase with your PostgreSQL database connection details.
Once you have configured Metabase, you can start it by running the following command:
cd ~/metabase/bin
./metabase start
You should see output indicating that Metabase is starting up.
Open a web browser and navigate to http://localhost:3000 to access Metabase.
In this tutorial, we walked you through the process of installing Metabase on OpenBSD. You can now connect to various data sources and start visualizing your data with Metabase.
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