How to Install Offen on OpenBSD

Offen is an open-source software for privacy-compliant web analytics. This tutorial will guide you through the steps to install Offen on OpenBSD.

Prerequisites

Before starting, make sure that you have the following:

• A running instance of OpenBSD with a non-root user account
• Sudo access for the non-root user account

Step 1: Install Docker and Docker Compose

Offen requires Docker and Docker Compose to run on OpenBSD. Follow the below steps to install Docker and Docker Compose on OpenBSD:

1. Open the terminal and update the package source list by running:

   sudo pkg_add -u
   

2. Install Docker by running:

   sudo pkg_add docker
   

   If you get a message that the package cannot be found, try updating the package source list again by running sudo pkg_add -u.

3. Install Docker Compose by running:

   sudo pkg_add py3-pip
   sudo pip install docker-compose
   

Step 2: Download and Configure Offen

1. Create a new directory for Offen by running:

   mkdir offen
   

2. Download the latest release of Offen by running:

   curl -L https://github.com/offen/offen/releases/latest/download/offen.tar.gz | tar -xzv
   

3. Navigate to the offen directory by running:

   cd offen
   

4. Copy the .env.example file and rename it to .env:

   cp .env.example .env
   

5. Update the OFFEN_DB_USER, OFFEN_DB_PASSWORD, and OFFEN_DB_DATABASE values in the .env file with your desired values. These will be used to connect to the Offen PostgreSQL database.

Step 3: Start Offen

1. Start Offen by running the following command:

   docker-compose up -d
   

   This will start the Offen container in the background.

2. Access Offen from your web browser by navigating to http://<your-server-ip>:8080.

Step 4: Stop Offen

To stop Offen, run the following command:

docker-compose down

This will stop and remove the Offen container and associated resources.

Conclusion

You've successfully installed Offen on OpenBSD! You can now use Offen to analyze your website traffic while staying GDPR-compliant.

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