Countly is an open-source, real-time analytics platform that helps you understand your users and your application while protecting user privacy. This tutorial will guide you through the steps to install Countly Community Edition on OpenSUSE Latest.
Before proceeding with this tutorial, ensure you have the following:
Before installing any packages, it is essential to update your system. You can do this using the following command:
sudo zypper update
Countly requires some packages to be installed beforehand. You can install them using the following command:
sudo zypper install -y curl wget gcc make unzip nodejs systemd-devel mongodb
Once installation is complete, enable the PostgreSQL service and start it.
sudo systemctl enable mongodb
sudo systemctl start mongodb
Next, you need to download the Countly installation script and install it. You can do this by running the following commands:
sudo wget https://codeload.github.com/Countly/countly-server/zip/master -O countly.zip
sudo unzip countly.zip -d countly
cd countly/countly-server-master
sudo ./bin/countly.install.sh
Follow the prompts provided during the installation process. Once installation is complete, Countly will be available at http://localhost.
Countly needs configuration for the server to work correctly. The default configuration file is located at /opt/countly/config.js.
To get started with Countly Community Edition, edit the configuration file using the following command:
sudo nano /opt/countly/config.js
Set config.mongodb.host and config.mongodb.max_pool_size to your MongoDB server IP address and connection pool size, respectively.
You can also change the server port and hostname if you like. Once you have modified the configuration file, save the changes and exit.
To start Countly, run the following command:
sudo systemctl start countly
To check whether Countly is running or not, use the command:
sudo systemctl status countly
If the status is active, Countly is up and running.
Countly Community Edition is an excellent tool for monitoring your applications and user data. With these simple steps, you can install it on OpenSUSE Latest effortlessly.
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