Installing Metabase on OpenSUSE Latest

Metabase is an open-source business intelligence tool that allows users to create interactive dashboards and visualizations from their data. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install Metabase on OpenSUSE Latest.

Prerequisites

Before we start with the installation process, make sure that you have the following prerequisites:

Step 1: Update the system

First, we need to update our system to ensure that we have the latest updates and packages. To update your system, run the following command:

sudo zypper update

Step 2: Install Java

Metabase requires Java to run, so we need to install it if it's not already installed on your system. Run the following command to install Java:

sudo zypper install java-1_8_0-openjdk-devel

Once the installation is complete, you can verify the installation by running the following command:

java -version

Step 3: Download Metabase

Now, we need to download the Metabase executable .jar file from the official website. You can use the following command to download the Metabase .jar file:

wget https://downloads.metabase.com/v0.39.1/metabase.jar

Step 4: Run Metabase

After downloading the Metabase .jar file, we can run it using the following command:

java -jar metabase.jar

This will launch Metabase on your server, and you can access it by opening your web browser and navigating to http://<server-ip>:3000.

Step 5: Set up Metabase

Once you access Metabase, you will be prompted to set up an administrator account and connect Metabase to your database. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the setup process.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed and set up Metabase on your OpenSUSE Latest server.

Conclusion

We hope this tutorial helped you install and set up Metabase on OpenSUSE Latest. Metabase is an excellent open-source business intelligence tool that allows users to create interactive dashboards and visualizations from their data. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment below.

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