Shynet is an open-source, privacy-focused web analytics tool that you can host on your own server. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Shynet on the latest version of OpenSUSE.
Before you begin, make sure that you have the following:
The first step is to install the dependencies required to run Shynet. Open the terminal and run the following command to install Node.js and Git:
sudo zypper install nodejs git
Next, you need to clone the Shynet repository from GitHub. Change to the directory where you want to install Shynet and run the following command:
git clone https://github.com/milesmcc/shynet.git
This will create a new directory called shynet in your current working directory.
Change to the shynet directory and install the Node.js dependencies required by Shynet by running the following command:
cd shynet
npm install
Before you can use Shynet, you need to configure it. Copy the example.config.js file to config.js by running the following command:
cp example.config.js config.js
Next, open the config.js file with your favorite text editor and modify the settings according to your preferences. Some of the important settings that you should configure are:
port: The port that Shynet will listen on.secret: A secret key used to encrypt and decrypt sensitive data.database: The path to the SQLite database file.Save and close the config.js file once you are done.
Finally, you can start Shynet by running the following command:
npm start
This will start the Shynet web server on the port specified in the config.js file. To access Shynet, open a web browser and navigate to http://your-server-ip:port (replace your-server-ip with the IP address of your server and port with the port number specified in the config.js file).
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Shynet on OpenSUSE Latest. You can now use Shynet to track the visitors to your websites while preserving their privacy.
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