Ackee is an open-source self-hosted analytics tool which provides insights and statistics about how users interact with your website. In this tutorial, we will be discussing how to install and run Ackee on Windows 10 operating system.
First, open the command prompt on your Windows 10 system by pressing the Win + R keys together, and type cmd in the Run window, and click on OK.
Next, navigate to the location where you want to install Ackee by typing the following command in the command prompt window:
cd C:\path\to\your\folder
Once you have navigated to the desired folder, clone the Ackee repository by running the following command:
git clone https://github.com/electerious/Ackee.git
After successfully cloning the repository, navigate into the cloned folder by running the following command:
cd Ackee
Now, install the necessary dependencies using the below command:
npm install
Before starting the Ackee server, we need to set up our config file. Rename the .env.example file to .env by running the following command:
mv .env.example .env
Next, open the .env file in your preferred text editor and replace the values of the following variables with your own:
DB_NAME=ackee
DB_USERNAME=ackee_user
DB_PASSWORD=topsecret
Note: Make sure that these values are in sync with your MySQL/MariaDB installation.
Finally, Start the Ackee server by running the following command:
npm start
Now Ackee has been successfully installed on your Windows 10 system, and it's ready to analyze your website's data!
In this tutorial, we have gone through the steps required to install Ackee on a Windows 10 system. We have discussed how to clone the repository, install dependencies, configure the environment variables and start the Ackee server. If you face any issues during the installation process, feel free to ask in the comments section below.
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