This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Ackee – a self-hosted analytics tool – on NixOS.
Before starting with the installation, make sure to have the following:
Ackee is built on Node.js, hence it requires Node.js to be installed first. To install Node.js on NixOS, run the following command:
sudo nix-env -i nodejs
This will install the latest version of Node.js on your server.
Ackee uses MongoDB as its database, so you need to install it in order to use Ackee. To install MongoDB on NixOS, run the following command:
sudo nix-env -i mongodb
This will install the latest version of MongoDB on your server.
Now, it's time to download and install Ackee on your server. Follow the steps below:
Download the latest version of Ackee from the official website by running this command:
wget https://github.com/electerious/ackee/archive/v4.0.1.tar.gz
Note that the version number might have changed, so make sure to check the latest version on the official website.
Extract the downloaded file using the following command:
tar xvzf v4.0.1.tar.gz
Go to the extracted directory by running:
cd ackee-4.0.1
Install all the dependencies using the following command:
npm install
Build Ackee by running:
npm run build
Finally, start Ackee by running:
npm start
Ackee should now be up and running on your server. It uses port 3000 by default, so you can access it by visiting http://your_server_ip:3000 in your web browser.
After you have successfully installed Ackee, you will need to configure it according to your needs. This involves setting up the MongoDB connection string, creating an admin account, and configuring the domains that you want to track.
To do this, follow the instructions on the official Ackee documentation: https://docs.ackee.electerious.com/configuration/
In this tutorial, we have learned how to install Ackee on NixOS Latest. We installed Node.js and MongoDB first, then downloaded and installed Ackee on our server. Finally, we configured Ackee according to our needs.
Now that you have Ackee installed and configured, you can start tracking the visitors and analytics of your web applications.
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