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Matomo (formerly Piwik) is an open source analytics platform, an open alternative to Google Analytics. Matomo source is hosted on GitHub. It is a fully featured PHP/MySQL software program that you download and install on your own web server. In this guide, we will install Matomo on a fresh FreeBSD 11 Vultr server instance.
Requirements
- A web server such as Nginx, Apache, or IIS. In this guide, we will use Nginx.
- MySQL/MariaDB version 5.5 or greater. In this guide, we will use MariaDB.
- PHP version 5.5.9 or greater.
- PHP extensions
pdo
andpdo_mysql
, or themysqli
extension.
Before you begin
Check the FreeBSD version.
uname -ro
# FreeBSD 11.2-RELEASE
Ensure that your FreeBSD system is up to date.
freebsd-update fetch install
pkg update && pkg upgrade -y
Install sudo
, vim
, unzip
, wget
and bash
packages if they are not present on your system.
pkg install -y sudo vim unzip wget bash
Create a new user account with your preferred username (we will use johndoe
).
adduser
# Username: johndoe
# Full name: John Doe
# Uid (Leave empty for default): <Enter>
# Login group [johndoe]: <Enter>
# Login group is johndoe. Invite johndoe into other groups? []: wheel
# Login class [default]: <Enter>
# Shell (sh csh tcsh nologin) [sh]: bash
# Home directory [/home/johndoe]: <Enter>
# Home directory permissions (Leave empty for default): <Enter>
# Use password-based authentication? [yes]: <Enter>
# Use an empty password? (yes/no) [no]: <Enter>
# Use a random password? (yes/no) [no]: <Enter>
# Enter password: your_secure_password
# Enter password again: your_secure_password
# Lock out the account after creation? [no]: <Enter>
# OK? (yes/no): yes
# Add another user? (yes/no): no
# Goodbye!
Run the visudo
command and uncomment %wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL
line, to allow members of the wheel
group to execute any command.
visudo
# Uncomment by removing hash (#) sign
# %wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL
Now, switch to your newly created user with su
command.
su - johndoe
NOTE: Replace johndoe
with your username.
Set up the timezone.
sudo tzsetup
Install PHP
Install PHP, as well as the necessary PHP extensions.
sudo pkg install -y php72 php72-ctype php72-curl php72-dom php72-hash php72-iconv php72-gd php72-json php72-mbstring php72-openssl php72-session php72-simplexml php72-xml php72-zip php72-zlib php72-pdo php72-pdo_mysql php72-mysqli php72-filter php72-ftp php72-tokenizer php72-calendar php72-pecl-APCu php72-opcache
Check the version.
php --version
# PHP 7.2.10 (cli) (built: Oct 2 2018 01:30:18) ( NTS )
# Copyright (c) 1997-2018 The PHP Group
# Zend Engine v3.2.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2018 Zend Technologies
# with Zend OPcache v7.2.10, Copyright (c) 1999-2018, by Zend Technologies
Soft-link php.ini-production
to php.ini
.
sudo ln -s /usr/local/etc/php.ini-production /usr/local/etc/php.ini
Enable and start PHP-FPM.
sudo sysrc php_fpm_enable=yes
sudo service php-fpm start
Install MariaDB
Download and install MariaDB.
sudo pkg install -y mariadb102-client mariadb102-server
Check the version.
mysql --version
# mysql Ver 15.1 Distrib 10.2.17-MariaDB, for FreeBSD11.2 (amd64) using readline 5.1
Enable and start MariaDB.
sudo sysrc mysql_enable="yes"
sudo service mysql-server start
Run the mysql_secure_installation
script to improve the security of your MariaDB installation.
sudo mysql_secure_installation
Log in to MariaDB as the root user.
sudo mysql -u root -p
# Enter password:
Create a new MariaDB database and user, and remember the credentials.
CREATE DATABASE dbname;
GRANT ALL ON dbname.* TO 'username' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Exit MariaDB.
exit
Install and configure Nginx
Install Nginx.
sudo pkg install -y nginx
Check the version.
nginx -v
# nginx version: nginx/1.14.0
Enable and start Nginx.
sudo sysrc nginx_enable=yes
sudo service nginx start
Run sudo vim /usr/local/etc/nginx/matomo.conf
and configure Nginx for Matomo.
server {
listen [::]:80;
listen 80;
server_name matomo.example.com;
root /usr/local/www/matomo/;
index index.php;
location ~ ^/(index|matomo|piwik|js/index).php {
fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+/.php)(/.+)$;
try_files $fastcgi_script_name =404;
set $path_info $fastcgi_path_info;
fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $path_info;
fastcgi_index index.php;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
include fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_param HTTP_PROXY "";
fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
}
location = /plugins/HeatmapSessionRecording/configs.php {
fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+/.php)(/.+)$;
try_files $fastcgi_script_name =404;
set $path_info $fastcgi_path_info;
fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $path_info;
fastcgi_index index.php;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
include fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_param HTTP_PROXY "";
fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
}
location ~* ^.+/.php$ {
deny all;
return 403;
}
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
}
location ~ /(config|tmp|core|lang) {
deny all;
return 403;
}
location ~ //.ht {
deny all;
return 403;
}
location ~ /.(gif|ico|jpg|png|svg|js|css|htm|html|mp3|mp4|wav|ogg|avi|ttf|eot|woff|woff2|json)$ {
allow all;
expires 1h;
add_header Pragma public;
add_header Cache-Control "public";
}
location ~ /(libs|vendor|plugins|misc/user) {
deny all;
return 403;
}
location ~/(.*/.md|LEGALNOTICE|LICENSE) {
default_type text/plain;
}
}
Save the file and exit with :+W+Q.
Now we need to include matomo.conf
file to the main nginx.conf
file.
Run sudo vim /usr/local/etc/nginx/nginx.conf
and add the following line to the http {}
block.
include matomo.conf;
Test Nginx configuration.
sudo nginx -t
Reload Nginx.
sudo service nginx reload
Install Matomo
Create a document root directory.
sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/www/matomo
Change ownership of the /usr/local/www/matomo
directory to johndoe
.
sudo chown -R johndoe:johndoe /usr/local/www/matomo
Navigate to the document root directory.
cd /usr/local/www/matomo
Download the latest Matomo release and unzip it.
wget https://builds.matomo.org/matomo.zip
unzip matomo.zip
rm matomo.zip
mv matomo/* . && mv matomo/.* .
rmdir matomo
Change ownership of the /usr/local/www/matomo
directory to www
.
sudo chown -R www:www /usr/local/www/matomo
Open your web browser and navigate to the IP/URL to which you have uploaded Matomo. You will see the “Matomo Installation Welcome Screen”. If there are any problems, Matomo will identify them and offer a solution. Follow the instructions on the screen to finish the Matomo installation.
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