How to Install Offen on Arch Linux

Offen is an open-source and self-hosted tool for collecting, sharing, and processing website usage data. You can easily install it on Arch Linux by following these simple steps:

Prerequisites

Make sure that your system is up to date and you have root privileges. You also need to have a web server and a database server installed on your system.

Step 1: Install Required Packages

Offen requires PHP and some PHP extensions to work. To install these packages, run the following command:

sudo pacman -S php php-fpm php-pgsql postgresql

Step 2: Configure PostgreSQL

Create a new user and database for Offen. To create a new user, run the following command:

sudo -u postgres createuser -P offen

You will be prompted to set a password for the new user. Next, create a new database and grant all privileges to the new user:

sudo -u postgres createdb -O offen offen

Step 3: Download and Install Offen

Download Offen from the official website:

wget https://github.com/offen/offen/releases/download/v0.1.1/offen-linux-amd64.tar.gz

Extract the downloaded file and move it to the /opt directory:

tar xvfz offen-linux-amd64.tar.gz
sudo mv offen /opt/

Step 4: Configure Offen

Create a new configuration file:

sudo cp /opt/offen/config.example.yml /opt/offen/config.yml

Edit the configuration file using your favorite text editor:

sudo nano /opt/offen/config.yml

Update the following settings in the configuration file:

  • server.host: Set it to your server's IP address or domain name.
  • database.dsn: Set it to pgsql:host=localhost;dbname=offen;user=offen;password=your_password.
  • auth.provider.github.client_id: Set it to your GitHub client ID if you want to use GitHub for authentication.

Save the configuration file and exit.

Step 5: Configure PHP-FPM

Edit the PHP-FPM configuration file:

sudo nano /etc/php/php-fpm.d/www.conf

Update the following settings in the configuration file:

  • listen: Set it to /run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock.
  • listen.owner: Set it to http.
  • listen.group: Set it to http.
  • user: Set it to http.
  • group: Set it to http.
  • listen.allowed_clients: Comment it out.

Save the configuration file and exit.

Step 6: Start the Services

Start the PostgreSQL and PHP-FPM services:

sudo systemctl start postgresql
sudo systemctl start php-fpm

Step 7: Test Offen

Open your web browser and go to http://your_server_domain_or_IP:8080/. You should see the Offen dashboard.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Offen on Arch Linux.