How to Install Countly Community Edition on Clear Linux Latest

Countly is an open-source, real-time, and self-hosted analytics platform. It helps you to track user behavior, gauge user satisfaction, measure marketing campaigns, and gain insights into your product's performance. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Countly Community Edition on Clear Linux Latest.

Step 1: Check Prerequisites

Before installing Countly, make sure that you have the following prerequisites:

A Linux system running the latest version of Clear Linux.
Node.js version 10.17 or higher.
MongoDB version 3.4 or higher.
Nginx or Apache web server installed and configured on your system.

To check the installed Node.js version on your system, run the following command in your terminal:

node -v

To check the installed MongoDB version, run the following command in your terminal:

mongo --version

Step 2: Download and Extract Countly

First, visit the official Countly website at https://count.ly/download/community-edition/ and download the latest release of the Countly Community Edition for your platform.
After the download, extract the archive file to the desired location on your system:

tar -zxvf countly-community-20.12.4.tar.gz

Now, navigate to the extracted Countly directory:

cd countly/community-edition

Step 3: Install Countly Dependencies

Before running Countly, we need to install its dependencies. To do this, run the following command in your terminal:

npm install

Step 4: Configure Countly

To configure Countly to your system, edit the configuration file ./frontend/express/config.js:

nano ./frontend/express/config.js

In the configuration file, modify the following settings:
```
exports.mongodb = {
    //...
    db: 'countly',
    //...
};
```
Replace the db value with the name of the database that you want to create and use with Countly.
Save the file and exit the editor.

Step 5: Run Countly

To start the Countly server, run the following command:

./bin/countly start

After successful startup, access the Countly Dashboard by navigating to http://localhost:6001 in your web browser.

Step 6: Configure Nginx as a Reverse Proxy

To configure Nginx as a reverse proxy for Countly, follow these steps:

Install Nginx on your system using the following command:

sudo swupd bundle-add nginx

Modify the default Nginx configuration file ./frontend nginx.conf:

nano ./frontend/nginx.conf

Add the following server block to the configuration file:

server {    listen 80;
            server_name countly.yourdomain.com;   # Replace with your domain name
            location / {    
                        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:6001;
                        proxy_set_header Host $host; 
                        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr; 
                        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;   } 
}

Save the file and exit the editor.
Restart the Nginx service to apply the changes:

sudo systemctl restart nginx

Now, access the Countly Dashboard by navigating to http://countly.yourdomain.com in your web browser.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we learned to install Countly Community Edition on Clear Linux Latest. We also covered the configuration of Nginx as a reverse proxy for Countly. Countly is an excellent analytics platform that gives you insightful data about your product and helps you make data-driven decisions.