How to Install Plausible Analytics on EndeavourOS Latest

Plausible Analytics is a simple and privacy-friendly web analytics tool that helps website owners to understand their audience. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation of Plausible Analytics on EndeavourOS Latest using the command line.

Prerequisites

Before we get started, you must have the following:

A server or VPS with EndeavourOS Latest installed
SSH access to your server
A domain name with access to manage DNS records
A Plausible Analytics account

Once you have all of these, we can move onto the installation.

Step 1: Log in to Your Server via SSH

Open a terminal window and log in to your server via SSH.

ssh username@your_server_ip_address

Replace the username and your_server_ip_address with your own details.

Step 2: Install Nginx

Plausible Analytics requires a web server to function, so we need to install Nginx first.

Update the package repository index before installing Nginx:

sudo pacman -Syu

Then, install Nginx:

sudo pacman -S nginx

Nginx will start automatically after the installation.

Verify if Nginx is running using this command:

sudo systemctl status nginx

Step 3: Install Plausible Analytics

We will now install Plausible Analytics using the official package repository.

Run the following commands to download and install Plausible Analytics:

echo "deb https://repo.plausible.io/debian/ ./" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/plausible.list
curl https://plausible.io/plausible-signing.asc | sudo apt-key add -
sudo apt update
sudo apt install plausible-insight

After the installation is complete, we now need to configure Nginx to work with Plausible Analytics.

Step 4: Configure Nginx

Create a new Nginx server block:

sudo nano /etc/nginx/conf.d/plausible.conf

Add the following configuration:

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name your-domain.com;

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://localhost:8000;
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
    }
}

Replace your-domain.com with your own domain name.

Save and exit the file.

Test the Nginx configuration:

sudo nginx -t

Reload Nginx:

sudo systemctl reload nginx

Step 5: Access Plausible Analytics

You can now access Plausible Analytics by visiting your domain name in a web browser.

Example: http://your-domain.com

Conclusion

You have successfully installed Plausible Analytics on EndeavourOS Latest. You can now use this tool to track visitors to your website without compromising their privacy.