How to Install Plausible Analytics on Fedora CoreOS Latest

Plausible Analytics is an open-source web analytics software that provides privacy-focused insights into website traffic. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Plausible Analytics on Fedora CoreOS latest.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, you need to have the following:

  • A running instance of Fedora CoreOS latest.
  • An account on Plausible Analytics. If you don't have one, go to https://plausible.io/ and create an account.

Step 1 - Generate an API Key

To get started with the installation, you need to generate an API key from your Plausible Analytics account. Here's how:

  1. Login to your Plausible Analytics account.
  2. Click on Settings from the sidebar.
  3. Click on API Keys.
  4. Click on Generate a new API key.
  5. Enter a name for the API key and click Generate.

Copy the generated key, as it will be needed in the next step.

Step 2 - Install Plausible Analytics

To install Plausible Analytics on your Fedora CoreOS instance, run the following command:

sudo podman run -d --name plausible \
-v /srv/plausible/data:/plausible/data \
-e PLAUSIBLE_DOMAIN=yourdomain.com \
-e PLAUSIBLE_DATA_DIR=/plausible/data \
-e PLAUSIBLE_API_KEY=YOUR_API_KEY \
-p 8000:8000 \
plausible/plausible:latest

Let's break down the above command:

  • sudo podman run runs a new container using Podman.
  • -d starts the container in the background.
  • --name plausible sets the container name to plausible.
  • -v /srv/plausible/data:/plausible/data mounts the /srv/plausible/data directory on the host to the data directory inside the container.
  • -e PLAUSIBLE_DOMAIN=yourdomain.com sets your domain name for Plausible Analytics.
  • -e PLAUSIBLE_DATA_DIR=/plausible/data sets the data directory for Plausible Analytics.
  • -e PLAUSIBLE_API_KEY=YOUR_API_KEY sets your API key generated in step 1.
  • -p 8000:8000 maps the container port 8000 to the host port 8000.
  • plausible/plausible:latest specifies the Plausible Analytics image with the latest tag.

Once you run the above command, the container should start running in the background, and you should see output similar to this:

82f4c38e4e4a2f349cdd82d3581ade8a96f67b3292c26155e44b1c08afc82f5

Step 3 - Access Plausible Analytics

Now that Plausible Analytics is installed and running, you can access it by going to http://yourdomain.com:8000. Replace yourdomain.com with your actual domain name.

You should now see the Plausible Analytics dashboard, where you can start tracking your web traffic.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we showed you how to install Plausible Analytics on Fedora CoreOS latest. With Plausible Analytics, you can easily monitor your website traffic while maintaining user privacy.