How to Install Countly Community Edition on Fedora Server Latest

Countly is an open-source platform that helps you track and analyze user behavior in your mobile and web applications. Countly Community Edition is a free and open-source version of Countly that you can install on your own server.

In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Countly Community Edition on a Fedora Server Latest. We will use MongoDB as the database and Nginx as the web server.

Prerequisites

• A Fedora Server Latest instance with sudo privileges.
• A domain name or subdomain pointing to your server's IP address.

Step 1 - Update the Server

Before you begin, it's important to update the server. You can do this by running the following command:

sudo dnf update

Step 2 - Install MongoDB

We will use MongoDB as the database for Countly. To install MongoDB, run the following command:

sudo dnf install mongodb-server

After the installation is complete, start and enable MongoDB:

sudo systemctl start mongod
sudo systemctl enable mongod

Step 3 - Install Node.js and NPM

Countly requires Node.js and NPM (Node Package Manager) to run. To install Node.js and NPM, run the following command:

sudo dnf install nodejs

You can verify the installation by checking the version of Node.js and NPM:

node -v
npm -v

Step 4 - Install Countly

We will now download and install Countly Community Edition. Run the following command to download the latest version of Countly:

curl -LOk https://github.com/Countly/countly-server/archive/master.tar.gz

Extract the downloaded file:

tar -zxvf master.tar.gz

Move Countly to the /opt directory:

sudo mv countly-server-master /opt/countly

Navigate to the /opt/countly directory:

cd /opt/countly

Install Countly dependencies:

npm install --production

Step 5 - Configure Countly

We will now configure Countly. Navigate to the /opt/countly/ directory and create a configuration file:

cd /opt/countly/
cp api/config.sample.js api/config.js

Open the config.js file in a text editor:

nano api/config.js

Update the following fields:

// server
api: {
    workers: 0, // set to 0 to use all CPU cores
    port: 6001,
    host: 'localhost',
    safe: true
},

// database
/*
*   Common query options: useNewUrlParser, useUnifiedTopology, autoIndex, replicaSet, loggerLevel,
*   reconnectTries, reconnectInterval, poolSize, keepAlive, keepAliveInitialDelayMillis, connectTimeoutMS,
*   socketTimeoutMS, w, wtimeout, j, forceServerObjectId, useCreateIndex, useFindAndModify
*/
db: {
    /* Set your MongoDb connection string */
    mongodb: {
        server_url: 'mongodb://localhost:27017/countly',
        max_pool_size: 5000
    },

Save and close the file by pressing CTRL+X, followed by Y and Enter.

Step 6 - Install and configure Nginx

We will use Nginx as the web server for Countly. To install Nginx, run the following command:

sudo dnf install nginx

Create a new Nginx configuration file:

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

Add the following configuration:

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name example.com; # replace with your domain name

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://localhost: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 and close the file by pressing CTRL+X, followed by Y and Enter.

Test the Nginx configuration:

sudo nginx -t

If the configuration is valid, start and enable Nginx:

sudo systemctl start nginx
sudo systemctl enable nginx

Step 7 - Start Countly

We will now start Countly. Navigate to the /opt/countly directory:

cd /opt/countly

Start Countly:

sudo npm start

You can now access Countly by visiting your domain name or subdomain in your web browser.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Countly Community Edition on a Fedora Server Latest. You can now track and analyze user behavior in your mobile and web applications.