How to install Metabase on Manjaro

Metabase is an open-source analytics tool that can help you visualize and analyze data from various sources. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install Metabase on Manjaro.

Prerequisites

Before we start, you need to have the following requirements:

  • A Manjaro system with a user account and sudo privileges
  • Java Runtime Environment (JRE) installed on your system

Step 1 - Install Java Runtime Environment (JRE)

If you do not have JRE installed on your system, you can install it by executing the following command in the terminal:

sudo pacman -S jre-openjdk

Step 2 - Download Metabase

  1. Go to the Metabase website at https://metabase.com/start/download.html.
  2. Click on the "Linux Download" button.
  3. Choose the "Generic JAR Only" option and click on the "Download" button.

Step 3 - Install and Configure Metabase

  1. Open the terminal and navigate to the directory where the Metabase file was downloaded.
cd ~/Downloads
  1. Execute the following command to start Metabase:
java -jar metabase.jar

  1. Once Metabase has started, it will prompt you to create a new admin account. Fill out the necessary information and click on the "Create admin account" button.

  2. After creating the admin account, Metabase will ask you to connect to a database. Follow the prompts to connect to your desired database.

  3. Once you have connected to the database, Metabase will start synchronizing and analyzing your data. You can start exploring your data and creating visualizations using Metabase.

Step 4 - Running Metabase as a Service

To run Metabase as a service, we will use the systemd service manager. Follow the steps below to create a systemd service for Metabase:

  1. Create a new file named "metabase.service" in the "/etc/systemd/system/" directory:
sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/metabase.service
  1. Paste the following service definition in the file:
[Unit]
Description=Metabase Service
After=syslog.target

[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/bin/java -jar /path/to/metabase.jar
WorkingDirectory=/path/to/
User=metabase
Type=simple
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=10

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Replace "/path/to/metabase.jar" and "/path/to/" with the actual path to the Metabase file and its parent directory.

  1. Set the ownership of the Metabase directory to the "metabase" user:
sudo chown -R metabase:metabase /path/to/
  1. Reload the systemd daemon:
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
  1. Start the Metabase service:
sudo systemctl start metabase

You can check the status of the Metabase service by executing:

sudo systemctl status metabase

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured Metabase on Manjaro. You can now use this powerful analytics tool to analyze data from various sources and create visualizations to help you make data-driven decisions.