How to Install Plausible Analytics on NetBSD

Plausible Analytics is a free and open-source web analytics tool that you can install on your website to get insights on your website's visitors. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Plausible Analytics on NetBSD.

Prerequisites

  • A server running NetBSD with root access.
  • A domain name pointing to your server's IP address and configured with SSL/TLS certificates.
  • A non-root user with sudo privileges.

Step 1: Install Dependencies

Before installing Plausible Analytics, we need to install some necessary dependencies. Open the terminal and run the following command:

sudo pkgin update
sudo pkgin install git make gcc g++ libsodium nodejs

This will update the package index and install the required packages.

Step 2: Clone Plausible Analytics Repository

After installing the dependencies, we need to clone the Plausible Analytics repository using Git. Run the following command in the terminal:

git clone https://github.com/plausible/analytics.git

This will clone the repository into the current directory.

Step 3: Install Plausible Analytics

Navigate to the cloned folder and run the following commands to install Plausible Analytics:

cd analytics
npm install
npm run build

This will install all the required dependencies and build the project.

Step 4: Configure Plausible Analytics

After installing Plausible Analytics, we need to configure it to work with our website. Copy the example config file using the following command:

cp config/example.config.js config/config.js

Open the config/config.js file using your preferred editor and make the following changes:

  • Replace localhost:8000 with your domain name in the api.baseUrl field.
  • Set serveAssetsWithCDN to true to serve the assets with CDN.

Save the file and exit the editor.

Step 5: Start Plausible Analytics

After configuring Plausible Analytics, we can start it using the following commands:

npm start

This will start the Plausible Analytics server. You can test it by visiting the following URL in your browser:

https://your-domain.com/js/index.js

If you can see the JavaScript code, this means that Plausible Analytics is up and running on your website.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you learned how to install Plausible Analytics on NetBSD. You can now use Plausible Analytics to get insights on your website's visitors.