How to Install Wakapi on OpenSUSE Latest

Wakapi is an open-source self-hosted analytics server for Wakatime. Installing Wakapi on OpenSUSE Latest is easy and straightforward. This tutorial will guide you through the process step-by-step.

Prerequisites

  • A server running OpenSUSE Latest
  • A non-root user with sudo privileges
  • Git installed in your system
  • Node.js and npm installed in your system
  • MySQL or MariaDB installed in your system

Step 1 - Install Required Packages

Update the OpenSUSE package database by running this command:

sudo zypper refresh

Install the required packages by running the following command:

sudo zypper install gcc-c++ make mariadb mariadb-client mariadb-devel libopenssl-devel

Step 2 - Install Node.js and npm

OpenSUSE uses the Node.js binary package from the official NodeSource repository. To install Node.js, you need to add the repository to your system first by running the following commands:

curl -sL https://rpm.nodesource.com/setup_lts.x | sudo -E bash -

After adding the repository, you can install Node.js and npm with the following command:

sudo zypper install nodejs

Verify the installation by running the following commands:

node --version
npm --version

The output of the above commands should display the version numbers of Node.js and npm respectively.

Step 3 - Clone Wakapi from GitHub

To clone the Wakapi repository from GitHub, run the following command:

git clone https://github.com/muety/wakapi.git

Step 4 - Install Wakapi Dependencies

Navigate to the cloned Wakapi directory and run the following command to install the required dependencies:

cd wakapi && npm install

Step 5 - Configure MySQL or MariaDB

Create a database and user for Wakapi on your MySQL server by running the following commands:

mysql -u root -p

CREATE DATABASE wakapi;
CREATE USER 'wakapi_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wakapi.* TO 'wakapi_user'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

Replace password with a strong password of your choice.

Step 6 - Configure Wakapi

Create a .env file in the Wakapi directory and add the following configurations:

NODE_ENV="production"
PORT=3000
DATABASE_URL=mysql://wakapi_user:password@localhost/wakapi
WAKATIME_SECRET_API_KEY="your_api_key"

Replace password with the password you set for the wakapi_user.

Replace your_api_key with your Wakatime API Key.

Step 7 - Start Wakapi

You can now start Wakapi with the following command:

npm run start

To run Wakapi in the background, use the nohup command:

nohup npm run start > wakapi.log &

The log output will be stored in the wakapi.log file.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you learned how to install Wakapi on OpenSUSE Latest. You can now use Wakapi to monitor your coding activity using Wakatime. Enjoy!