How to Install Hindsight on Ubuntu Server

Hindsight is an open-source web analytics tool developed by Mozilla. In this tutorial, we will discuss how to install Hindsight on Ubuntu Server latest version.

Prerequisites

  • Ubuntu Server (latest version) installed
  • Root access to the server, or a user account with sudo permissions
  • Internet connection

Step 1: Install Required Dependencies

First, we need to install some prerequisites on our system. The following command will install all the dependencies we need:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y python python-dev python-pip build-essential libffi-dev libssl-dev

Step 2: Install Hindsight

  1. Clone the https://github.com/mozilla-services/hindsight repository by running the following command:
git clone https://github.com/mozilla-services/hindsight.git
  1. Navigate to the Hindsight directory:
cd hindsight
  1. Install the necessary modules and packages using pip:
sudo pip install -r requirements.txt

Step 3: Set Up Configuration

  1. Copy the local.yaml.example file to local.yaml by running the following command:
cp local.yaml.example local.yaml
  1. Edit the local.yaml file and provide the required information, such as database credentials, server and network information, etc.

Step 4: Start Hindsight

  1. Use the following command to start Hindsight:
./bin/hindsight serve local.yaml
  1. Once Hindsight is running, open a web browser and navigate to http://<server-ip>:8080. If you are running the server locally, you can use http://localhost:8080.

Conclusion

You have successfully installed Hindsight on Ubuntu Server. Now you can use this powerful tool to analyze web traffic and gain insights into your website's performance.