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            <h1>Install Matomo - Self-Hosted Google Analytics Alternative - on Linux</h1>
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          <h2>What is Matomo?</h2>

<p><em>Matomo is the ethical alternative where you won&#39;t make privacy sacrifices or compromise your site. Matomo&#39;s the Google Analytics alternative that protects your data and your customer&#39;s privacy. A powerful web analytics platform with 100% data ownership.</em> - <a href="https://matomo.org/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">https://matomo.org</a></p>

<h2>Installing Matomo</h2>

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	<li>Log into the Debian device</li>
	<li>Run the following commands in a terminal:
	<div class="codeBlock"># update software repositories<br />
	sudo apt update<br />
	# install available updates<br />
	sudo apt upgrade -y<br />
	# install Apache HTTPD and MySQL<br />
	sudo apt install apache2 mariadb-server mariadb-client -y<br />
	# install PHP components<br />
	sudo apt install php php-curl php-gd php-cli php-mysql php-xml php-mbstring -y<br />
	# configure the MySQL database<br />
	sudo su<br />
	mysql_secure_installation</div>
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	<li>Press Enter to login as root</li>
	<li>Type Y and press Enter to set a root password, type the password twice to confirm</li>
	<li>Type Y and press Enter to remove anonymous users</li>
	<li>Type Y and press Enter to disallow root login remotely</li>
	<li>Type Y and press Enter to remove the test database</li>
	<li>Type Y and press Enter to reload privilege tables</li>
	<li>Run the following command to login into MySQL:
	<div class="codeBlock">mysql -u root -p</div>
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	<li>Authenticate with the root password set earlier</li>
	<li>Run the following commands to create the Matomo database and database user
	<div class="codeBlock">CREATE DATABASE analytics;<br />
	GRANT ALL ON analytics.* to &#39;analytics&#39;@&#39;localhost&#39; IDENTIFIED BY &#39;An@lyt1c$!&#39;;<br />
	FLUSH PRIVILEGES;<br />
	EXIT;<br />
	exit</div>
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	<li>Continue with the following commands to download and extract Matomo in the Apache webroot
	<div class="codeBlock"># download latest matomo build<br />
	wget https://builds.matomo.org/matomo.zip<br />
	# extract downloaded zip<br />
	sudo unzip matomo.zip -d /var/www/html<br />
	# move to webroot<br />
	sudo mv /var/www/html/matomo /var/www/html/analytics<br />
	# set the owner of the new analytics directory to www-data<br />
	sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/analytics</div>
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	<li>Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP/analytics</li>
	<li>Click the Next button on the Welcome screen</li>
	<li>Click the Next button on the System Check screen</li>
	<li>Fill in the database connection form as follows and click the Next button
	<p>Database Server: 127.0.0.1<br />
	Login: analytics<br />
	Password: An@lyt1c$!<br />
	Database Name: analytics<br />
	Table Prefix: <br />
	Adapter: MySQLI</p>
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	<li>Click the Next button</li>
	<li>Create an administrative logon and set the password &gt; Click the Next button</li>
	<li>Complete the form to add the first website to collect analytics on &gt; Click the Next button</li>
	<li>Copy the generated code into the header of the application to monitor</li>
	<li>Click Next &gt; Click Next on the Congratulations page</li>
	<li>Login with the admin logon created earlier</li>
	<li>Welcome to free self-hosted web analytics</li>
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<h2>Installing Dark Theme (Optional)</h2>

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	<li>Click the gear icon in the top right</li>
	<li>Select Platform &gt; Marketplace from the left navigation menu</li>
	<li>Change the Show dropdown to Themes and search for Dark Theme</li>
	<li>Find Dark Theme and click the Install button</li>
	<li>Type the admin password to confirm the installation</li>
	<li>Click the Activate Theme button</li>
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<p>Source: <a href="https://matomo.org/docs/installation/#getting-started" target="_blank">https://matomo.org/docs/installation/#getting-started</a></p>          </div>
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