Howto: install an open web analytics platform in 30 minutes

This is a very quick guide on how to install Matomo on DigitalOcean.

Matomo is an Open Source Web Analytics platform that lets you get precise insights into your website or web application’s traffic through a nice visual web panel, similar to Google Analytics. The big advantage of doing it through an Open Source software is you don’t have to share this information with Google, which makes it easier to respect the privacy of your visitors and to comply with EU’s GDPR rules.

DigitalOcean is a hosting services provider specialized in Virtual Machines, that lets you setup small web applications relatively easily.

This guide assumes you are familiar with the Linux command line.

We’ll first start by setting up a “Droplet”, as DigitalOcean calls their virtual machines. To do that, go to https://digitalocean.com/, create an account, then click on “Create” then on “Droplet”

Read the full story by

Tags:

RELATED READS
How to Leverage Data from an LMS to Build a Stronger Organization How to Choose Incident Management Software in 2020
We are updating our Privacy Policy, so please make sure you take a minute to review it. As of May 25, 2018 your continued use of our services will be subject to this new Privacy Policy.
Review Privacy Policy OK