Roll Your Own Google Analytics Alternative with Umami in Docker 🌱

What is Umami?

Umami is a simple, fast, privacy-focused alternative to Google Analytics. -https://github.com/umami-software/umami

Installing Docker

1. Log into the Linux based device
2. Run the following commands in the terminal
   # install prerequisites
   sudo apt install apt-transport-https ca-certificates openssl curl software-properties-common gnupg-agent -y
   # add docker gpg key
   curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/$(awk -F'=' '/^ID=/{ print $NF }' /etc/os-release)/gpg | sudo apt-key add -
   # add docker software repository
   sudo add-apt-repository "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture)] https://download.docker.com/linux/$(awk -F'=' '/^ID=/{ print $NF }' /etc/os-release) $(lsb_release -cs) stable"
   # install docker
   sudo apt install docker-ce docker-compose containerd.io -y
   # enable and start docker service
   sudo systemctl enable docker && sudo systemctl start docker
   # add the current user to the docker group
   sudo usermod -aG docker $USER
   # reauthenticate for the new group membership to take effect
   su - $USER

Running Umami

1. Now that Docker is installed, run the following commands to setup the Umami Docker container and run it
   # create working directories
   mkdir ~/docker/mariadb -p
   # set owner of working directories
   sudo chown "$USER":"$USER" ~/docker -R
   # create containers network
   docker network create containers
   # generate a random string
   RANDOMSTRING=$(openssl rand -base64 30)
   # run the mariadb docker container
   docker run -d --name mariadb --network containers -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=r00tp@ss -e MYSQL_USER=umami_rw -e MYSQL_PASSWORD=Um4m1 -e MYSQL_DATABASE=umami -v ~/docker/mariadb:/var/lib/mysql --restart=unless-stopped mariadb:latest
   # run the umami docker container
   docker run -d --name umami --network containers -p 8030:3000 -e DATABASE_URL=mysql://umami_rw:Um4m1@mariadb:3306/umami -e DATABASE_TYPE=mysql -e APP_SECRET=$RANDOMSTRING --restart=unless-stopped umamisoftware/umami:mysql-latest
2. Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP:8030
3. Login with the username admin and password umami
4. Navigate to Settings > Profile and click the Change Password button
5. Enter the current password (umami) and enter and confirm the new password > Click save

Documentation: https://umami.is/docs