How to Install Umami on Ubuntu 20.04

Introduction

Umami is a self-hosted web analytics alternative to Google Analytics that focuses on privacy. This guide explains how to install Umami on Ubuntu 20.04.

Requirements

• Deploy a fully updated Ubuntu 20.04 server with at least 2 GB of RAM.
• Create a fully qualified domain name for the server, such as umami.example.com.
• Install Node.JS and NVM.
• Install MySQL.

1. Create the Database

1. SSH to your server as root.

2. Log in to MySQL as root.

    # mysql -u root

3. Create a umami database and a umami_connect user. Replace StrongPassword with a unique password.

    mysql> CREATE DATABASE umami;
       CREATE USER 'umami_connect'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY 'StrongPassword';
       GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON umami.* TO 'umami_connect'@'localhost';
       FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

4. Exit MySQL.

    mysql> QUIT;

2. Install Umami

1. Clone the GitHub repository.

    # git clone https://github.com/mikecao/umami.git

2. Change to the umami directory.

    # cd umami

3. Install the necessary dependencies.

    # npm install

4. Configure the database for Umami. When prompted, enter the password you chose for the umami_connect user.

    # mysql -u umami_connect -p umami < sql/schema.mysql.sql

5. Create an environment file for Umami.

    # nano .env

6. Paste the following to the file. Replace StrongPassword with the password you chose when you created the database. Replace the value of HASH_SALT with a unique value.

    DATABASE_URL=mysql://umami_connect:StrongPassword@localhost:3306/umami
    HASH_SALT=Replace_This_With_A_Unique_Value
    HOSTNAME=127.0.0.1
    PORT=3010

7. Save and exit the file.

8. Build Umami.

    # npm run build

9. Install PM2 to automatically restart Umami in case of error or reboot.

    # npm install pm2 -g

10. Launch Umami with pm2

     # pm2 start npm --name "umami" -- run start-env

11. Generate a pm2 startup script and save the configuration.

     # pm2 startup
     # pm2 save

3. Install Caddy as a Proxy Server

By default, Umami is only accessible from localhost. To expose Umami to the internet, use Caddy to proxy the connection and manage SSL certificates.

1. Install Caddy.

    # apt install -y debian-keyring debian-archive-keyring apt-transport-https
   
    # curl -1sLf 'https://dl.cloudsmith.io/public/caddy/stable/gpg.key' | sudo tee /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/caddy-stable.asc
   
    # curl -1sLf 'https://dl.cloudsmith.io/public/caddy/stable/debian.deb.txt' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/caddy-stable.list
   
    # apt update
   
    # apt install caddy

2. Edit the CaddyFile.

    # nano /etc/caddy/Caddyfile

3. Replace the contents of Caddyfile with the following. Replace umami.example.com with your server's domain name.

    umami.example.com
   
    reverse_proxy 127.0.0.1:3010

4. Save and exit the file.

5. Start Caddy.

    # caddy run

6. Verify Caddy is running and configured to restart after a reboot.

    # systemctl status caddy

4. Test Umami

In your web browser, navigate to your server's domain name with HTTPS. For example:

https://umami.example.com

Log in as:

• Username: admin
• Password: umami

Next Steps

Please see the Umami documentation to learn how to use your new server.