Installing PostHog on Fedora Server Latest

PostHog is an open source platform for event-based analytics. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install PostHog on Fedora Server Latest.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, make sure that you have the following:

• A server running Fedora Server Latest
• A user account with sudo privileges
• A domain or subdomain pointing to your server's IP address

Step 1: Update and upgrade the system

Firstly, log in to your server via SSH and update the system packages:

sudo dnf update

Step 2: Install PostgreSQL

PostHog requires PostgreSQL as its database, so let's install it:

sudo dnf install postgresql-server

After installation is completed, initialize the database cluster:

sudo postgresql-setup initdb

Now start and enable PostgreSQL service:

sudo systemctl start postgresql
sudo systemctl enable postgresql

Step 3: Install and configure Nginx

We will use Nginx as the reverse proxy server to serve PostHog over HTTPS. Install Nginx by running the following command:

sudo dnf install nginx

Now open the default Nginx configuration file in your favorite text editor:

sudo nano /etc/nginx/nginx.conf

Uncomment the following lines to enable HTTPS:

# http {
#     ...
#     server {
#         listen       80;
#         listen       [::]:80;
#         server_name  _;
#         return 301   https://$host$request_uri;
#     }
#
#     server {
#         listen       443 ssl http2;
#         listen       [::]:443 ssl http2;
#         server_name  _;
#         ssl_certificate "/etc/pki/tls/certs/nginx-selfsigned.crt";
#         ssl_certificate_key "/etc/pki/tls/private/nginx-selfsigned.key";
#         ssl_session_cache shared:SSL:1m;
#         ssl_session_timeout  10m;
#         ssl_ciphers PROFILE=SYSTEM;
#         ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
#         ...
#     }
# }

Change the server_name directive to your domain or subdomain:

server {
    ...
    server_name  posthog.example.com;
    ...
}

Save and close the file.

Step 4: Install PostHog

Let's install Docker and Docker Compose:

sudo dnf install docker docker-compose

Add your user account to the docker group to run Docker commands without using sudo:

sudo usermod -aG docker $USER

Log out and log back in again for the changes to take effect.

Pull the PostHog image from Docker Hub:

docker pull posthog/posthog:latest

Create a new directory for PostHog:

mkdir posthog
cd posthog

Create a new docker-compose.yml file and copy the following code:

version: '3.7'

services:
  db:
    image: postgres:11-alpine
    environment:
      POSTGRES_DB: posthog
      POSTGRES_USER: postgres
      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: password
    volumes:
      - db_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
    restart: always
  
  web:
    image: posthog/posthog:latest
    environment:
      DATABASE_URL: postgresql://postgres:password@db/posthog
      PGUSER: postgres
      PGPASSWORD: password
      SERVER_DB_NAME: posthog
      DOMAIN: posthog.example.com
      CLICKHOUSE_HOST: clickhouse
      CLICKHOUSE_DATABASE: posthog
      CLICKHOUSE_PASSWORD: password
      REDIS_URL: redis://redis:6379
      PORT: 8000
      DEBUG: 0
      POSTHOG_SITE_URL: https://posthog.example.com/
      SECRET_KEY: some-secret-key
    ports:
      - "8000:8000"
    depends_on:
      - db
      - redis
      - clickhouse
    restart: always

  redis:
    image: redis:alpine
    restart: always

  clickhouse:
    image: yandex/clickhouse-server
    environment:
      CLICKHOUSE_USER: clickhouse
      CLICKHOUSE_PASSWORD: password
      CLICKHOUSE_DATABASE: posthog
      CLICKHOUSE_HOUSEKEEPER_PATH: /var/lib/clickhouse/housekeeper/
      CLICKHOUSE_HOUSEKEEPER_DELAY_PERIOD: 60
      CLICKHOUSE_QUERY_LOGGING_ENABLED: 0
      CLICKHOUSE_DB_PATH: /var/lib/clickhouse
    volumes:
      - clickhouse_data:/var/lib/clickhouse
    restart: always

volumes:
  db_data:
  clickhouse_data:

Change the following settings in the environment block:

• POSTGRES_PASSWORD: change it to a secure password of your choice
• DOMAIN: change it to your domain or subdomain
• POSTHOG_SITE_URL: change it to https://yourdomain.com/ (make sure to replace yourdomain.com with your actual domain or subdomain)
• SECRET_KEY: change it to a secret value of your choice

Save and close the file.

Start PostHog using Docker Compose:

docker-compose up -d

Now visit https://posthog.example.com/ to access PostHog.

That's it! You have successfully installed PostHog on Fedora Server Latest.

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