Plausible Analytics is intuitive, lightweight and open source web analytics. No cookies and fully compliant with GDPR, CCPA and PECR.
With this playbook, you can install the Community Edition of Plausible Analytics.
This service requires the following other services:
- a Postgres database
- a ClickHouse database
- a Traefik reverse-proxy server
- (optional) the exim-relay mailer
To enable this service, add the following configuration to your vars.yml file and re-run the installation process:
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# #
# plausible #
# #
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plausible_enabled: true
plausible_hostname: plausible.example.com
# Generate this with: `openssl rand -base64 48`
plausible_environment_variable_secret_key_base: ''
# Generate this with: `openssl rand -base64 32`
plausible_environment_variable_totp_vault_key: ''
# Controls which user ids will be system admins
# By default, only the first user (`1`) to be registered will be made an admin.
# plausible_environment_variable_admin_user_ids: '1,2,3'
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# #
# /plausible #
# #
########################################################################In the example configuration above, we configure the service to be hosted at https://plausible.example.com.
The Ansible role for Plausible Analytics contains a plausible_path_prefix variable for hosting at a subdirectory, but this is not implemented yet. See the comments about plausible_path_prefix in ansible-role-plausible's defaults/main.yml file.
After installation, you should be able to access your new Plausible Analytics instance at the URL you've chosen.
You should then be able to create your first user account, which will be created as an admin (see the details about plausible_environment_variable_admin_user_ids above).
After logging in with your user account you can create properties (websites) and invite other users by email.
By default, the system is configured to allow registrations that are coming from an explicit invitation, while public registrations are disabled. This can be controlled via the plausible_environment_variable_disable_registration variable.
For additional configuration options, refer to ansible-role-plausible's defaults/main.yml file.