Matomo§

To run the Matomo web analytics platform using Unit:

1. Install Unit with a PHP language module.

2. Install and configure Matomo’s prerequisites.

3. Install Matomo’s core files. Here, we install it at /path/to/app/; use a real path in your configuration.

4. Set installation path permissions to secure access, for example:

   # chown -R app_user:app_group /path/to/app/
   

   Update the placeholders above with actual values, noting them for later use in Unit configuration.

5. Next, prepare the app configuration for Unit (use real values for share, root, user, and group). The default .htaccess scheme in a Matomo installation roughly translates into the following:

   {
       "listeners": {
           "*:80": {
               "pass": "routes/matomo"
           }
       },
   
       "routes": {
           "matomo": [
               {
                   "match": {
                       "uri": [
                           "/index.php",
                           "/js/index.php",
                           "/matomo.php",
                           "/misc/cron/archive.php",
                           "/piwik.php",
                           "/plugins/HeatmapSessionRecording/configs.php"
                       ]
                   },
   
                   "action": {
                       "pass": "applications/matomo/direct"
                   }
               },
               {
                   "match": {
                       "uri": [
                           "*.php",
                           "*/.htaccess",
                           "/config/*",
                           "/core/*",
                           "/lang/*",
                           "/tmp/*"
                       ]
                   },
   
                   "action": {
                       "return": 404
                   }
               },
               {
                   "match": {
                       "uri": "~\\.(css|gif|html?|ico|jpg|js(on)?|png|svg|ttf|woff2?)$"
                   },
   
                   "action": {
                       "share": "/path/to/app/"
                   }
               },
               {
                   "match": {
                       "uri": [
                           "!/libs/*",
                           "!/node_modules/*",
                           "!/plugins/*",
                           "!/vendor/*",
                           "!/misc/cron/*",
                           "!/misc/user/*"
                       ]
                   },
   
                   "action": {
                       "share": "/path/to/app/",
                       "fallback": {
                           "pass": "applications/matomo/index"
                       }
                   }
               }
           ]
       },
   
       "applications": {
           "matomo": {
               "type": "php",
               "user": "app_user",
               "group": "app_group",
               "targets": {
                   "direct": {
                       "root": "/path/to/app/"
                   },
   
                   "index": {
                       "root": "/path/to/app/",
                       "script": "index.php"
                   }
               }
           }
       }
   }
   

6. Upload the updated configuration. Assuming the JSON above was added to config.json:

   # curl -X PUT --data-binary @config.json --unix-socket \
          /path/to/control.unit.sock http://localhost/config/
   

   Note

   The control socket path may vary; run unitd --help or see Startup and Shutdown for details.

   After a successful update, Matomo should be available on the listener’s IP address and port: