Start Matomo

Description

The CLARIN-DSpace 5/7.* uses Matomo instead of Google Analytics for tracking statistics. It uses Matomo for tracking:

• OAI harvesting
• Bitstream downloads

Setting up the Matomo

• You can disable tracking Matomo statistics by setting up the property matomo.track.enabled to false

Properties which must be set in the clarin-dspace.cfg:

• matomo.track.enabled = true
• matomo.auth.token = <AUTH_TOKEN> // you will recieve this token after installation the Matomo
• matomo.site.id = 1
• matomo.tracker.bitstream.site_id = 1
• matomo.tracker.oai.site_id = 1

You must set Matomo API URL in the Spring Bean - update the file core-services.xml, check: https://github.com/dataquest-dev/DSpace/pull/182/files#diff-39dd93aab2debd41b09d0508a15179c528a2a71a07b47f692ea5aec8c256935eR157

How to run Matomo

By the Docker:

• You can use dspace-angular/matomo-w-db.yml
• Run docker by the command docker-compose --env-file $ENVFILE -p dq-d7 -f docker/matomo-w-db.yml up
• You can override default Matomo Docker envs in you $ENVFILE

Matomo installation

Matomo is listening on the port 8135 (it is defined in the matomo-w-db.yml), so you can reach Matomo page on the e.g., localhost:8135.

1. Step - next
2. Step - just check it and if everything is OK - next
3. You have to set up database user - he's credentials are defined in the matomo-w-db.yml as default values of the properties: MATOMO_DATABASE_USERNAME, MATOMO_DATABASE_PASSWORD, MATOMO_DATABASE_DBNAME
4. Creating the tables - next
5. Super user - it is admin user account which you will use in the Matomo - just define some - next
6. Set up a Website - Just set up a name and URL for your Matomo - next
7. JavaScript tracking code - it is just some suggestions - next
8. Congratulations - next

Trusted host error

You should see page like that:

This is common issue when you set up Matomo Docker in some special port, check the issue, which is still not fixed: https://github.com/matomo-org/matomo/issues/9549 How to fix:

1. Connect into Matomo Docker container console: docker exec -it <CONTAINER_ID> /bin/bash
2. Install nano: Run commands apt update, then apt install nano
3. Go into config directory: cd /var/www/html/config.
4. Update config.init.php file by adding there a code which is suggested in the error page, for me it is:
5. Refresh Matomo web

Get authorization token for the matomo.auth.token property

1. Log in with the superuser which you created
2. Go to settings -> Personal -> Security And you should see such page:
3. Scroll down and you should see page section with Auth tokens, just create one and copy it into matomo.auth.token property That's it.