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+<h1>Self-Hosting Fathom Analytics with DigitalOcean</h1>
+<p>2021-02-02</p>
+<p>Since my previous post walked through the process of setting up <a href="/fathom-analytics-netlify">Fathom PRO on Netlify</a>, I figured it made sense to create a similar tutorial for the "Lite" variation, self-hosted on DigitalOcean.</p>
+<p>Please note that while I think the PRO version of <a target="_blank" href="https://usefathom.com/ref/DKHJVX">Fathom Analytics</a> is truly great, for my small, niche blog it seemed overkill compared to self-hosting. Switching over from $14/mo to $5/mo while retaining most of the same functionality was a no-brainer. Choose the option that best suits your needs (or in the case - budget &amp; bandwidth).</p>
+<p>With that cleared up - let's get into it!</p>
+<h2>Prerequisites</h2>
+<ol>
+<li>One or more website(s) where you would like to include analytics</li>
+<li><a target="_blank" href="https://m.do.co/c/74b3fd11c07a">DigitalOcean account</a> (<strong>this link will give you a $100 credit!</strong>)</li>
+<li>Positive attitude and passion for privacy-respecting analytics!</li>
+</ol>
+<h2>Create a Droplet</h2>
+<p>Once your DigitalOcean account is setup, navigate to the <a target="_blank" href="https://marketplace.digitalocean.com">Marketplace</a> and search for <code>Fathom Analytics</code>. Then click the <code>Create Fathom Analytics Droplet</code>.</p>
+<p>From here you'll be brought to a page that allows you to customize the specifications of your new droplet. If you're a smaller traffic site (personal blog, etc) selecting the <strong>$5/month</strong> Basic Shared CPU option is your best bet.</p>
+<p><figure>
+ <img src="/public/images/fathom-create-droplet-details.webp" alt="Fathom Droplet Details">
+ <figcaption>Creating the new droplet (<a href="/public/images/fathom-create-droplet-details.webp">direct link to image</a>)</figcaption>
+</figure></p>
+<p>Select the data-center region based on where most of your traffic originates from. I would suggest enabling <code>IPv6</code> and setting up your authentication via SSH instead of a regular password system. Adding backups is entirely at your own discretion.</p>
+<p>Once you're ready, click <strong>Create Droplet</strong>.</p>
+<h2>Enter the Matrix (not really)</h2>
+<p>Once DigitalOcean finishes spinning up your new droplet, open a terminal and connect to it by entering:</p>
+<pre><code>ssh root@YOUR_DROPLET_IP
+</code></pre>
+<p>If you setup your login via SSH everything should work as-is. If you went the password route, you'll given a prompt to enter it.</p>
+<p>Now that you're connected, Fathom will guide you through a simple configuration setup. It's fairly straightforward and painless. Once complete, move to the next step.</p>
+<h2>Domains</h2>
+<p>You'll most likely want to host this instance on your own domain or subdomain - instead of connecting directly via the droplet's <code>IP</code>. Head over to your <strong>Networking</strong> page in the sidebar of DigitalOcean and add your custom domain.</p>
+<p>Then, click on that newly added domain - we need to add some new records. You're going to add two new <code>A</code> records to this domain:</p>
+<p><table>
+ <thead>
+ <tr>
+ <th>Type</th>
+ <th>Hostname</th>
+ <th>Value</th>
+ </tr>
+ </thead>
+ <tbody>
+ <tr>
+ <td>A</td>
+ <td>@</td>
+ <td>YOUR_DROPLET_IP</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>A</td>
+ <td>www</td>
+ <td>YOUR_DROPLET_IP</td>
+ </tr>
+ </tbody>
+</table></p>
+<p>The last thing you need to do is set your nameservers to point to DigitalOcean:</p>
+<pre><code>ns1.digitalocean.com
+ns2.digitalocean.com
+ns3.digitalocean.com
+</code></pre>
+<p>Give it some time to propagate and you'll be in business!</p>
+<h2>SSL FTW</h2>
+<p>There is hardly a good reason not to practice security on the web, so setting up your new analytics to be served over <code>HTTPS</code> is just the smart thing to do. Did I mention that this is completely free as well? See - no excuses.</p>
+<p>In order to get a free SSL certificate setup, you'll need to install <code>certbot</code>. While connected to your droplet, enter the following:</p>
+<pre><code>sudo apt-get install python-certbot-nginx
+</code></pre>
+<p>Once installed, enter the following to setup SSL (remember to swap out the domain with your own):</p>
+<pre><code>certbot --nginx -d your-cool-domain.com
+</code></pre>
+<p>Follow the steps (it's very quick and easy) and you'll have <code>HTTPS</code> setup in a jiffy!</p>
+<h2>The Final Lap</h2>
+<p>The last thing to do is login to your newly self-hosted Fathom instance, add your site you wish to track, grab the generated tracking code and then slap that badboy on whatever pages you need to track!</p>
+<p>Congrats! You're now officially running your own set of analytics tools. You should be happy about what you've accomplished and proud for respecting your users' privacy!</p>
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