Piwik CLI Setup Script

Have you ever needed to install the fantastic Open Source Analytics product Piwik in an automated fashion?

The UI is great and all, but wouldn't it be nice to be able to programatically set up an initial install?

I found that some people used CURL commands to do this - but if you're running this script in a standalone FPM Docker container, this doesn't cut it.

So here is a (hacky-ish) script that lets you specify all your configuration in a JSON file, and then spins up a new instance of Piwik for you!

What can it do

• Connect to your MySQL database
• Bootstrap your database and create all of Piwik's tables
• Setup your initial Username + Password
• Setup your first site
• Setup your geolocation stuff
• Setup your privacy options
• Install plugins (that have already been copied to the plugins folder)
• Add in some branding
• Add in any extra settings you want in your config file
• Add in any extra custom 'options' for Piwik

How to run

• Clone this repository somewhere that's outside the main Piwik directory.
• Create an install.json file in the same directory - it should follow the structure of the install-example.json file that is included.
  • Make sure you pay attention to the document_root - this should be the root directory of your Piwik install
• Run the install.php script
  • eg. php /opt/piwik/setup/install.php

What version of Piwik does it work with?

It has only been tested with Piwik Version 2.16.5

I hate it

OK. Thanks for your feedback. Perhaps you can contribute to this project to make it better!