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date = 2019-12-17T12:51:00Z
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title = "Server-side analytics with Caddyserver and Goaccess"
title = "Server-side analytics for Caddyserver using Goaccess"
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I'll start off with a very obvious disclaimer: **If you're not self-hosting your site, this is not for you**.
I'll start off with a very obvious disclaimer: **If you're not self-hosting your site with Caddy, this is not for you**.
With that out of the way, some introductions are in order. [Caddyserver](https://caddyserver.com) is my favorite webserver by far, being very easy to configure and manage. It also has automatic HTTPS through [Let's Encrypt](http://letsencrypt.org/). [Goaccess](https://goaccess.io/) is real-time log analyzer which works both in the terminal as well as the browser.
With the ever looming reality of Google controlling too much of the web, I decided to start making a change on a personal level, and ditch [Google Analytics](https://analytics.google.com/) for my [blog](https://msfjarvis.dev). I however *did* like having some statistics to know what content works the best for me and direct my efforts towards putting more of it out for the world to see.
## Getting the tools
I did some digging around, and came across [Goaccess](https://goaccess.io), a server-side log analyzer that pairs with nearly all possible log formats to generate HTML, CSV and/or JSON reports.
1. Get Caddy from [here](https://caddyserver.com/v1/download). You want v1 for now, as v2 is still in beta and I haven't tested it because of a missing feature critical to my deployment.
2. If you have never used Caddy before and would like some real-life examples, you can check out my [server-config](https://github.com/msfjarvis/server-config) repository on GitHub for the Caddyfile I use for my websites as well as the systemd unit for it. I'm not a massive fan of Docker, but there are third-party docker images that you can use if that's your thing. No judgements in this town.
3. Install [Goaccess](https://goaccess.io). It's available in distro repositories but chances are it's outdated, so use their [official repo](https://goaccess.io/download#official-repo) on Ubuntu and friends.
{{< gfycat DapperPlaintiveAmericanrobin >}}
## Putting the pieces together
Except all guides I found