[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":143},["ShallowReactive",2],{"seo-verification":3,"blog-how-to-host-plausible-analytics-on-a-vps-ma-en":6,"promo-bar-likely":142},{"google":4,"bing":5},"EycwPY2XMyTkVzas3n1ygeNJFGAH513qrMjfDljzsMQ","",{"key":7,"data":8},"blog-how-to-host-plausible-analytics-on-a-vps-ma-en",{"id":9,"slug":10,"slugs":11,"title":15,"excerpt":16,"readTime":17,"views":18,"isPinned":19,"noindex":19,"publishedAt":20,"updatedAt":21,"category":22,"categories":28,"featuredImage":30,"bgImage":31,"posterImage":32,"relatedSolution":33,"intro":36,"sections":37,"ctaTitle":82,"ctaBody":83,"ctaButton":84,"ctaUrl":85,"relatedPosts":86},153,"how-to-host-plausible-analytics-on-a-vps",{"fr":12,"en":10,"ar":13,"es":14},"heberger-plausible-vps","كيفية-استضافة-plausible-analytics-على-خادم-vps","como-alojar-plausible-analytics-en-un-vps","How to Host Plausible Analytics on a VPS","Deploy Plausible Analytics on your VPS: lightweight, cookie-free and GDPR-compliant analytics, self-hosted with Docker, ClickHouse and HTTPS. Step-by-step guide.",2,1,false,"2026-01-24T00:00:00+00:00","2026-09-07T11:26:10+00:00",{"id":23,"name":24,"slug":25,"color":26,"icon":27},7,"Self-hosting","self-hosting","bg-indigo-500\u002F10 text-indigo-400","cloud",[29],{"id":23,"name":24,"slug":25,"color":26,"icon":27},null,"\u002Fblog\u002Fcovers\u002Fbg.svg","\u002Fblog\u002Fcovers\u002Fheberger-plausible-vps-poster.svg",{"categorySlug":34,"appSlug":35},"analytics","analytics-plausible","Plausible is an open-source web analytics tool that is cookie-free and designed for GDPR compliance. Its clean dashboard fits on a single page. Self-hosted on your VPS via the Community Edition, it makes you the owner of your audience data for a fixed cost, with no per-volume subscription. Here is how to deploy it with Docker, PostgreSQL, ClickHouse, a reverse proxy and a TLS certificate.",[38,42,51,54,76,79],{"type":39,"title":40,"body":41},"h2","Why self-host Plausible on a VPS","Plausible was designed to measure your audience without tracking individuals: no cookies, no personal data, so generally no consent banner. The version hosted by the vendor is billed by page-view volume. When self-hosted on a VPS, you pay for the server once, your data stays with you, and you track as many sites as your machine allows.",{"type":43,"title":44,"items":45},"ul","The concrete benefits of a self-hosted Plausible",[46,47,48,49,50],"No cookies or personal data: easier GDPR compliance, often with no banner.","Your audience statistics stay on your infrastructure.","Lightweight, readable dashboard, and a tiny tracking script.","Fixed cost independent of the number of monthly page views.","Unlimited sites on a single instance, within the limits of the VPS resources.",{"type":39,"title":52,"body":53},"Hardware and software requirements","Plausible ships with ClickHouse, which is more demanding than a simple SQL database. Count on 2 vCPU and 2 GB of RAM minimum, 4 GB for sustained traffic. Plan for 10 GB of disk that will grow with the history. On the software side: Docker and Docker Compose, a subdomain (e.g. plausible.your-domain.com) pointing to the VPS, and port 443 open.",{"type":55,"title":56,"steps":57},"steps","Deploy Plausible CE with Docker and HTTPS",[58,61,64,67,70,73],{"title":59,"body":60},"Prepare the VPS and Docker","Over SSH, update the system and install Docker via `curl -fsSL https:\u002F\u002Fget.docker.com | sh`.",{"title":62,"body":63},"Get community-edition","Clone the official repository: `git clone https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fplausible\u002Fcommunity-edition plausible && cd plausible`. It provides the Compose file and the reference configuration.",{"title":65,"body":66},"Configure plausible-conf.env","Fill in `BASE_URL=https:\u002F\u002Fplausible.your-domain.com`, a generated `SECRET_KEY_BASE` (`openssl rand -base64 48`), and the SMTP parameters if you want e-mail invitations.",{"title":68,"body":69},"Start the stack","Run `docker compose up -d`. Plausible starts with PostgreSQL (metadata) and ClickHouse (events). Follow the logs until you see the web service ready on port 8000.",{"title":71,"body":72},"Configure the reverse proxy","With Caddy: `plausible.your-domain.com { reverse_proxy localhost:8000 }`. Caddy manages the Let's Encrypt TLS automatically.",{"title":74,"body":75},"Create the account and add the script","Open the URL, create the first administrator account, add your site and insert the tracking snippet into the `\u003Chead>` of your pages.",{"type":77,"body":78},"tip","ClickHouse writes heavily to disk: monitor free space and back up both PostgreSQL and the ClickHouse volume so you lose neither the configuration nor the event history.",{"type":77,"title":80,"body":81},"The official documentation","For advanced configuration and options specific to the tool, refer to the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fplausible.io\u002Fdocs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">official Plausible Analytics documentation\u003C\u002Fa>. This guide covers going live on a VPS; the vendor's documentation remains the reference for fine-tuning, major updates and specific use cases.","Deploy your instance on a ServOrbit Cloud VPS","A ServOrbit Cloud VPS with Docker preconfigured and scalable resources lets you install this tool without friction, and adjust RAM and vCPU as usage grows.","Launch my Cloud VPS","\u002Fvps-cloud",[87,104,125],{"id":88,"slug":89,"slugs":90,"title":94,"excerpt":95,"readTime":23,"views":18,"isPinned":19,"noindex":19,"publishedAt":96,"updatedAt":97,"category":98,"categories":99,"featuredImage":30,"bgImage":31,"posterImage":101,"relatedSolution":102},152,"how-to-host-umami-on-a-vps",{"fr":91,"en":89,"ar":92,"es":93},"heberger-umami-vps","كيفية-استضافة-umami-على-خادم-vps","como-alojar-umami-en-un-vps","How to Host Umami on a VPS","Deploy Umami on your VPS: lightweight, privacy-friendly web analytics without cookies, self-hosted with Docker and HTTPS. 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