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Metabase Installation Steps

The document outlines the steps to install Metabase including: 1. Installing Java and creating a Metabase user 2. Downloading the Metabase JAR file 3. Configuring a systemd service to run Metabase, specifying environment variables for database connection details

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Metabase Installation Steps

The document outlines the steps to install Metabase including: 1. Installing Java and creating a Metabase user 2. Downloading the Metabase JAR file 3. Configuring a systemd service to run Metabase, specifying environment variables for database connection details

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Metabase Installation steps:

Java installation
1. sudo apt update
2. sudo apt install default-jre
Note- We Need atleast java 8(1.8), anything above that is fine

Adding a metabase user(optional)


1. sudo adduser metabase
2. sudo touch /var/log/metabase.log
3. sudo chown syslog:adm /var/log/metabase.log
4. sudo touch /etc/default/metabase

Downloading metabase jar file


1. Create a directory named metabase where ever you wish to install it (currently on
staging its under public/metabase)
2. cd metabse
3. wget https://downloads.metabase.com/v0.43.0/metabase.jar
4. Set permission to metabase user chown metabase:metabase metabase.jar

Setup a service
1. Create a blank service file touch /etc/systemd/system/metabase.service
2. Edit this file and make changes as per prod environment
vi metabase.service

[Unit]
Description=Metabase server

[Service]
Type=simple
WorkingDirectory=/home/metabase
User=metabase
Group=metabase
ExecStart=/bin/java -jar /home/metabase/metabase.jar
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=10
StandardOutput=syslog
StandardError=syslog
SyslogIdentifier=metabase
Environment=MB_PASSWORD_COMPLEXITY=normal
Environment=MB_PASSWORD_LENGTH=8
Environment=MB_DB_TYPE=mysql
Environment=MB_DB_DBNAME=backbone
Environment=MB_DB_PORT=3306
Environment=MB_DB_USER=<user>
Environment=MB_DB_PASS=<password>
Environment=MB_DB_HOST=<host>
Environmen=MB_EMOJI_IN_LOGS=true
Setup a service
1. systemctl enable metabase
2. systemctl start metabase

Verify
1. ps aux | grep metabase

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