Set up analytics tracking tool

[NikolasPpd]

Set up Umami to track user analytics and help us make more informed decisions (or any other open source alternative that you might be aware of).

Umami makes it easy to collect, analyze, and understand your web data — while maintaining visitor privacy and data ownership.

Requirements

• A database. Umami supports MySQL (minimum v8.0) and PostgreSQL (minimum v12.14) databases.
• A server with Node.js version 18.17 or newer.

Due to the aforementioned system requirements it might be infeasible to install this on our current server.

[GeorgeFkd]

There is also plausible an open source solution alternative to google analytics. Regarding the server installation we can provision a server for the analytics tool different from the one hosting MyUoM.

The docs are here, a detailed setup of the self-hosted solution.

[synan-mannan]

Given the current server constraints (Node.js ≥ 18.17 and DB version requirements), setting up Umami on the existing infrastructure may not be feasible.

I recommend using Plausible as the analytics solution for now. Plausible is a privacy-focused, open-source alternative to Google Analytics with significantly lower infrastructure overhead.

Proposed approach:

• Use Plausible (hosted or self-hosted on a separate server)
• This avoids upgrading the current server while still meeting analytics and privacy requirements
• Frontend integration is minimal (single script injection)

If this approach is acceptable, I can proceed with:

1. Finalizing the deployment option (hosted vs self-hosted)
2. Setting up Plausible
3. Integrating analytics into the frontend
4. Verifying tracking and closing this issue