Docker Piwik Container (marvambass/piwik)

maintained by MarvAmBass

FAQ - All you need to know about the marvambass Containers

What is it

This Dockerfile (available as marvambass/piwik) gives you a completly secured piwik.

It's based on the marvambass/nginx-ssl-php Image

View in Docker Registry marvambass/piwik

View in GitHub MarvAmBass/docker-piwik

Environment variables and defaults

For Headless installation required

Piwik Database Settings

• PIWIK_MYSQL_USER
• no default - if null it will start piwik in initial mode
• PIWIK_MYSQL_PASSWORD
• no default - if null it will start piwik in initial mode
• PIWIK_MYSQL_HOST
• default: mysql
• PIWIK_MYSQL_PORT
• default: 3306 - if you use a different mysql port change it
• PIWIK_MYSQL_DBNAME
• default: piwik - don't use the symbol - in there!
• PIWIK_MYSQL_PREFIX
• default: piwik_

Piwik Admin Settings

• PIWIK_ADMIN
• default: admin - the name of the admin user
• PIWIK_ADMIN_PASSWORD
• default: [randomly generated 10 characters] - the password for the admin user
• PIWIK_ADMIN_MAIL
• default: no@no.tld - only needed if you are interested in one of those newsletters
• PIWIK_SUBSCRIBE_NEWSLETTER
• 1 or 0 - default: 0
• PIWIK_SUBSCRIBE_PRO_NEWSLETTER
• 1 or 0 - default: 0

Website to Track Settings

• SITE_NAME
• default: My local Website
• SITE_URL
• default: http://localhost
• SITE_TIMEZONE
• default: Europe/Berlin
• SITE_ECOMMERCE
• 1 or 0 - default: 0

Piwik Track Settings

• ANONYMISE_IP
• 1 or 0 - this will anonymise IPs - default: 1
• DO_NOT_TRACK
• 1 or 0 - this will skip browsers with do not track enabled from tracking - default: 1

Misc Settings

• PIWIK_RELATIVE_URL_ROOT
• default: /piwik/ - you can chance that to whatever you want/need
• PIWIK_NOT_BEHIND_PROXY
• default: not set - if set to any value the settings to listen behind a reverse proxy server will be removed
• PIWIK_PROXY_HEADER
• default: HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR - if set Piwik will attempt to use the given header to determine the original client address. HTTP_CF_CONNECTING_IP or HTTP_CLIENT_IP may be helpful if behind certain proxies.
• PIWIK_HSTS_HEADERS_ENABLE
• default: not set - if set to any value the HTTP Strict Transport Security will be activated on SSL Channel
• PIWIK_HSTS_HEADERS_ENABLE_NO_SUBDOMAINS
• default: not set - if set together with PIWIK_HSTS_HEADERS_ENABLE and set to any value the HTTP Strict Transport Security will be deactivated on subdomains
• PIWIK_PLUGINS_ACTIVATE
• default: not set - if set Piwik will activate the Plugins named in the Variable, separated by whitespace

Inherited Variables

• DH_SIZE
• default: 2048 if you need more security just use a higher value
• inherited from MarvAmBass/docker-nginx-ssl-secure

Using the marvambass/piwik Container

First you need a running MySQL Container (you could use: marvambass/mysql).

You need to --link your mysql container to marvambass/piwik with the name mysql

docker run -d -p 80:80 -p 443:443 --link mysql:mysql --name piwik marvambass/piwik