This Ansible role automates the integration of Matomo tracking code into Nginx-served websites. It simplifies the process of adding the Matomo analytics tracking script and image tracker to all your web pages served through Nginx.
- Automated insertion of Matomo tracking script into the
</head>tag of HTML pages. - Integration of a noscript image tracker before the
</body>tag for tracking users with JavaScript disabled. - Configuration to apply changes on every request, ensuring that dynamic content and single-page applications are also tracked.
- Nginx installed on the target server.
- Matomo analytics platform set up and accessible.
- None. This role is designed to be included in Nginx server block configurations.
You can customize the tracking script and the noscript image tracker by editing the matomo-tracking.js.j2 and matomo.subfilter.conf.j2 templates.
This role was created in 2023 by Kevin Veen Birkenbach, providing a seamless way to add Matomo analytics to any website served via Nginx.