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Install Metabase with Systemd on Debian 11/10/9

By Josphat Mutai - October 25, 2021
Metabase is a simple and powerful analytics tool which lets anyone learn and make decisions
from their company’s data. No technical knowledge required to start using the tool. In this
guide, I’ll be showing you how to Install Metabase with Systemd on Debian 10 / Debian 9 Linux
system.
For Ubuntu, check: How to Install Metabase with Systemd on Ubuntu
To run the Metabase jar file you need to have Java installed on your system. Currently,
Metabase requires Java 8 or higher and will work on either the OpenJDK or Oracle JDK.
Step 1: Install Java on Debian

Update your APT package index:
https://computingforgeeks.com/install-metabase-with-systemd-on-debian-linux/?expand_article=1 1/12
sudo apt -y update
Then install Java JDK in the Debian system:
sudo apt install -y default-jdk
Verify that Java is installed and working.
$ java -version
openjdk version "11.0.12" 2021-07-20
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 11.0.12+7-post-Debian-2)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 11.0.12+7-post-Debian-2, mixed mode,
sharing) x
Step 2: Install and configure the Database server ( MariaDB)

You can skip this step if you have a data store for Metabase already configured. For this lab,
we’ll use MariaDB database server which was set using the following guide.
Install MariaDB on Debian
Other database installation guides are:
Install MySQL 8 on Debian
Install PostgreSQL on Debian
I’ll create a database for use with Metabase on MySQL database server like below.
Login to MySQL shell as root user
sudo mysql -u root -p
Create a database and user with access privileges:
CREATE DATABASE metabase;

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON metabase.* TO 'metabase'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY
"StrongPassword";
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
QUIT
If the database server is remote, assign privilege to a user at specific IP address, e.g:
'metabase'@'192.168.0.20'
Or allow access from any IP – Not recommended for a server with public access:
'metabase'@'%'
Step 3: Install Metabase on Debian 10 / Debian 9

Download Metabase and save it on the path where you want the application to run from.
export VER=0.41.1
wget http://downloads.metabase.com/v${VER}/metabase.jar
sudo mkdir -p /apps/java
sudo cp metabase.jar /apps/java
The most basic way of running Metabase to use the java command to launch the
application.
$ java -jar metabase.jar

01-14 21:24:56 DEBUG plugins.classloader :: Using NEWLY CREATED classloader
as shared context classloader: clojure.lang.DynamicClassLoader@e044b4a
01-14 21:24:57 INFO metabase.util :: Loading Metabase...
01-14 21:24:57 INFO metabase.util :: Maximum memory available to JVM: 483.4
MB
01-14 21:25:01 INFO util.encryption :: Saved credentials encryption is
DISABLED for this Metabase instance. 🔓
For more information, see https://metabase.com/docs/latest/operations-
guide/encrypting-database-details-at-rest.html
.....
This will start the Metabase application using all of the default settings.
Step 4: Configure Metabase Systemd service

The best way to run Metabase is using Systemd init system available on both Debian 10 /
Debian 9. A separate guide on running Java applications with systemd is available on our blog.
How to run Java Jar Application with Systemd on Linux
For the sake of simplicity, I’ll do a specific systemd service file for metabase
Start by creating a system group for the user.
sudo groupadd -r appmgr
Next, we create a system user appmgr with the default group
sudo useradd -r -s /bin/false -g appmgr appmgr
Give this user ownership permission to the applications directory:
sudo chown -R appmgr:appmgr /apps/java
Create a systemd service unit file:
sudo vim /etc/systemd/system/metabase.service
Add the contents below to the file.
[Unit]
Description=Metabase applicaion service
Documentation=https://www.metabase.com/docs/latest
[Service]
WorkingDirectory=/apps/java
ExecStart=/usr/bin/java -Xms128m -Xmx256m -jar metabase.jar
User=appmgr
Type=simple
Restart=on-failure
x
RestartSec=10
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Set your values for maximum and minimum memory allowed for the Java application ( -
Xms128m and -Xmx256m ) in my case
The next thing to do is start the application service, but first, reload systemd so that it loads
the new application added.
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
Once reloaded, start the service and set it to start on boot:
sudo systemctl start metabase.service

sudo systemctl enable metabase.service
To check the status, use:
$ systemctl status metabase

● metabase.service - Metabase applicaion service
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/metabase.service; enabled; vendor
preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Tue 2020-01-14 21:49:02 UTC; 55s ago
Docs: https://www.metabase.com/docs/latest
Main PID: 3698 (java)
Tasks: 65 (limit: 2377)
Memory: 604.1M
CGroup: /system.slice/metabase.service
└─3698 /usr/bin/java -Xms128m -Xmx256m -jar metabase.jar
Jan 14 21:49:33 deb10 java[3698]: 01-14 21:49:33 INFO sync.analyze ::

classify-tables Analyzed
[**************************************············] 😋
Jan 14 21:49:33 deb10 java[3698]: 01-14 21:49:33 INFO sync.analyze ::
classify-tables Analyzed
[**********************************************····] 😍
Jan 14 21:49:33 deb10 java[3698]: 01-14 21:49:33 INFO sync.util :: FINISHED:
step 'classify-tables' for h2 Database 1 'Sample Dataset' (15.8 ms)
Analyze data for h2 Database 1 'Sample Dataset' (5.6 s)
Jan 14 21:49:33 deb10 java[3698]: 01-14 21:49:33 INFO sync.util :: STARTING: x
Cache field values in h2 Database 1 'Sample Dataset'
Jan 14 21:49:33 deb10 java[3698]: 01-14 21:49:33 INFO sync.util :: STARTING:

step 'update-field-values' for h2 Database 1 'Sample Dataset'
step 'update-field-values' for h2 Database 1 'Sample Dataset' (809.0 ms)
Cache field values in h2 Database 1 'Sample Dataset' (811.6 ms)
Sync h2 Database 1 'Sample Dataset' (7.5 s)
Jan 14 21:49:34 deb10 java[3698]: 01-14 21:49:34 INFO metabase.core ::
Metabase Initialization COMPLETE
Step 4: Access Metabase Web User Interface

After the service is started, Metabase server will listen on port 3000 by default.
$ ss -tunelp | grep 3000

tcp LISTEN 0 50 *:3000 *:* users:(("java",pid=14386,fd=18)) uid:998
ino:85041 sk:a v6only:0 <->
Access the web page to finish setup using http://<serverip>:3000
Click “Let’s get started” button to start the setup. On the next page, create a user to manage
Metabase
Provide info about your MySQL database – username and password. If you don’t have that
right now, Metabase also comes with a sample dataset you can get started with.
You need to feed your data to the database configured above. Metabase will check for data
there. Once you finish the setup, you’ll get access to Metabase Administration panel
See the Metabase getting Started page to start adding Dataset and playing with your data.
Also, visit Official metabase documentation for detailed setup and administration.
Also check:
How to Install Latest phpMyAdmin on Debian
How to Install pgAdmin 4 on Debian
How to Install ArangoDB on Ubuntu
Install Dgraph on CentOS 7 / Ubuntu
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Install Metabase with Systemd on Debian 11/10/9

For Ubuntu, check: How to Install Metabase with Systemd on Ubuntu

Step 1: Install Java on Debian

sudo apt -y update

Then install Java JDK in the Debian system:

sudo apt install -y default-jdk

Verify that Java is installed and working.

Step 2: Install and configure the Database server ( MariaDB)

Install MariaDB on Debian

Other database installation guides are:

Install MySQL 8 on Debian

Install PostgreSQL on Debian

Login to MySQL shell as root user

sudo mysql -u root -p

Create a database and user with access privileges:

CREATE DATABASE metabase;

Step 3: Install Metabase on Debian 10 / Debian 9

$ java -jar metabase.jar

Step 4: Configure Metabase Systemd service

How to run Java Jar Application with Systemd on Linux

Start by creating a system group for the user.

sudo groupadd -r appmgr

Next, we create a system user appmgr with the default group

sudo useradd -r -s /bin/false -g appmgr appmgr

Give this user ownership permission to the applications directory:

sudo chown -R appmgr:appmgr /apps/java

Create a systemd service unit file:

sudo vim /etc/systemd/system/metabase.service

Add the contents below to the file.

sudo systemctl daemon-reload

Once reloaded, start the service and set it to start on boot:

sudo systemctl start metabase.service

To check the status, use:

$ systemctl status metabase

Jan 14 21:49:33 deb10 java[3698]: 01-14 21:49:33 INFO sync.analyze ::

Jan 14 21:49:33 deb10 java[3698]: 01-14 21:49:33 INFO sync.util :: STARTING:

Step 4: Access Metabase Web User Interface

$ ss -tunelp | grep 3000

Access the web page to finish setup using http://<serverip>:3000

How to Install Latest phpMyAdmin on Debian

How to Install pgAdmin 4 on Debian

How to Install ArangoDB on Ubuntu

Install Dgraph on CentOS 7 / Ubuntu

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