Install Metabase with Systemd on Debian 10 / Debian 9
Metabase is a simple and powerful analysis tool that anyone can use to learn and decide on company data. No technical knowledge is required to get started with the tool. In this guide, I will show you how to install Metabase using Systemd on Debian 10 / Debian 9 Linux systems.
For Ubuntu, please check: How to install the metabase using Systemd on Ubuntu
To run Metabase jar files, you need to have Java installed on your system. Currently, Metabase requires Java 8 or higher and can run on OpenJDK or Oracle JDK.
Step 1: Install Java on Debian
Update your Debian machine:
sudo apt -y update
sudo apt -y upgrade
sudo rebootThen install Java 8 or Java 11 in the base operating system.
Install OpenJDK 11 – Debian 10
sudo apt -y install openjdk-11-jdk openjdk-11-jreInstall OpenJDK 8 – Debian 9
sudo apt -y install openjdk-8-jdk openjdk-8-jreWhen prompted to accept the license agreement, please answer “Yes”
Verify that Java is installed and running.
$ java -version openjdk version "11.0.5" 2019-10-15 OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 11.0.5+10-post-Debian-1deb10u1) OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 11.0.5+10-post-Debian-1deb10u1, mixed mode, sharing)
Step 2: Install and configure the database server (MariaDB)
If you have configured a data store for Metabase, you can skip this step. In this lab, we will use the MariaDB database server set up with the following guidelines.
Install MariaDB on Debian
Other database installation guidelines are:
Install MySQL 8 on Debian
Install PostgreSQL on Debian
I will create a database for Metabase on the MySQL database server shown below.
Login to MySQL Shell as root
$ mysql -u root -p
Create a database and user with access:
CREATE DATABASE metabase;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON metabase.* TO 'metabase'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY "StrongPassword";
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
quitIf the database server is a remote server, assign privileges to users with specific IP addresses, such as:
'metabase'@'192.168.0.20'Or allow access by any IP-access to servers with public access is not recommended:
'metabase'@'%'Step 3: Install the metabase on Debian 10 / Debian 9
Download the metabase And save it on the path from which you want to run the application.
export VER=0.34.1
wget http://downloads.metabase.com/v${VER}/metabase.jar
sudo mkdir -p /apps/java
sudo cp metabase.jar /apps/javaRun Metabase to use javaCommand to start the application.
$ java -jar metabase.jar 01-14 21:24:56 DEBUG plugins.classloader :: Using NEWLY CREATED classloader as shared context classloader: [email protected] 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 launch the Metabase application with all default settings.
Step 4: Configure Metabase Systemd service
The best way to run Metabase is to initialize the system with Systemd, which is available on Debian 10 / Debian 9. For a separate guide to running Java applications on systemd, see our blog.
How to run Java Jar applications with Systemd on Linux
For simplicity, I will create a specific systemd service file for the configuration database
First create a system group for the user.
sudo groupadd -r appmgrNext, we create a system user appmgr Use default group
sudo useradd -r -s /bin/false -g appmgr appmgrGrant this user ownership of the application directory:
sudo chown -R appmgr:appmgr /apps/javaCreate a system service unit file:
sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/metabase.serviceAdd the following 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
RestartSec=10
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.targetSet the maximum and minimum memory values allowed by 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 you added.
sudo systemctl daemon-reloadAfter reloading, start the service and set it to start at startup:
sudo systemctl start metabase.service
sudo systemctl enable metabase.serviceTo check the status, use:
$ sudo 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)
Jan 14 21:49:33 deb10 java[3698]: 01-14 21:49:33 INFO sync.util :: FINISHED: 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: 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'
Jan 14 21:49:34 deb10 java[3698]: 01-14 21:49:34 INFO sync.util :: FINISHED: step 'update-field-values' for h2 Database 1 'Sample Dataset' (809.0 ms)
Jan 14 21:49:34 deb10 java[3698]: 01-14 21:49:34 INFO sync.util :: FINISHED: Cache field values in h2 Database 1 'Sample Dataset' (811.6 ms)
Jan 14 21:49:34 deb10 java[3698]: 01-14 21:49:34 INFO sync.util :: FINISHED: 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 COMPLETEStep 4: Access the Metabase Web User Interface
After the service starts, the Metabase server will listen on the port 3000 by default.
$ ss -tunelp | grep 3000tcp LISTEN 0 50 *:3000 *:* users:(("java",pid=14386,fd=18)) uid:998 ino:85041 sk:a v6only:0 <->Visit the webpage to complete the setup http://
Click “let’s start“Button to begin setup. On the next page, create a user to manage the metabase
Provide information about your MySQL database-username and password. If you don’t have one yet, Metabase also comes with a sample dataset, you can start using it.
You need to provide the data to the database configured above. The configuration database will check the data there. Once you are set up, you will have access to the Metabase Management panel
See metabase getting Started The page starts adding data sets and plays the data. Also, please visit Official configuration database documentation Detailed settings and management.
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