<aside> 💡 This guide can be used to set up a self-hosted version of beestat either for privacy or for the purpose of contributing to the project.

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Requirements

Before you begin, you will need the following:

• A domain name. It does not have to be publicly accessible, but it does have to exist and you need to be able to generate a valid SSL certificate for it. This guide assumes you have a domain and access to update DNS records to obtain a free SSL certificate from LetsEncrypt. You can get a cheap domain name from Namecheap. I am assuming you are using a subdomain like beestat.yourdomain.com in this guide.
• A server to run the code on. A Linux server running PHP 8.1 and MySQL 8 with a web server of your choice should be adequate. Ubuntu and Apache are used in this guide.

Ecobee Developer

1. Create an ecobee account if you don’t already have one.
2. Log in here: https://www.ecobee.com/home/developer/loginDeveloper.jsp
3. Accept the SDK agreement
4. Enter a company name (your own name is fine)
5. Sign in to your account at https://www.ecobee.com
6. Open the sidebar and click Developer
7. Create a new app. For Authorization Method, select Authorization Code
8. Set the Redirect URI field to https://beestat.yourdomain.com/api/ecobee_initialize.php
9. Once the app is created, save the API Key on the Name and Summary tab for later.

Apache Setup

Make sure you have the latest package list

apt update