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Find and edit “config.ini.php”: The Matomo configuration fileCustomise any text label such as menus, report names, column names, event names and values, custom dimension names, custom report names, dashboard names and moreMake sure Search engines robots do not index Matomo serverTrack and measure how my Matomo service is being usedTell Matomo to invalidate the past historical reports so they can be re-processed from the logsPrevent Matomo from creating a new visit after 10000 actionsDisable all automated emails so that Matomo doesn’t send any emailUse Matomo from the official Git repositoryUse the database to store session filesRotate and backup logs to avoid log files becoming very largeDisable archiving the segment reports for specific pluginsSend emails through SMTP server with self-signed SSL certificate

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