1. Create a new [PostgreSQL database](/content/docs/postgresql/index.html) on Render. Set the **Name**, **Database**, and **User** to `fathom`.

2. Fork [render-examples/fathom-analytics](https://github.com/render-examples/fathom-analytics) and create a new **Web Service** on Render, giving Render permission to access your forked repo.

3. On the service creation page, click on **Advanced** and add a new **secret file** with filename **`fathom.env`** and the following content:

Make sure to update the values in the highlighted lines below.

```bash
FATHOM_GZIP=true
FATHOM_DEBUG=false
FATHOM_DATABASE_DRIVER="postgres"
FATHOM_DATABASE_NAME="fathom"
FATHOM_DATABASE_USER="fathom"
FATHOM_DATABASE_PASSWORD="db password from step 1"
FATHOM_DATABASE_HOST="internal db hostname from step 1"
FATHOM_SECRET="a sufficiently strong secret"
```

See [Fathom configuration](https://github.com/usefathom/fathom/blob/master/docs/Configuration.md) for more details.

Click on **Save web service** and Fathom will be available on your `onrender.com` URL in less than a minute.

4. Once Fathom is built, go to the **Shell** tab in your Render Dashboard and create a Fathom admin user by entering this command:

```shell
$ ./fathom --config /etc/secrets/fathom.env user add --email="you@your-email.com" --password="strong-password"
```

That's it! You can now create a new site by visiting your Fathom `onrender.com` URL. Fathom will start displaying analytics as soon as you copy the tracking snippet to your website.

You can also add a [custom domain](/content/docs/custom-domains/index.html) to your service and Render will automatically issue and manage TLS certificates for your domain.