diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 7f54991fa72..e431f69100a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       # Checks-out your repository under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE, so your job can access it
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      
+
       - name: Github Actions Azure connection fix
         run: |
           # Workaround for https://github.com/actions/runner-images/issues/675#issuecomment-1381389712
@@ -31,27 +31,27 @@ jobs:
       - name: Installing Countly
         shell: bash
         run: sudo bash ./bin/countly.install.sh
-        
+
       - name: NodeJS version
         shell: bash
         run: node --version
-        
+
       - name: NPM version
         shell: bash
         run: npm --version
-        
+
       - name: Mongo version
         shell: bash
         run: mongo --version
-        
+
       - name: ShellCheck
         shell: bash
         run: countly shellcheck
-        
+
       - name: ESLint
         shell: bash
         run: npx eslint .
-        
+
       - name: DistFiles
         shell: bash
         run: sudo countly task dist-all
@@ -63,11 +63,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Output API Logs
         if: ${{ always() }}
         run: cat log/countly-api.log
-        
+
       - name: Output Dashboard Logs
         if: ${{ always() }}
         run: cat log/countly-dashboard.log
-        
+
       - name: Output MongoDB Logs
         if: ${{ always() }}
         run: sudo cat /var/log/mongodb/mongod.log
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Output Nginx Logs
         if: ${{ always() }}
         run: sudo cat /var/log/nginx/error.log
-        
+
       - name: Send slack notification
         id: slack
         if: always()
diff --git a/bin/config/supervisord.example.conf b/bin/config/supervisord.example.conf
index 28dd4571feb..a0b80b382fd 100644
--- a/bin/config/supervisord.example.conf
+++ b/bin/config/supervisord.example.conf
@@ -2,16 +2,16 @@
 file=/tmp/supervisor.sock
 
 [supervisord]
-logfile=/var/log/supervisord.log
+logfile=%(here)s/../../log/supervisord/supervisord.log
 logfile_maxbytes=50MB
 logfile_backups=10
 loglevel=warn
-pidfile=/var/log/supervisord.pid
+pidfile=%(here)s/../../log/supervisord/supervisord.pid
 nodaemon=false
 minfds=1024
 minprocs=200
-user=root
-childlogdir=/var/log/
+user=countly
+childlogdir=%(here)s/../../log/supervisord/
 
 [rpcinterface:supervisor]
 supervisor.rpcinterface_factory = supervisor.rpcinterface:make_main_rpcinterface
diff --git a/bin/config/supervisord.ldaps.conf b/bin/config/supervisord.ldaps.conf
index d99c1a427cc..f58973e5df1 100644
--- a/bin/config/supervisord.ldaps.conf
+++ b/bin/config/supervisord.ldaps.conf
@@ -2,16 +2,16 @@
 file=/tmp/supervisor.sock
 
 [supervisord]
-logfile=/var/log/supervisord.log
+logfile=%(here)s/../../log/supervisord/supervisord.log
 logfile_maxbytes=50MB
 logfile_backups=10
 loglevel=warn
-pidfile=/var/log/supervisord.pid
+pidfile=%(here)s/../../log/supervisord/supervisord.pid
 nodaemon=false
 minfds=1024
 minprocs=200
-user=root
-childlogdir=/var/log/
+user=countly
+childlogdir=%(here)s/../../log/supervisord/
 
 [rpcinterface:supervisor]
 supervisor.rpcinterface_factory = supervisor.rpcinterface:make_main_rpcinterface
diff --git a/bin/countly.install.sh b/bin/countly.install.sh
index c8c55c99a14..9be90fee282 100755
--- a/bin/countly.install.sh
+++ b/bin/countly.install.sh
@@ -14,6 +14,16 @@ fi
 sudo bash "$DIR/scripts/init_countly_user.sh"
 cd "$DIR/../"
 
+sudo su countly -c "/bin/bash $DIR/scripts/check_countly_user_permissions.sh > /dev/null 2>&1"
+
+if [ ! -f ./permission_test_file.txt ]; then
+    PARENT_DIR=$(cd ./../ && pwd)
+    echo "Permission error, you cannot install Countly under ${PARENT_DIR}."
+    exit 1
+else
+    sudo rm -f ./permission_test_file.txt
+fi
+
 if [ "$totalm" -lt "1800" ]; then
     echo "Countly requires at least 2Gb of RAM"
     if [ "$COUNTLY_OVERWRITE_MEM_REQUIREMENT" != "1" ]; then
diff --git a/bin/countly.install_rhel.sh b/bin/countly.install_rhel.sh
index 351aae1dae8..923517254db 100755
--- a/bin/countly.install_rhel.sh
+++ b/bin/countly.install_rhel.sh
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ if grep -q -i "release 8" /etc/redhat-release ; then
     fi
 
     sudo yum -y install epel-release
+
     # see https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck/issues/1871
     wget https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck/releases/download/v0.7.1/shellcheck-v0.7.1.linux.x86_64.tar.xz
     sudo tar -C /usr/local/bin/ -xf shellcheck-v0.7.1.linux.x86_64.tar.xz --no-anchored 'shellcheck' --strip=1
-
     sudo ln -sf /usr/local/bin/shellcheck /usr/bin/shellcheck
 
     if [ ! -x "$(command -v python)" ]; then
@@ -52,11 +52,11 @@ enabled=1" | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/nginx.repo >/dev/null
 
     sudo yum install devtoolset-8 -y
     sudo yum install devtoolset-8-gcc* -y
+
     #shellcheck source=/dev/null
     source /opt/rh/devtoolset-8/enable && echo -e "\nsource /opt/rh/devtoolset-8/enable" | sudo tee -a /etc/profile
     sudo yum install -y epel-release
     sudo yum install -y ShellCheck
-
 else
     echo "Unsupported OS version, only support RHEL/Centos 8 and 7"
     exit 1
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ sudo yum install numactl -y
 
 #install mongodb
 sudo bash "$DIR/scripts/mongodb.install.sh"
+
 if [ "$INSIDE_DOCKER" == "1" ]; then
     sudo sed -i 's/  fork/#  fork/g' /etc/mongod.conf
     sudo mongod -f /etc/mongod.conf &
diff --git a/bin/countly.install_ubuntu.sh b/bin/countly.install_ubuntu.sh
index d766a5b284c..044713a9c44 100644
--- a/bin/countly.install_ubuntu.sh
+++ b/bin/countly.install_ubuntu.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 set -e
 
+DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+
 UBUNTU_YEAR="$(lsb_release -sr | cut -d '.' -f 1)";
 
 if [[ "$UBUNTU_YEAR" != "18" && "$UBUNTU_YEAR" != "20" && "$UBUNTU_YEAR" != "22" ]]; then
@@ -9,17 +11,16 @@ if [[ "$UBUNTU_YEAR" != "18" && "$UBUNTU_YEAR" != "20" && "$UBUNTU_YEAR" != "22"
     exit 1
 fi
 
-DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
-
 bash "$DIR/scripts/logo.sh";
 
 #update package index
 sudo apt-get update
 
-sudo apt-get -y install wget build-essential libkrb5-dev git sqlite3 unzip bzip2 shellcheck
+sudo apt-get -y install wget build-essential libkrb5-dev git sqlite3 unzip bzip2 shellcheck curl gnupg2 ca-certificates lsb-release
 
 if [[ "$UBUNTU_YEAR" = "22" ]]; then
     sudo apt-get -y install python2 python2-dev
+
     if [[ ! -h /usr/bin/python ]]; then
         sudo ln -s /usr/bin/python2.7 /usr/bin/python
         sudo ln -s /usr/bin/python2-config /usr/bin/python-config
@@ -30,11 +31,10 @@ fi
 
 #Install GCC && G++> 7 version
 sudo apt-get -y install software-properties-common
-sudo apt-get -y install build-essential
-sudo apt-get install gcc g++ make
+sudo apt-get -y install gcc g++ make
 
 #Install dependancies required by the puppeteer
-sudo apt-get -y install libgbm-dev libgbm1 gconf-service libasound2 libatk1.0-0 libc6 libcairo2 libcups2 libdbus-1-3 libexpat1 libfontconfig1 libgcc1 libgconf-2-4 libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 libglib2.0-0 libgtk-3-0 libnspr4 libpango-1.0-0 libpangocairo-1.0-0 libstdc++6 libx11-6 libx11-xcb1 libxcb1 libxcomposite1 libxcursor1 libxdamage1 libxext6 libxfixes3 libxi6 libxrandr2 libxrender1 libxss1 libxtst6 ca-certificates fonts-liberation libappindicator1 libnss3 lsb-release xdg-utils wget
+sudo apt-get -y install libgbm-dev libgbm1 gconf-service libasound2 libatk1.0-0 libc6 libcairo2 libcups2 libdbus-1-3 libexpat1 libfontconfig1 libgcc1 libgconf-2-4 libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 libglib2.0-0 libgtk-3-0 libnspr4 libpango-1.0-0 libpangocairo-1.0-0 libstdc++6 libx11-6 libx11-xcb1 libxcb1 libxcomposite1 libxcursor1 libxdamage1 libxext6 libxfixes3 libxi6 libxrandr2 libxrender1 libxss1 libxtst6 ca-certificates fonts-liberation libappindicator1 libnss3 lsb-release xdg-utils
 
 if sudo apt-cache pkgnames | grep -q python-software-properties; then
     sudo apt-get -y install python-software-properties
@@ -46,15 +46,7 @@ if ! (command -v apt-add-repository >/dev/null) then
     sudo apt-get -y install software-properties-common
 fi
 
-#add node.js repo
-#echo | apt-add-repository ppa:chris-lea/node.js
-wget -qO- https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_14.x | sudo -E bash -
-
-#update once more after adding new repos
-sudo apt-get update
-
 #install nginx
-sudo apt-get -y install curl gnupg2 ca-certificates lsb-release
 echo "deb http://nginx.org/packages/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) nginx" \
     | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nginx.list
 curl -fsSL https://nginx.org/keys/nginx_signing.key | sudo apt-key add -
@@ -62,13 +54,17 @@ sudo apt-get update
 sudo apt-get -y install nginx
 
 #install node.js
+#add node.js repo
+#echo | apt-add-repository ppa:chris-lea/node.js
+wget -qO- https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_14.x | sudo -E bash -
+sudo apt-get update
 sudo apt-get -y install nodejs || (echo "Failed to install nodejs." ; exit)
 
 set +e
 NODE_JS_CMD=$(which nodejs)
 set -e
 if [[ -z "$NODE_JS_CMD" ]]; then
-        sudo ln -s "$(which node)" /usr/bin/nodejs
+    sudo ln -s "$(which node)" /usr/bin/nodejs
 fi
 
 #if npm is not installed, install it too
@@ -77,8 +73,7 @@ if ! (command -v npm >/dev/null) then
 fi
 
 #install supervisor
-if [ "$INSIDE_DOCKER" != "1" ]
-then
+if [ "$INSIDE_DOCKER" != "1" ]; then
     sudo apt-get -y install supervisor || (echo "Failed to install supervisor." ; exit)
     cp "$DIR/config/supervisord.example.conf" "$DIR/config/supervisord.conf"
 fi
@@ -96,15 +91,15 @@ npm config set prefix "$DIR/../.local/"
 #install mongodb
 sudo bash "$DIR/scripts/mongodb.install.sh"
 
-if [ "$INSIDE_DOCKER" == "1" ]
-then
-        bash "$DIR/commands/docker/mongodb.sh" &
-    until mongo --eval "db.stats()" | grep "collections"
-    do
+if [ "$INSIDE_DOCKER" == "1" ]; then
+    bash "$DIR/commands/docker/mongodb.sh" &
+
+    until mongo --eval "db.stats()" | grep "collections"; do
         echo
         echo "waiting for MongoDB to allocate files..."
         sleep 1
     done
+
     sleep 3
 fi
 
@@ -116,8 +111,7 @@ countly save /etc/nginx/nginx.conf "$DIR/config/nginx"
 sudo cp "$DIR/config/nginx.server.conf" /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
 sudo cp "$DIR/config/nginx.conf" /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
 
-if [ "$INSIDE_DOCKER" != "1" ]
-then
+if [ "$INSIDE_DOCKER" != "1" ]; then
     sudo /etc/init.d/nginx restart
 fi
 
@@ -130,7 +124,7 @@ cp -n "$DIR/../api/config.sample.js" "$DIR/../api/config.js"
 cp -n "$DIR/../frontend/express/config.sample.js" "$DIR/../frontend/express/config.js"
 
 if [ ! -f "$DIR/../plugins/plugins.json" ]; then
-        cp "$DIR/../plugins/plugins.default.json" "$DIR/../plugins/plugins.json"
+    cp "$DIR/../plugins/plugins.default.json" "$DIR/../plugins/plugins.json"
 fi
 
 if [ ! -f "/etc/timezone" ]; then
@@ -163,14 +157,12 @@ sudo countly task dist-all
 sudo countly check after install
 
 #finally start countly api and dashboard
-if [ "$INSIDE_DOCKER" != "1" ]
-then
+if [ "$INSIDE_DOCKER" != "1" ]; then
     sudo countly start
 fi
 
-bash "$DIR/scripts/done.sh";
-
-if [ "$INSIDE_DOCKER" == "1" ]
-then
+if [ "$INSIDE_DOCKER" == "1" ]; then
     kill -2 "$(pgrep mongo)"
-fi
\ No newline at end of file
+fi
+
+bash "$DIR/scripts/done.sh";
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bin/installer.sh b/bin/installer.sh
index 83805fbfc2a..a3f96deb5c5 100755
--- a/bin/installer.sh
+++ b/bin/installer.sh
@@ -46,12 +46,4 @@ else
     fi
 fi
 
-DATE=$(date +%Y-%m-%d:%H:%M:%S)
-if [[ ! -z "$APT_GET_CMD" ]]; then
-    bash countly/bin/countly.install.sh 2>&1 | tee "countly/log/countly-install-$DATE.log"
-elif [[ ! -z "$YUM_CMD" ]]; then
-    bash countly/bin/countly.install_rhel.sh 2>&1 | tee "countly/log/countly-install-$DATE.log"
-else
-    echo "error can't install Countly"
-    exit 1;
-fi
\ No newline at end of file
+bash countly/bin/countly.install.sh
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bin/scripts/check_countly_user_permissions.sh b/bin/scripts/check_countly_user_permissions.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1e2ce3bb4b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/scripts/check_countly_user_permissions.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+touch permission_test_file.txt
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bin/scripts/init_countly_user.sh b/bin/scripts/init_countly_user.sh
index 82d701ea387..799923693dd 100644
--- a/bin/scripts/init_countly_user.sh
+++ b/bin/scripts/init_countly_user.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #get current directory
 DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
 COUNTLY_DIR="$( cd "$DIR"/../../ && pwd )"
+
 #check if user not created yet
 if [ "$(getent passwd countly)x" == 'x' ]; then
     #create countly user
diff --git a/bin/scripts/mongodb.install.sh b/bin/scripts/mongodb.install.sh
index a81e7c57bfe..fc23bb67106 100644
--- a/bin/scripts/mongodb.install.sh
+++ b/bin/scripts/mongodb.install.sh
@@ -358,76 +358,57 @@ function mongodb_check() {
 }
 
 if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
+    #install latest mongodb
     if [ -f /etc/redhat-release ]; then
-        #install latest mongodb
+        CENTOS_RELEASE="$(rpm --eval '%{centos_ver}')"
 
-        #select source based on release
-        if grep -q -i "release 6" /etc/redhat-release ; then
-            echo "[mongodb-org-4.4]
-name=MongoDB Repository
-baseurl=https://repo.mongodb.org/yum/redhat/6/mongodb-org/4.4/x86_64/
-gpgcheck=1
-enabled=1
-gpgkey=https://www.mongodb.org/static/pgp/server-4.4.asc" > /etc/yum.repos.d/mongodb-org-4.4.repo
-        elif grep -q -i "release 7" /etc/redhat-release ; then
-            echo "[mongodb-org-4.4]
-name=MongoDB Repository
-baseurl=https://repo.mongodb.org/yum/redhat/7/mongodb-org/4.4/x86_64/
-gpgcheck=1
-enabled=1
-gpgkey=https://www.mongodb.org/static/pgp/server-4.4.asc" > /etc/yum.repos.d/mongodb-org-4.4.repo
-        elif grep -q -i "release 8" /etc/redhat-release ; then
-            echo "[mongodb-org-4.4]
+        if [[ "$CENTOS_RELEASE" != "7" && "$CENTOS_RELEASE" != "8" ]]; then
+            echo "Unsupported OS version, only support CentOS/RHEL 8 and 7"
+            exit 1
+        fi
+
+        echo "[mongodb-org-4.4]
 name=MongoDB Repository
-baseurl=https://repo.mongodb.org/yum/redhat/8/mongodb-org/4.4/x86_64/
+baseurl=https://repo.mongodb.org/yum/redhat/${CENTOS_RELEASE}/mongodb-org/4.4/x86_64/
 gpgcheck=1
 enabled=1
 gpgkey=https://www.mongodb.org/static/pgp/server-4.4.asc" > /etc/yum.repos.d/mongodb-org-4.4.repo
-        fi
+
         yum install -y mongodb-org
     fi
 
     if [ -f /etc/lsb-release ]; then
-        #install latest mongodb
-        wget -qO - https://www.mongodb.org/static/pgp/server-4.4.asc | sudo apt-key add -
         UBUNTU_YEAR="$(lsb_release -sr | cut -d '.' -f 1)";
 
-        if [ "$UBUNTU_YEAR" == "16" ]; then
-            echo "deb [ arch=amd64,arm64 ] https://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu xenial/mongodb-org/4.4 multiverse" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-org-4.4.list ;
-        elif [ "$UBUNTU_YEAR" == "18" ]; then
-            echo "deb [ arch=amd64,arm64 ] http://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu bionic/mongodb-org/4.4 multiverse" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-org-4.4.list ;
-        elif [ "$UBUNTU_YEAR" == "22" ]; then
+        if [[ "$UBUNTU_YEAR" != "18" && "$UBUNTU_YEAR" != "20" && "$UBUNTU_YEAR" != "22" ]]; then
+            echo "Unsupported OS version, only support Ubuntu 22, 20 and 18"
+            exit 1
+        fi
+
+        #mongodb 4.4 is not supported officially on Ubuntu 22
+        if [[ "$UBUNTU_YEAR" == "22" ]]; then
+            #we can install binaries of Ubuntu 20 if we pre-install required libssl
             wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/o/openssl/libssl1.1_1.1.1f-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb ;
             dpkg -i libssl1.1_1.1.1f-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb ;
             rm -rf libssl1.1_1.1.1f-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
-            echo "deb [ arch=amd64,arm64 ] http://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu bionic/mongodb-org/4.4 multiverse" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-org-4.4.list ;
+
+            UBUNTU_RELEASE="focal"
         else
-            echo "deb [ arch=amd64,arm64 ] http://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu focal/mongodb-org/4.4 multiverse" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-org-4.4.list ;
+            UBUNTU_RELEASE="$(lsb_release -cs)"
         fi
+
+        wget -qO - https://www.mongodb.org/static/pgp/server-4.4.asc | sudo apt-key add -
+        echo "deb [ arch=amd64,arm64 ] http://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu ${UBUNTU_RELEASE}/mongodb-org/4.4 multiverse" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-org-4.4.list ;
+
         apt-get update
-        #install mongodb
         DEBIAN_FRONTEND="noninteractive" apt-get -y install mongodb-org || (echo "Failed to install mongodb." ; exit)
     fi
 
     #backup config and remove configuration to prevent duplicates
     mongodb_configure
 
-    if [ -f /etc/redhat-release ]; then
-        #mongodb might need to be started
-        if grep -q -i "release 6" /etc/redhat-release ; then
-            service mongod restart > /dev/null || echo "mongodb service does not exist"
-        else
-            systemctl restart mongod > /dev/null || echo "mongodb systemctl job does not exist"
-        fi
-    fi
-
-    if [ -f /etc/lsb-release ]; then
-        if [[ "$(/sbin/init --version)" =~ upstart ]]; then
-            restart mongod > /dev/null || echo "mongodb upstart job does not exist"
-        else
-            systemctl restart mongod || echo "mongodb systemctl job does not exist"
-        fi 2> /dev/null
-    fi
+    #mongodb might need to be restarted
+    systemctl restart mongod > /dev/null || echo "mongodb systemctl job does not exist"
 
     mongodb_check
 elif [ "$1" == "check" ]; then
diff --git a/log/supervisord/supervisord.log b/log/supervisord/supervisord.log
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d