7 Follow the steps of the [dependencies guide](dependencies.md).
11 Create a `peertube` user with `/home/peertube` home:
14 $ sudo useradd -m -d /home/peertube -s /bin/bash -p peertube peertube
19 $ sudo passwd peertube
24 Create the production database and a peertube user inside PostgreSQL:
27 $ sudo -u postgres createuser -P peertube
28 $ sudo -u postgres createdb -O peertube peertube_prod
31 ### Prepare PeerTube directory
33 Fetch the latest tagged version of Peertube
35 $ VERSION=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/chocobozzz/peertube/releases/latest | grep tag_name | cut -d '"' -f 4) && echo "Latest Peertube version is $VERSION"
37 Open the peertube directory, create a few required directories
39 cd /home/peertube && sudo -u peertube mkdir config storage versions && cd versions
41 Download the latest version of the Peertube client, unzip it and remove the zip
43 sudo -u peertube wget -q "https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/releases/download/${VERSION}/peertube-${VERSION}.zip" && \
44 sudo -u peertube unzip peertube-${VERSION}.zip && sudo -u peertube rm peertube-${VERSION}.zip
48 cd ../ && sudo -u peertube ln -s versions/peertube-${VERSION} ./peertube-latest && \
49 cd ./peertube-latest && sudo -u peertube yarn install --production --pure-lockfile
52 ### PeerTube configuration
54 Copy example configuration:
57 $ cd /home/peertube && sudo -u peertube cp peertube-latest/config/production.yaml.example config/production.yaml
60 Then edit the `config/production.yaml` file according to your webserver
65 Copy the nginx configuration template:
68 $ sudo cp /home/peertube/peertube-latest/support/nginx/peertube /etc/nginx/sites-available/peertube
71 Then modify the webserver configuration file. Please pay attention to the `alias` keys of the static locations.
72 It should correspond to the paths of your storage directories (set in the configuration file inside the `storage` key).
75 $ sudo vim /etc/nginx/sites-available/peertube
78 If you want to set https with Let's Encrypt please follow the steps of [this guide](https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-secure-nginx-with-let-s-encrypt-on-ubuntu-16-04).
80 An example of the nginx configuration could be:
86 server_name peertube.example.com;
88 access_log /var/log/nginx/peertube.example.com.access.log;
89 error_log /var/log/nginx/peertube.example.com.error.log;
91 rewrite ^ https://$server_name$request_uri? permanent;
96 listen [::]:443 ssl http2;
97 server_name peertube.example.com;
99 # For example with Let's Encrypt
100 ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/peertube.example.com/fullchain.pem;
101 ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/peertube.example.com/privkey.pem;
102 ssl_trusted_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/peertube.example.com/chain.pem;
104 access_log /var/log/nginx/peertube.example.com.access.log;
105 error_log /var/log/nginx/peertube.example.com.error.log;
107 location ^~ '/.well-known/acme-challenge' {
108 default_type "text/plain";
109 root /var/www/certbot;
112 location ~ ^/client/(.*\.(js|css|woff2|otf|ttf|woff|eot))$ {
113 add_header Cache-Control "public, max-age=31536000, immutable";
115 alias /home/peertube/peertube-latest/client/dist/$1;
118 location ~ ^/static/(thumbnails|avatars)/(.*)$ {
119 add_header Cache-Control "public, max-age=31536000, immutable";
121 alias /home/peertube/storage/$1/$2;
125 proxy_pass http://localhost:9000;
126 proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
127 proxy_set_header Host $host;
128 proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
130 # For the video upload
131 client_max_body_size 8G;
132 proxy_connect_timeout 600;
133 proxy_send_timeout 600;
134 proxy_read_timeout 600;
138 # Bypass PeerTube webseed route for better performances
139 location /static/webseed {
140 if ($request_method = 'OPTIONS') {
141 add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' '*';
142 add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Methods' 'GET, OPTIONS';
143 add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Headers' 'Range,DNT,X-CustomHeader,Keep-Alive,User-Agent,X-Requested-With,If-Modified-Since,Cache-Control,Content-Type';
144 add_header 'Access-Control-Max-Age' 1728000;
145 add_header 'Content-Type' 'text/plain charset=UTF-8';
146 add_header 'Content-Length' 0;
150 if ($request_method = 'GET') {
151 add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' '*';
152 add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Methods' 'GET, OPTIONS';
153 add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Headers' 'Range,DNT,X-CustomHeader,Keep-Alive,User-Agent,X-Requested-With,If-Modified-Since,Cache-Control,Content-Type';
155 # Don't spam access log file with byte range requests
159 alias /home/peertube/storage/videos;
163 location /tracker/socket {
164 # Peers send a message to the tracker every 15 minutes
165 # Don't close the websocket before this time
166 proxy_read_timeout 1200s;
167 proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
168 proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
169 proxy_http_version 1.1;
170 proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
171 proxy_set_header Host $host;
172 proxy_pass http://localhost:9000;
178 Activate the configuration file:
181 $ sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/peertube /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/peertube
182 $ sudo systemctl reload nginx
187 Copy the nginx configuration template:
190 $ sudo cp /home/peertube/peertube-latest/support/systemd/peertube.service /etc/systemd/system/
193 Update the service file:
196 $ sudo vim /etc/systemd/system/peertube.service
199 It should look like this:
203 Description=PeerTube daemon
208 Environment=NODE_ENV=production
209 Environment=NODE_CONFIG_DIR=/home/peertube/config
212 ExecStart=/usr/bin/npm start
213 WorkingDirectory=/home/peertube/peertube-latest
214 StandardOutput=syslog
216 SyslogIdentifier=peertube
220 WantedBy=multi-user.target
224 Tell systemd to reload its config:
227 $ sudo systemctl daemon-reload
230 If you want to start PeerTube on boot:
233 $ sudo systemctl enable peertube
239 $ sudo systemctl start peertube
240 $ sudo journalctl -feu peertube
245 The administrator password is automatically generated and can be found in the
246 logs. You can set another password with:
249 $ cd /home/peertube/peertube-latest && NODE_CONFIG_DIR=/home/peertube/config NODE_ENV=production npm run reset-password -- -u root
257 $ SQL_BACKUP_PATH="backup/sql-peertube_prod-$(date -Im).bak" && \
258 cd /home/peertube && sudo -u peertube mkdir -p backup && \
259 sudo pg_dump -U peertube -W -h localhost -F c peertube_prod -f "$SQL_BACKUP_PATH"
262 Update your configuration file. **If some keys are missing, your upgraded PeerTube won't start!**
265 $ diff <(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/develop/config/production.yaml.example) /home/peertube/config/production.yaml
271 $ VERSION=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/chocobozzz/peertube/releases/latest | grep tag_name | cut -d '"' -f 4) && \
272 cd /home/peertube/versions && \
273 sudo -u peertube wget -q "https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/releases/download/${VERSION}/peertube-${VERSION}.zip" && \
274 sudo -u peertube unzip -o peertube-${VERSION}.zip && sudo -u peertube rm peertube-${VERSION}.zip && \
275 cd ../ && sudo rm ./peertube-latest && sudo -u peertube ln -s versions/peertube-${VERSION} ./peertube-latest && \
276 cd ./peertube-latest && sudo -u peertube yarn install --production --pure-lockfile && \
277 sudo systemctl restart peertube
280 Things went wrong? Change `peertube-latest` destination to the previous version and restore your SQL backup:
283 $ OLD_VERSION="v0.42.42" && SQL_BACKUP_PATH="backup/sql-peertube_prod-2018-01-19T10:18+01:00.bak" && \
284 cd /home/peertube && rm ./peertube-latest && \
285 sudo -u peertube ln -s "versions/peertube-$OLD_VERSION" peertube-latest && \
286 pg_restore -U peertube -c -d peertube_prod "$SQL_BACKUP_PATH"
287 sudo systemctl restart peertube