3 * [Installation](#installation)
8 Please don't install PeerTube for production on a small device behind a low bandwidth connection (example: a Raspberry PI behind your ADSL link) because it could slow down the fediverse. See the [FAQ](https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/blob/develop/FAQ.md#should-i-have-a-big-server-to-run-peertube) for more information.
12 **Follow the steps of the [dependencies guide](dependencies.md).**
16 Create a `peertube` user with `/var/www/peertube` home:
19 $ sudo useradd -m -d /var/www/peertube -s /bin/bash -p peertube peertube
24 $ sudo passwd peertube
30 $ sudo pw useradd -n peertube -d /var/www/peertube -s /usr/local/bin/bash -m
31 $ sudo passwd peertube
33 or use `adduser` to create it interactively.
37 Create the production database and a peertube user inside PostgreSQL:
40 $ sudo -u postgres createuser -P peertube
41 $ sudo -u postgres createdb -O peertube peertube_prod
44 Then enable extensions PeerTube needs:
47 $ sudo -u postgres psql -c "CREATE EXTENSION pg_trgm;" peertube_prod
48 $ sudo -u postgres psql -c "CREATE EXTENSION unaccent;" peertube_prod
51 ### Prepare PeerTube directory
53 Fetch the latest tagged version of Peertube
55 $ 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"
58 Open the peertube directory, create a few required directories
60 $ cd /var/www/peertube && sudo -u peertube mkdir config storage versions && cd versions
63 Download the latest version of the Peertube client, unzip it and remove the zip
65 $ sudo -u peertube wget -q "https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/releases/download/${VERSION}/peertube-${VERSION}.zip"
66 $ sudo -u peertube unzip peertube-${VERSION}.zip && sudo -u peertube rm peertube-${VERSION}.zip
71 $ cd ../ && sudo -u peertube ln -s versions/peertube-${VERSION} ./peertube-latest
72 $ cd ./peertube-latest && sudo -H -u peertube yarn install --production --pure-lockfile
75 ### PeerTube configuration
77 Copy example configuration:
80 $ cd /var/www/peertube && sudo -u peertube cp peertube-latest/config/production.yaml.example config/production.yaml
83 Then edit the `config/production.yaml` file according to your webserver
86 **PeerTube does not support webserver host change**. Keep in mind your domain name is definitive after your first PeerTube start.
90 We only provide official configuration files for Nginx.
92 Copy the nginx configuration template:
95 $ sudo cp /var/www/peertube/peertube-latest/support/nginx/peertube /etc/nginx/sites-available/peertube
98 Then modify the webserver configuration file. Please pay attention to the `alias` keys of the static locations.
99 It should correspond to the paths of your storage directories (set in the configuration file inside the `storage` key).
102 $ sudo vim /etc/nginx/sites-available/peertube
105 Activate the configuration file:
108 $ sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/peertube /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/peertube
111 To generate the certificate for your domain as required to make https work you can use [Let's Encrypt](https://letsencrypt.org/):
114 $ sudo systemctl stop nginx
115 $ sudo vim /etc/nginx/sites-available/peertube # Comment ssl_certificate and ssl_certificate_key lines
116 $ sudo certbot --authenticator standalone --installer nginx --post-hook "systemctl start nginx"
117 $ sudo vim /etc/nginx/sites-available/peertube # Uncomment ssl_certificate and ssl_certificate_key lines
118 $ sudo systemctl reload nginx
121 Remember your certificate will expire in 90 days, and thus needs renewal.
123 Now you have the certificates you can reload nginx:
126 $ sudo systemctl reload nginx
130 On FreeBSD you can use [Dehydrated](https://dehydrated.io/) `security/dehydrated` for [Let's Encrypt](https://letsencrypt.org/)
133 $ sudo pkg install dehydrated
138 If your OS uses systemd, copy the configuration template:
141 $ sudo cp /var/www/peertube/peertube-latest/support/systemd/peertube.service /etc/systemd/system/
144 Update the service file:
147 $ sudo vim /etc/systemd/system/peertube.service
151 Tell systemd to reload its config:
154 $ sudo systemctl daemon-reload
157 If you want to start PeerTube on boot:
160 $ sudo systemctl enable peertube
166 $ sudo systemctl start peertube
167 $ sudo journalctl -feu peertube
172 If you're using FreeBSD, copy the startup script and update rc.conf:
175 $ sudo cp /var/www/peertube/peertube-latest/support/freebsd/peertube /usr/local/etc/rc.d/
176 $ sudo chmod +x /usr/local/etc/rc.d/peertube
177 $ sudo echo peertube_enable="YES" >> /etc/rc.conf
183 $ sudo service peertube start
188 The administrator password is automatically generated and can be found in the
189 logs. You can set another password with:
192 $ cd /var/www/peertube/peertube-latest && NODE_CONFIG_DIR=/var/www/peertube/config NODE_ENV=production npm run reset-password -- -u root
197 Now your instance is up you can:
199 * Subscribe to the mailing list for PeerTube administrators: https://framalistes.org/sympa/subscribe/peertube-admin
200 * Add you instance to the public PeerTube instances index if you want to: https://instances.peertu.be/
204 ### PeerTube instance
206 **Check the changelog (in particular BREAKING CHANGES!):** https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/blob/develop/CHANGELOG.md
208 #### Auto (minor versions only)
210 The password it asks is PeerTube's database user password.
213 $ cd /var/www/peertube/peertube-latest/scripts && sudo -H -u peertube ./upgrade.sh
221 $ SQL_BACKUP_PATH="backup/sql-peertube_prod-$(date -Im).bak" && \
222 cd /var/www/peertube && sudo -u peertube mkdir -p backup && \
223 sudo pg_dump -U peertube -W -h localhost -F c peertube_prod -f "$SQL_BACKUP_PATH"
226 Fetch the latest tagged version of Peertube:
229 $ 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"
232 Download the new version and unzip it:
235 $ cd /var/www/peertube/versions && \
236 sudo -u peertube wget -q "https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/releases/download/${VERSION}/peertube-${VERSION}.zip" && \
237 sudo -u peertube unzip -o peertube-${VERSION}.zip && \
238 sudo -u peertube rm peertube-${VERSION}.zip
241 Install node dependencies:
244 $ cd /var/www/peertube/versions/peertube-${VERSION} && \
245 sudo -H -u peertube yarn install --production --pure-lockfile
248 Copy new configuration defaults values and update your configuration file:
251 $ sudo -u peertube cp /var/www/peertube/versions/peertube-${VERSION}/config/default.yaml /var/www/peertube/config/default.yaml
252 $ diff /var/www/peertube/versions/peertube-${VERSION}/config/production.yaml.example /var/www/peertube/config/production.yaml
255 Change the link to point to the latest version:
258 $ cd /var/www/peertube && \
259 sudo unlink ./peertube-latest && \
260 sudo -u peertube ln -s versions/peertube-${VERSION} ./peertube-latest
265 Check changes in nginx configuration:
268 $ cd /var/www/peertube/versions
269 $ diff "$(ls --sort=t | head -2 | tail -1)/support/nginx/peertube" "$(ls --sort=t | head -1)/support/nginx/peertube"
274 Check changes in systemd configuration:
277 $ cd /var/www/peertube/versions
278 $ diff "$(ls --sort=t | head -2 | tail -1)/support/systemd/peertube.service" "$(ls --sort=t | head -1)/support/systemd/peertube.service"
283 If you changed your nginx configuration:
286 $ sudo systemctl reload nginx
289 If you changed your systemd configuration:
292 $ sudo systemctl daemon-reload
295 Restart PeerTube and check the logs:
298 $ sudo systemctl restart peertube && sudo journalctl -fu peertube
301 ### Things went wrong?
303 Change `peertube-latest` destination to the previous version and restore your SQL backup:
306 $ OLD_VERSION="v0.42.42" && SQL_BACKUP_PATH="backup/sql-peertube_prod-2018-01-19T10:18+01:00.bak" && \
307 cd /var/www/peertube && unlink ./peertube-latest && \
308 sudo -u peertube ln -s "versions/peertube-$OLD_VERSION" peertube-latest && \
309 pg_restore -U peertube -W -h localhost -c -d peertube_prod "$SQL_BACKUP_PATH"
310 sudo systemctl restart peertube