5 # Correspond to your reverse proxy server_name/listen configuration (i.e., your public PeerTube instance URL)
8 hostname: 'example.com'
13 # 50 attempts in 10 seconds
17 # 15 attempts in 5 min
21 # 2 attempts in 5 min (only succeeded attempts are taken into account)
29 # Proxies to trust to get real client IP
30 # If you run PeerTube just behind a local proxy (nginx), keep 'loopback'
31 # If you run PeerTube behind a remote proxy, add the proxy IP address (or subnet)
35 # Your database name will be database.name OR "peertube"+database.suffix
46 # Redis server for short time storage
47 # You can also specify a 'socket' path to a unix socket but first need to
48 # comment out hostname and port
55 # SMTP server to send emails
59 # Path to sendmail command. Required if you use sendmail transport
62 port: 465 # If you use StartTLS: 587
65 tls: true # If you use StartTLS: false
66 disable_starttls: false
67 ca_file: null # Used for self signed certificates
68 from_address: 'admin@example.com'
76 # From the project root directory
78 tmp: '/var/www/peertube/storage/tmp/' # Use to download data (imports etc), store uploaded files before processing...
79 avatars: '/var/www/peertube/storage/avatars/'
80 videos: '/var/www/peertube/storage/videos/'
81 streaming_playlists: '/var/www/peertube/storage/streaming-playlists/'
82 redundancy: '/var/www/peertube/storage/redundancy/'
83 logs: '/var/www/peertube/storage/logs/'
84 previews: '/var/www/peertube/storage/previews/'
85 thumbnails: '/var/www/peertube/storage/thumbnails/'
86 torrents: '/var/www/peertube/storage/torrents/'
87 captions: '/var/www/peertube/storage/captions/'
88 cache: '/var/www/peertube/storage/cache/'
89 plugins: '/var/www/peertube/storage/plugins/'
90 # Overridable client files : logo.svg, favicon.png and icons/*.png (PWA) in client/dist/assets/images
91 # Could contain for example assets/images/favicon.png
92 # If the file exists, peertube will serve it
93 # If not, peertube will fallback to the default fil
94 client_overrides: '/var/www/peertube/storage/client-overrides/'
97 level: 'info' # debug/info/warning/error
99 enabled : true # Enabled by default, if disabled make sure that 'storage.logs' is pointing to a folder handled by logrotate
103 log_ping_requests: true
108 interval_days: 7 # Compute trending videos for the last x days
111 - 'best' # adaptation of Reddit's 'Best' algorithm (Hot minus History)
112 - 'hot' # adaptation of Reddit's 'Hot' algorithm
113 - 'most-viewed' # default, used initially by PeerTube as the trending page
115 default: 'most-viewed'
117 # Cache remote videos on your server, to help other instances to broadcast the video
118 # You can define multiple caches using different sizes/strategies
119 # Once you have defined your strategies, choose which instances you want to cache in admin -> manage follows -> following
122 check_interval: '1 hour' # How often you want to check new videos to cache
123 strategies: # Just uncomment strategies you want
126 # # Minimum time the video must remain in the cache. Only accept values > 10 hours (to not overload remote instances)
127 # min_lifetime: '48 hours'
128 # strategy: 'most-views' # Cache videos that have the most views
131 # # Minimum time the video must remain in the cache. Only accept values > 10 hours (to not overload remote instances)
132 # min_lifetime: '48 hours'
133 # strategy: 'trending' # Cache trending videos
136 # # Minimum time the video must remain in the cache. Only accept values > 10 hours (to not overload remote instances)
137 # min_lifetime: '48 hours'
138 # strategy: 'recently-added' # Cache recently added videos
139 # min_views: 10 # Having at least x views
141 # Other instances that duplicate your content
144 # 'nobody': Do not accept remote redundancies
145 # 'anybody': Accept remote redundancies from anybody
146 # 'followings': Accept redundancies from instance followings
147 accept_from: 'anybody'
151 report_only: true # CSP directives are still being tested, so disable the report only mode at your own risk!
155 # If you disable the tracker, you disable the P2P aspect of PeerTube
157 # Only handle requests on your videos.
158 # If you set this to false it means you have a public tracker.
159 # Then, it is possible that clients overload your instance with external torrents
161 # Reject peers that do a lot of announces (could improve privacy of TCP/UDP peers)
162 reject_too_many_announces: false
166 # If you want to limit users videos history
167 # -1 means there is no limitations
168 # Other values could be '6 months' or '30 days' etc (PeerTube will periodically delete old entries from database)
173 # PeerTube creates a database entry every hour for each video to track views over a period of time
174 # This is used in particular by the Trending page
175 # PeerTube could remove old remote video views if you want to reduce your database size (video view counter will not be altered)
176 # -1 means no cleanup
177 # Other values could be '6 months' or '30 days' etc (PeerTube will periodically delete old entries from database)
182 # The website PeerTube will ask for available PeerTube plugins and themes
183 # This is an unmoderated plugin index, so only install plugins/themes you trust
186 check_latest_versions_interval: '12 hours' # How often you want to check new plugins/themes versions
187 url: 'https://packages.joinpeertube.org'
191 federate_unlisted: false
194 ###############################################################################
196 # From this point, all the following keys can be overridden by the web interface
197 # (local-production.json file). If you need to change some values, prefer to
198 # use the web interface because the configuration will be automatically
199 # reloaded without any need to restart PeerTube.
201 # /!\ If you already have a local-production.json file, the modification of the
202 # following keys will have no effect /!\.
204 ###############################################################################
208 size: 500 # Max number of previews you want to cache
210 size: 500 # Max number of video captions/subtitles you want to cache
212 size: 500 # Max number of video torrents you want to cache
215 # Used to generate the root user at first startup
216 # And to receive emails from the contact form
217 email: 'admin@example.com'
224 limit: 10 # When the limit is reached, registrations are disabled. -1 == unlimited
225 requires_email_verification: false
227 cidr: # You can specify CIDR ranges to whitelist (empty = no filtering) or blacklist
232 # Default value of maximum video BYTES the user can upload (does not take into account transcoded files).
235 video_quota_daily: -1
237 # If enabled, the video will be transcoded to mp4 (x264) with "faststart" flag
238 # In addition, if some resolutions are enabled the mp4 video file will be transcoded to these new resolutions.
239 # Please, do not disable transcoding since many uploaded videos will not work
243 # Allow your users to upload .mkv, .mov, .avi, .wmv, .flv, .f4v, .3g2, .3gp, .mts, m2ts, .mxf, .nut videos
244 allow_additional_extensions: true
246 # If a user uploads an audio file, PeerTube will create a video by merging the preview file and the audio file
247 allow_audio_files: true
249 # Amount of threads used by ffmpeg for 1 transcoding job
251 # Amount of transcoding jobs to execute in parallel
254 # Choose the transcoding profile
255 # New profiles can be added by plugins
256 # Available in core PeerTube: 'default'
259 resolutions: # Only created if the original video has a higher resolution, uses more storage!
260 0p: false # audio-only (creates mp4 without video stream, always created when enabled)
269 # Generate videos in a WebTorrent format (what we do since the first PeerTube release)
270 # If you also enabled the hls format, it will multiply videos storage by 2
271 # If disabled, breaks federation with PeerTube instances < 2.1
275 # /!\ Requires ffmpeg >= 4.1
276 # Generate HLS playlists and fragmented MP4 files. Better playback than with WebTorrent:
277 # * Resolution change is smoother
278 # * Faster playback in particular with long videos
279 # * More stable playback (less bugs/infinite loading)
280 # If you also enabled the webtorrent format, it will multiply videos storage by 2
287 # Limit lives duration
289 max_duration: -1 # For example: '5 hours'
291 # Limit max number of live videos created on your instance
293 max_instance_lives: 20
295 # Limit max number of live videos created by a user on your instance
299 # Allow your users to save a replay of their live
300 # PeerTube will transcode segments in a video file
301 # If the user daily/total quota is reached, PeerTube will stop the live
302 # /!\ transcoding.enabled (and not live.transcoding.enabled) has to be true to create a replay
305 # Your firewall should accept traffic from this port in TCP if you enable live
309 # Allow to transcode the live streaming in multiple live resolutions
314 # Choose the transcoding profile
315 # New profiles can be added by plugins
316 # Available in core PeerTube: 'default'
329 # Add ability for your users to import remote videos (from YouTube, torrent...)
331 # Amount of import jobs to execute in parallel
334 http: # Classic HTTP or all sites supported by youtube-dl https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/supportedsites.html
337 # IPv6 is very strongly rate-limited on most sites supported by youtube-dl
340 # You can use an HTTP/HTTPS/SOCKS proxy with youtube-dl
344 torrent: # Magnet URI or torrent file (use classic TCP/UDP/WebSeed to download the file)
348 # New videos automatically blacklisted so moderators can review before publishing
356 short_description: 'PeerTube, an ActivityPub-federated video streaming platform using P2P directly in your web browser.'
357 description: 'Welcome to this PeerTube instance!' # Support markdown
358 terms: 'No terms for now.' # Support markdown
359 code_of_conduct: '' # Supports markdown
361 # Who moderates the instance? What is the policy regarding NSFW videos? Political videos? etc
362 moderation_information: '' # Supports markdown
364 # Why did you create this instance?
365 creation_reason: '' # Supports Markdown
367 # Who is behind the instance? A single person? A non profit?
368 administrator: '' # Supports Markdown
370 # How long do you plan to maintain this instance?
371 maintenance_lifetime: '' # Supports Markdown
373 # How will you pay the PeerTube instance server? With your own funds? With users donations? Advertising?
374 business_model: '' # Supports Markdown
376 # If you want to explain on what type of hardware your PeerTube instance runs
377 # Example: "2 vCore, 2GB RAM..."
378 hardware_information: '' # Supports Markdown
380 # What are the main languages of your instance? To interact with your users for example
381 # Uncomment or add the languages you want
382 # List of supported languages: https://peertube.cpy.re/api/v1/videos/languages
388 # You can specify the main categories of your instance (dedicated to music, gaming or politics etc)
389 # Uncomment or add the category ids you want
390 # List of supported categories: https://peertube.cpy.re/api/v1/videos/categories
401 # - 10 # Entertainment
402 # - 11 # News & Politics
406 # - 15 # Science & Technology
411 default_client_route: '/videos/trending'
413 # Whether or not the instance is dedicated to NSFW content
414 # Enabling it will allow other administrators to know that you are mainly federating sensitive content
415 # Moreover, the NSFW checkbox on video upload will be automatically checked by default
417 # By default, "do_not_list" or "blur" or "display" NSFW videos
418 # Could be overridden per user with a setting
419 default_nsfw_policy: 'do_not_list'
422 javascript: '' # Directly your JavaScript code (without <script> tags). Will be eval at runtime
423 css: '' # Directly your CSS code (without <style> tags). Will be injected at runtime
424 # Robot.txt rules. To disallow robots to crawl your instance and disallow indexation of your site, add '/' to "Disallow:'
428 # Security.txt rules. To discourage researchers from testing your instance and disable security.txt integration, set this to an empty string.
430 "# If you would like to report a security issue\n# you may report it to:\nContact: https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/blob/develop/SECURITY.md\nContact: mailto:"
433 # Cards configuration to format video in Twitter
435 username: '@Chocobozzz' # Indicates the Twitter account for the website or platform on which the content was published
436 # If true, a video player will be embedded in the Twitter feed on PeerTube video share
437 # If false, we use an image link card that will redirect on your PeerTube instance
438 # Change it to "true", and then test on https://cards-dev.twitter.com/validator to see if you are whitelisted
443 # Allow or not other instances to follow yours
445 # Whether or not an administrator must manually validate a new follower
446 manual_approval: false
450 # If you want to automatically follow back new instance followers
451 # If this option is enabled, use the mute feature instead of deleting followings
452 # /!\ Don't enable this if you don't have a reactive moderation team /!\
456 # If you want to automatically follow instances of the public index
457 # If this option is enabled, use the mute feature instead of deleting followings
458 # /!\ Don't enable this if you don't have a reactive moderation team /!\
461 # Host your own using https://framagit.org/framasoft/peertube/instances-peertube#peertube-auto-follow
469 message: '' # Support markdown
470 level: 'info' # 'info' | 'warning' | 'error'
474 # Add ability to fetch remote videos/actors by their URI, that may not be federated with your instance
475 # If enabled, the associated group will be able to "escape" from the instance follows
476 # That means they will be able to follow channels, watch videos, list videos of non followed instances
481 # Use a third party index instead of your local index, only for search results
482 # Useful to discover content outside of your instance
483 # If you enable search_index, you must enable remote_uri search for users
484 # If you do not enable remote_uri search for anonymous user, your instance will redirect the user on the origin instance
485 # instead of loading the video locally
488 # URL of the search index, that should use the same search API and routes
489 # than PeerTube: https://docs.joinpeertube.org/api-rest-reference.html
490 # You should deploy your own with https://framagit.org/framasoft/peertube/search-index,
491 # and can use https://search.joinpeertube.org/ for tests, but keep in mind the latter is an unmoderated search index
493 # You can disable local search, so users only use the search index
494 disable_local_search: false
495 # If you did not disable local search, you can decide to use the search index by default
496 is_default_search: false