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 # Update default PeerTube values
77 # Set by API when the field is not provided and put as default value in client
79 # Change default values when publishing a video (upload/import/go Live)
81 download_enabled: true
83 comments_enabled: true
85 # public = 1, unlisted = 2, private = 3, internal = 4
88 # CC-BY = 1, CC-SA = 2, CC-ND = 3, CC-NC = 4, CC-NC-SA = 5, CC-NC-ND = 6, Public Domain = 7
89 # You can also choose a custom licence value added by a plugin
90 # No licence by default
93 # From the project root directory
95 tmp: '/var/www/peertube/storage/tmp/' # Use to download data (imports etc), store uploaded files before and during processing...
96 bin: '/var/www/peertube/storage/bin/'
97 avatars: '/var/www/peertube/storage/avatars/'
98 videos: '/var/www/peertube/storage/videos/'
99 streaming_playlists: '/var/www/peertube/storage/streaming-playlists/'
100 redundancy: '/var/www/peertube/storage/redundancy/'
101 logs: '/var/www/peertube/storage/logs/'
102 previews: '/var/www/peertube/storage/previews/'
103 thumbnails: '/var/www/peertube/storage/thumbnails/'
104 torrents: '/var/www/peertube/storage/torrents/'
105 captions: '/var/www/peertube/storage/captions/'
106 cache: '/var/www/peertube/storage/cache/'
107 plugins: '/var/www/peertube/storage/plugins/'
108 # Overridable client files in client/dist/assets/images:
111 # - default-playlist.jpg
112 # - default-avatar-account.png
113 # - default-avatar-video-channel.png
114 # - and icons/*.png (PWA)
115 # Could contain for example assets/images/favicon.png
116 # If the file exists, peertube will serve it
117 # If not, peertube will fallback to the default file
118 client_overrides: '/var/www/peertube/storage/client-overrides/'
123 # Without protocol, will default to HTTPS
124 endpoint: '' # 's3.amazonaws.com' or 's3.fr-par.scw.cloud' for example
129 # You can also use AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID env variable
131 # You can also use AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY env variable
132 secret_access_key: ''
134 # Maximum amount to upload in one request to object storage
138 bucket_name: 'streaming-playlists'
140 # Allows setting all buckets to the same value but with a different prefix
141 prefix: '' # Example: 'streaming-playlists:'
143 # Base url for object URL generation, scheme and host will be replaced by this URL
144 # Useful when you want to use a CDN/external proxy
145 base_url: '' # Example: 'https://mirror.example.com'
147 # Same settings but for webtorrent videos
149 bucket_name: 'videos'
154 level: 'info' # 'debug' | 'info' | 'warn' | 'error'
156 enabled : true # Enabled by default, if disabled make sure that 'storage.logs' is pointing to a folder handled by logrotate
160 log_ping_requests: true
165 interval_days: 7 # Compute trending videos for the last x days
168 - 'best' # adaptation of Reddit's 'Best' algorithm (Hot minus History)
169 - 'hot' # adaptation of Reddit's 'Hot' algorithm
170 - 'most-viewed' # default, used initially by PeerTube as the trending page
172 default: 'most-viewed'
174 # Cache remote videos on your server, to help other instances to broadcast the video
175 # You can define multiple caches using different sizes/strategies
176 # Once you have defined your strategies, choose which instances you want to cache in admin -> manage follows -> following
179 check_interval: '1 hour' # How often you want to check new videos to cache
180 strategies: # Just uncomment strategies you want
183 # # Minimum time the video must remain in the cache. Only accept values > 10 hours (to not overload remote instances)
184 # min_lifetime: '48 hours'
185 # strategy: 'most-views' # Cache videos that have the most views
188 # # Minimum time the video must remain in the cache. Only accept values > 10 hours (to not overload remote instances)
189 # min_lifetime: '48 hours'
190 # strategy: 'trending' # Cache trending videos
193 # # Minimum time the video must remain in the cache. Only accept values > 10 hours (to not overload remote instances)
194 # min_lifetime: '48 hours'
195 # strategy: 'recently-added' # Cache recently added videos
196 # min_views: 10 # Having at least x views
198 # Other instances that duplicate your content
201 # 'nobody': Do not accept remote redundancies
202 # 'anybody': Accept remote redundancies from anybody
203 # 'followings': Accept redundancies from instance followings
204 accept_from: 'anybody'
208 report_only: true # CSP directives are still being tested, so disable the report only mode at your own risk!
212 # Set the X-Frame-Options header to help to mitigate clickjacking attacks
217 # If you disable the tracker, you disable the P2P aspect of PeerTube
219 # Only handle requests on your videos
220 # If you set this to false it means you have a public tracker
221 # Then, it is possible that clients overload your instance with external torrents
223 # Reject peers that do a lot of announces (could improve privacy of TCP/UDP peers)
224 reject_too_many_announces: false
228 # If you want to limit users videos history
229 # -1 means there is no limitations
230 # Other values could be '6 months' or '30 days' etc (PeerTube will periodically delete old entries from database)
235 # PeerTube creates a database entry every hour for each video to track views over a period of time
236 # This is used in particular by the Trending page
237 # PeerTube could remove old remote video views if you want to reduce your database size (video view counter will not be altered)
238 # -1 means no cleanup
239 # Other values could be '6 months' or '30 days' etc (PeerTube will periodically delete old entries from database)
243 # PeerTube buffers local video views before updating and federating the video
244 local_buffer_update_interval: '30 minutes'
246 ip_view_expiration: '1 hour'
249 # The website PeerTube will ask for available PeerTube plugins and themes
250 # This is an unmoderated plugin index, so only install plugins/themes you trust
253 check_latest_versions_interval: '12 hours' # How often you want to check new plugins/themes versions
254 url: 'https://packages.joinpeertube.org'
258 federate_unlisted: false
260 # Add a weekly job that cleans up remote AP interactions on local videos (shares, rates and comments)
261 # It removes objects that do not exist anymore, and potentially fix their URLs
262 cleanup_remote_interactions: true
265 check_latest_version:
266 # Check and notify admins of new PeerTube versions
268 # You can use a custom URL if your want, that respect the format behind https://joinpeertube.org/api/v1/versions.json
269 url: 'https://joinpeertube.org/api/v1/versions.json'
274 # Set this to false if you don't want to allow config edition in the web interface by instance admins
277 ###############################################################################
279 # From this point, all the following keys can be overridden by the web interface
280 # (local-production.json file). If you need to change some values, prefer to
281 # use the web interface because the configuration will be automatically
282 # reloaded without any need to restart PeerTube
284 # /!\ If you already have a local-production.json file, the modification of the
285 # following keys will have no effect /!\
287 ###############################################################################
291 size: 500 # Max number of previews you want to cache
293 size: 500 # Max number of video captions/subtitles you want to cache
295 size: 500 # Max number of video torrents you want to cache
298 # Used to generate the root user at first startup
299 # And to receive emails from the contact form
300 email: 'admin@example.com'
307 limit: 10 # When the limit is reached, registrations are disabled. -1 == unlimited
308 minimum_age: 16 # Used to configure the signup form
309 requires_email_verification: false
311 cidr: # You can specify CIDR ranges to whitelist (empty = no filtering) or blacklist
316 # Default value of maximum video bytes the user can upload (does not take into account transcoded files)
317 # Byte format is supported ("1GB" etc)
320 video_quota_daily: -1
323 max_per_user: 20 # Allows each user to create up to 20 video channels.
325 # If enabled, the video will be transcoded to mp4 (x264) with `faststart` flag
326 # In addition, if some resolutions are enabled the mp4 video file will be transcoded to these new resolutions
327 # Please, do not disable transcoding since many uploaded videos will not work
331 # Allow your users to upload .mkv, .mov, .avi, .wmv, .flv, .f4v, .3g2, .3gp, .mts, m2ts, .mxf, .nut videos
332 allow_additional_extensions: true
334 # If a user uploads an audio file, PeerTube will create a video by merging the preview file and the audio file
335 allow_audio_files: true
337 # Amount of threads used by ffmpeg for 1 transcoding job
339 # Amount of transcoding jobs to execute in parallel
342 # Choose the transcoding profile
343 # New profiles can be added by plugins
344 # Available in core PeerTube: 'default'
347 resolutions: # Only created if the original video has a higher resolution, uses more storage!
348 0p: false # audio-only (creates mp4 without video stream, always created when enabled)
358 # Generate videos in a WebTorrent format (what we do since the first PeerTube release)
359 # If you also enabled the hls format, it will multiply videos storage by 2
360 # If disabled, breaks federation with PeerTube instances < 2.1
364 # /!\ Requires ffmpeg >= 4.1
365 # Generate HLS playlists and fragmented MP4 files. Better playback than with WebTorrent:
366 # * Resolution change is smoother
367 # * Faster playback in particular with long videos
368 # * More stable playback (less bugs/infinite loading)
369 # If you also enabled the webtorrent format, it will multiply videos storage by 2
376 # Limit lives duration
378 max_duration: -1 # For example: '5 hours'
380 # Limit max number of live videos created on your instance
382 max_instance_lives: 20
384 # Limit max number of live videos created by a user on your instance
388 # Allow your users to save a replay of their live
389 # PeerTube will transcode segments in a video file
390 # If the user daily/total quota is reached, PeerTube will stop the live
391 # /!\ transcoding.enabled (and not live.transcoding.enabled) has to be true to create a replay
394 # Your firewall should accept traffic from this port in TCP if you enable live
407 # Allow to transcode the live streaming in multiple live resolutions
412 # Choose the transcoding profile
413 # New profiles can be added by plugins
414 # Available in core PeerTube: 'default'
428 # Add ability for your users to import remote videos (from YouTube, torrent...)
430 # Amount of import jobs to execute in parallel
433 http: # Classic HTTP or all sites supported by youtube-dl https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/supportedsites.html
437 # Direct download URL to youtube-dl binary
438 # Github releases API is also supported
440 # * https://api.github.com/repos/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases
441 # * https://api.github.com/repos/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases
442 url: 'https://yt-dl.org/downloads/latest/youtube-dl'
444 # youtube-dl binary name
445 # yt-dlp is also supported
448 # IPv6 is very strongly rate-limited on most sites supported by youtube-dl
451 torrent: # Magnet URI or torrent file (use classic TCP/UDP/WebSeed to download the file)
455 # New videos automatically blacklisted so moderators can review before publishing
463 short_description: 'PeerTube, an ActivityPub-federated video streaming platform using P2P directly in your web browser.'
464 description: 'Welcome to this PeerTube instance!' # Support markdown
465 terms: 'No terms for now.' # Support markdown
466 code_of_conduct: '' # Supports markdown
468 # Who moderates the instance? What is the policy regarding NSFW videos? Political videos? etc
469 moderation_information: '' # Supports markdown
471 # Why did you create this instance?
472 creation_reason: '' # Supports Markdown
474 # Who is behind the instance? A single person? A non profit?
475 administrator: '' # Supports Markdown
477 # How long do you plan to maintain this instance?
478 maintenance_lifetime: '' # Supports Markdown
480 # How will you pay the PeerTube instance server? With your own funds? With users donations? Advertising?
481 business_model: '' # Supports Markdown
483 # If you want to explain on what type of hardware your PeerTube instance runs
484 # Example: '2 vCore, 2GB RAM...'
485 hardware_information: '' # Supports Markdown
487 # What are the main languages of your instance? To interact with your users for example
488 # Uncomment or add the languages you want
489 # List of supported languages: https://peertube.cpy.re/api/v1/videos/languages
495 # You can specify the main categories of your instance (dedicated to music, gaming or politics etc)
496 # Uncomment or add the category ids you want
497 # List of supported categories: https://peertube.cpy.re/api/v1/videos/categories
508 # - 10 # Entertainment
509 # - 11 # News & Politics
513 # - 15 # Science & Technology
518 default_client_route: '/videos/trending'
520 # Whether or not the instance is dedicated to NSFW content
521 # Enabling it will allow other administrators to know that you are mainly federating sensitive content
522 # Moreover, the NSFW checkbox on video upload will be automatically checked by default
524 # By default, `do_not_list` or `blur` or `display` NSFW videos
525 # Could be overridden per user with a setting
526 default_nsfw_policy: 'do_not_list'
529 javascript: '' # Directly your JavaScript code (without <script> tags). Will be eval at runtime
530 css: '' # Directly your CSS code (without <style> tags). Will be injected at runtime
531 # Robot.txt rules. To disallow robots to crawl your instance and disallow indexation of your site, add `/` to `Disallow:`
535 # Security.txt rules. To discourage researchers from testing your instance and disable security.txt integration, set this to an empty string
537 '# 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:'
540 # Cards configuration to format video in Twitter
542 username: '@Chocobozzz' # Indicates the Twitter account for the website or platform on which the content was published
543 # If true, a video player will be embedded in the Twitter feed on PeerTube video share
544 # If false, we use an image link card that will redirect on your PeerTube instance
545 # Change it to `true`, and then test on https://cards-dev.twitter.com/validator to see if you are whitelisted
550 # Allow or not other instances to follow yours
552 # Whether or not an administrator must manually validate a new follower
553 manual_approval: false
557 # If you want to automatically follow back new instance followers
558 # If this option is enabled, use the mute feature instead of deleting followings
559 # /!\ Don't enable this if you don't have a reactive moderation team /!\
563 # If you want to automatically follow instances of the public index
564 # If this option is enabled, use the mute feature instead of deleting followings
565 # /!\ Don't enable this if you don't have a reactive moderation team /!\
568 # Host your own using https://framagit.org/framasoft/peertube/instances-peertube#peertube-auto-follow
576 message: '' # Support markdown
577 level: 'info' # 'info' | 'warning' | 'error'
581 # Add ability to fetch remote videos/actors by their URI, that may not be federated with your instance
582 # If enabled, the associated group will be able to "escape" from the instance follows
583 # That means they will be able to follow channels, watch videos, list videos of non followed instances
588 # Use a third party index instead of your local index, only for search results
589 # Useful to discover content outside of your instance
590 # If you enable search_index, you must enable remote_uri search for users
591 # If you do not enable remote_uri search for anonymous user, your instance will redirect the user on the origin instance
592 # instead of loading the video locally
595 # URL of the search index, that should use the same search API and routes
596 # than PeerTube: https://docs.joinpeertube.org/api-rest-reference.html
597 # You should deploy your own with https://framagit.org/framasoft/peertube/search-index,
598 # and can use https://search.joinpeertube.org/ for tests, but keep in mind the latter is an unmoderated search index
600 # You can disable local search, so users only use the search index
601 disable_local_search: false
602 # If you did not disable local search, you can decide to use the search index by default
603 is_default_search: false
605 # PeerTube client/interface configuration
609 # By default PeerTube client displays author username
610 prefer_author_display_name: false
614 # If you enable only one external auth plugin
615 # You can automatically redirect your users on this external platform when they click on the login button
616 redirect_on_single_external_auth: false