5 # Correspond to your reverse proxy server_name/listen configuration
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 "peertube"+database.suffix
45 # Redis server for short time storage
46 # You can also specify a 'socket' path to a unix socket but first need to
47 # comment out hostname and port
54 # SMTP server to send emails
58 # Path to sendmail command. Required if you use sendmail transport
61 port: 465 # If you use StartTLS: 587
64 tls: true # If you use StartTLS: false
65 disable_starttls: false
66 ca_file: null # Used for self signed certificates
67 from_address: 'admin@example.com'
75 # From the project root directory
77 tmp: '/var/www/peertube/storage/tmp/' # Use to download data (imports etc), store uploaded files before processing...
78 avatars: '/var/www/peertube/storage/avatars/'
79 videos: '/var/www/peertube/storage/videos/'
80 streaming_playlists: '/var/www/peertube/storage/streaming-playlists/'
81 redundancy: '/var/www/peertube/storage/redundancy/'
82 logs: '/var/www/peertube/storage/logs/'
83 previews: '/var/www/peertube/storage/previews/'
84 thumbnails: '/var/www/peertube/storage/thumbnails/'
85 torrents: '/var/www/peertube/storage/torrents/'
86 captions: '/var/www/peertube/storage/captions/'
87 cache: '/var/www/peertube/storage/cache/'
88 plugins: '/var/www/peertube/storage/plugins/'
91 level: 'info' # debug/info/warning/error
93 enabled : true # Enabled by default, if disabled make sure that 'storage.logs' is pointing to a folder handled by logrotate
99 # Add ability to fetch remote videos/actors by their URI, that may not be federated with your instance
100 # If enabled, the associated group will be able to "escape" from the instance follows
101 # That means they will be able to follow channels, watch videos, list videos of non followed instances
108 interval_days: 7 # Compute trending videos for the last x days
110 # Cache remote videos on your server, to help other instances to broadcast the video
111 # You can define multiple caches using different sizes/strategies
112 # Once you have defined your strategies, choose which instances you want to cache in admin -> manage follows -> following
115 check_interval: '1 hour' # How often you want to check new videos to cache
116 strategies: # Just uncomment strategies you want
119 # # Minimum time the video must remain in the cache. Only accept values > 10 hours (to not overload remote instances)
120 # min_lifetime: '48 hours'
121 # strategy: 'most-views' # Cache videos that have the most views
124 # # Minimum time the video must remain in the cache. Only accept values > 10 hours (to not overload remote instances)
125 # min_lifetime: '48 hours'
126 # strategy: 'trending' # Cache trending videos
129 # # Minimum time the video must remain in the cache. Only accept values > 10 hours (to not overload remote instances)
130 # min_lifetime: '48 hours'
131 # strategy: 'recently-added' # Cache recently added videos
132 # min_views: 10 # Having at least x views
134 # Other instances that duplicate your content
137 # 'nobody': Do not accept remote redundancies
138 # 'anybody': Accept remote redundancies from anybody
139 # 'followings': Accept redundancies from instance followings
140 accept_from: 'anybody'
144 report_only: true # CSP directives are still being tested, so disable the report only mode at your own risk!
148 # If you disable the tracker, you disable the P2P aspect of PeerTube
150 # Only handle requests on your videos.
151 # If you set this to false it means you have a public tracker.
152 # Then, it is possible that clients overload your instance with external torrents
154 # Reject peers that do a lot of announces (could improve privacy of TCP/UDP peers)
155 reject_too_many_announces: false
159 # If you want to limit users videos history
160 # -1 means there is no limitations
161 # Other values could be '6 months' or '30 days' etc (PeerTube will periodically delete old entries from database)
166 # PeerTube creates a database entry every hour for each video to track views over a period of time
167 # This is used in particular by the Trending page
168 # PeerTube could remove old remote video views if you want to reduce your database size (video view counter will not be altered)
169 # -1 means no cleanup
170 # Other values could be '6 months' or '30 days' etc (PeerTube will periodically delete old entries from database)
175 # The website PeerTube will ask for available PeerTube plugins and themes
176 # This is an unmoderated plugin index, so only install plugins/themes you trust
179 check_latest_versions_interval: '12 hours' # How often you want to check new plugins/themes versions
180 url: 'https://packages.joinpeertube.org'
183 ###############################################################################
185 # From this point, all the following keys can be overridden by the web interface
186 # (local-production.json file). If you need to change some values, prefer to
187 # use the web interface because the configuration will be automatically
188 # reloaded without any need to restart PeerTube.
190 # /!\ If you already have a local-production.json file, the modification of the
191 # following keys will have no effect /!\.
193 ###############################################################################
197 size: 500 # Max number of previews you want to cache
199 size: 500 # Max number of video captions/subtitles you want to cache
202 # Used to generate the root user at first startup
203 # And to receive emails from the contact form
204 email: 'admin@example.com'
211 limit: 10 # When the limit is reached, registrations are disabled. -1 == unlimited
212 requires_email_verification: false
214 cidr: # You can specify CIDR ranges to whitelist (empty = no filtering) or blacklist
219 # Default value of maximum video BYTES the user can upload (does not take into account transcoded files).
222 video_quota_daily: -1
224 # If enabled, the video will be transcoded to mp4 (x264) with "faststart" flag
225 # In addition, if some resolutions are enabled the mp4 video file will be transcoded to these new resolutions.
226 # Please, do not disable transcoding since many uploaded videos will not work
229 # Allow your users to upload .mkv, .mov, .avi, .flv videos
230 allow_additional_extensions: true
231 # If a user uploads an audio file, PeerTube will create a video by merging the preview file and the audio file
232 allow_audio_files: true
234 resolutions: # Only created if the original video has a higher resolution, uses more storage!
235 0p: false # audio-only (creates mp4 without video stream, always created when enabled)
243 # Generate videos in a WebTorrent format (what we do since the first PeerTube release)
244 # If you also enabled the hls format, it will multiply videos storage by 2
245 # If disabled, breaks federation with PeerTube instances < 2.1
249 # /!\ Requires ffmpeg >= 4.1
250 # Generate HLS playlists and fragmented MP4 files. Better playback than with WebTorrent:
251 # * Resolution change is smoother
252 # * Faster playback in particular with long videos
253 # * More stable playback (less bugs/infinite loading)
254 # If you also enabled the webtorrent format, it will multiply videos storage by 2
259 # Add ability for your users to import remote videos (from YouTube, torrent...)
261 http: # Classic HTTP or all sites supported by youtube-dl https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/supportedsites.html
263 # You can use an HTTP/HTTPS/SOCKS proxy with youtube-dl
267 torrent: # Magnet URI or torrent file (use classic TCP/UDP/WebSeed to download the file)
271 # New videos automatically blacklisted so moderators can review before publishing
279 short_description: 'PeerTube, a federated (ActivityPub) video streaming platform using P2P (BitTorrent) directly in the web browser with WebTorrent and Angular.'
280 description: 'Welcome to this PeerTube instance!' # Support markdown
281 terms: 'No terms for now.' # Support markdown
282 code_of_conduct: '' # Supports markdown
284 # Who moderates the instance? What is the policy regarding NSFW videos? Political videos? etc
285 moderation_information: '' # Supports markdown
287 # Why did you create this instance?
290 # Who is behind the instance? A single person? A non profit?
293 # How long do you plan to maintain this instance?
294 maintenance_lifetime: ''
296 # How will you pay the PeerTube instance server? With your own funds? With users donations? Advertising?
299 # If you want to explain on what type of hardware your PeerTube instance runs
300 # Example: "2 vCore, 2GB RAM..."
301 hardware_information: '' # Supports Markdown
303 # What are the main languages of your instance? To interact with your users for example
304 # Uncomment or add the languages you want
305 # List of supported languages: https://peertube.cpy.re/api/v1/videos/languages
311 # You can specify the main categories of your instance (dedicated to music, gaming or politics etc)
312 # Uncomment or add the category ids you want
313 # List of supported categories: https://peertube.cpy.re/api/v1/videos/categories
324 # - 10 # Entertainment
325 # - 11 # News & Politics
329 # - 15 # Science & Technology
334 default_client_route: '/videos/trending'
336 # Whether or not the instance is dedicated to NSFW content
337 # Enabling it will allow other administrators to know that you are mainly federating sensitive content
338 # Moreover, the NSFW checkbox on video upload will be automatically checked by default
340 # By default, "do_not_list" or "blur" or "display" NSFW videos
341 # Could be overridden per user with a setting
342 default_nsfw_policy: 'do_not_list'
345 javascript: '' # Directly your JavaScript code (without <script> tags). Will be eval at runtime
346 css: '' # Directly your CSS code (without <style> tags). Will be injected at runtime
347 # Robot.txt rules. To disallow robots to crawl your instance and disallow indexation of your site, add '/' to "Disallow:'
351 # Security.txt rules. To discourage researchers from testing your instance and disable security.txt integration, set this to an empty string.
353 "# 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:"
356 # Cards configuration to format video in Twitter
358 username: '@Chocobozzz' # Indicates the Twitter account for the website or platform on which the content was published
359 # If true, a video player will be embedded in the Twitter feed on PeerTube video share
360 # If false, we use an image link card that will redirect on your PeerTube instance
361 # Change it to "true", and then test on https://cards-dev.twitter.com/validator to see if you are whitelisted
366 # Allow or not other instances to follow yours
368 # Whether or not an administrator must manually validate a new follower
369 manual_approval: false
373 # If you want to automatically follow back new instance followers
374 # If this option is enabled, use the mute feature instead of deleting followings
375 # /!\ Don't enable this if you don't have a reactive moderation team /!\
379 # If you want to automatically follow instances of the public index
380 # If this option is enabled, use the mute feature instead of deleting followings
381 # /!\ Don't enable this if you don't have a reactive moderation team /!\
384 index_url: 'https://instances.joinpeertube.org'