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
15 $ sudo passwd peertube
20 Create production database and peertube user:
23 $ sudo -u postgres createuser -P peertube
24 $ sudo -u postgres createdb -O peertube peertube_prod
27 ### Prepare PeerTube directory
30 $ VERSION=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/chocobozzz/peertube/releases/latest | grep tag_name | cut -d '"' -f 4) && \
31 cd /home/peertube && \
32 sudo -u peertube mkdir config storage versions && \
34 sudo -u peertube wget -q "https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/releases/download/${VERSION}/peertube-${VERSION}.zip" && \
35 sudo -u peertube unzip peertube-${VERSION}.zip && sudo -u peertube rm peertube-${VERSION}.zip && \
36 cd ../ && sudo -u peertube ln -s versions/peertube-${VERSION} ./peertube-latest && \
37 cd ./peertube-latest && sudo -u peertube yarn install --production --pure-lockfile
40 ### PeerTube configuration
42 Copy example configuration:
45 $ cd /home/peertube && sudo -u peertube cp peertube-latest/config/production.yaml.example config/production.yaml
48 Then edit the `config/production.yaml` file according to your webserver
53 Copy the nginx configuration template:
56 $ sudo cp /home/peertube/peertube-latest/support/nginx/peertube /etc/nginx/sites-available/peertube
59 Then modify the webserver configuration file. Please pay attention to the `alias` keys of the static locations.
60 It should correspond to the paths of your storage directories (set in the configuration file inside the `storage` key).
63 $ sudo vim /etc/nginx/sites-available/peertube
66 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).
68 An example of the nginx configuration could be:
74 server_name peertube.example.com;
76 access_log /var/log/nginx/peertube.example.com.access.log;
77 error_log /var/log/nginx/peertube.example.com.error.log;
79 rewrite ^ https://$server_name$request_uri? permanent;
84 listen [::]:443 ssl http2;
85 server_name peertube.example.com;
87 # For example with Let's Encrypt
88 ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/peertube.example.com/fullchain.pem;
89 ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/peertube.example.com/privkey.pem;
90 ssl_trusted_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/peertube.example.com/chain.pem;
92 access_log /var/log/nginx/peertube.example.com.access.log;
93 error_log /var/log/nginx/peertube.example.com.error.log;
95 location ^~ '/.well-known/acme-challenge' {
96 default_type "text/plain";
97 root /var/www/certbot;
100 location ~ ^/client/(.*\.(js|css|woff2|otf|ttf|woff|eot))$ {
101 add_header Cache-Control "public, max-age=31536000, immutable";
103 alias /home/peertube/peertube-latest/client/dist/$1;
106 location ~ ^/static/(thumbnails|avatars)/(.*)$ {
107 add_header Cache-Control "public, max-age=31536000, immutable";
109 alias /home/peertube/storage/$1/$2;
113 proxy_pass http://localhost:9000;
114 proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
115 proxy_set_header Host $host;
116 proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
118 # For the video upload
119 client_max_body_size 8G;
120 proxy_connect_timeout 600;
121 proxy_send_timeout 600;
122 proxy_read_timeout 600;
126 # Bypass PeerTube webseed route for better performances
127 location /static/webseed {
128 if ($request_method = 'OPTIONS') {
129 add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' '*';
130 add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Methods' 'GET, OPTIONS';
131 add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Headers' 'Range,DNT,X-CustomHeader,Keep-Alive,User-Agent,X-Requested-With,If-Modified-Since,Cache-Control,Content-Type';
132 add_header 'Access-Control-Max-Age' 1728000;
133 add_header 'Content-Type' 'text/plain charset=UTF-8';
134 add_header 'Content-Length' 0;
138 if ($request_method = 'GET') {
139 add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' '*';
140 add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Methods' 'GET, OPTIONS';
141 add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Headers' 'Range,DNT,X-CustomHeader,Keep-Alive,User-Agent,X-Requested-With,If-Modified-Since,Cache-Control,Content-Type';
143 # Don't spam access log file with byte range requests
147 alias /home/peertube/storage/videos;
151 location /tracker/socket {
152 # Peers send a message to the tracker every 15 minutes
153 # Don't close the websocket before this time
154 proxy_read_timeout 1200s;
155 proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
156 proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
157 proxy_http_version 1.1;
158 proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
159 proxy_set_header Host $host;
160 proxy_pass http://localhost:9000;
166 Activate the configuration file:
169 $ sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/peertube /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/peertube
170 $ sudo systemctl reload nginx
175 Copy the nginx configuration template:
178 $ sudo cp /home/peertube/peertube-latest/support/systemd/peertube.service /etc/systemd/system/
181 Update the service file:
184 $ sudo vim /etc/systemd/system/peertube.service
187 It should look like this:
191 Description=PeerTube daemon
196 Environment=NODE_ENV=production
197 Environment=NODE_CONFIG_DIR=/home/peertube/config
200 ExecStart=/usr/bin/npm start
201 WorkingDirectory=/home/peertube/peertube-latest
202 StandardOutput=syslog
204 SyslogIdentifier=peertube
208 WantedBy=multi-user.target
212 Tell systemd to reload its config:
215 $ sudo systemctl daemon-reload
218 If you want to start PeerTube on boot:
221 $ sudo systemctl enable peertube
227 $ sudo systemctl start peertube
228 $ sudo journalctl -feu peertube
233 The administrator password is automatically generated and can be found in the
234 logs. You can set another password with:
237 $ cd /home/peertube/peertube-latest && NODE_ENV=production npm run reset-password -- -u root
245 $ SQL_BACKUP_PATH="backup/sql-peertube_prod-$(date -Im).bak" && \
246 cd /home/peertube && sudo -u peertube mkdir -p backup && \
247 sudo pg_dump -U peertube -W -h localhost -F c peertube_prod -f "$SQL_BACKUP_PATH"
250 Update your configuration file. **If some keys are missing, your upgraded PeerTube won't start!**
253 $ diff <(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/develop/config/production.yaml.example) /home/peertube/config/production.yaml
259 $ VERSION=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/chocobozzz/peertube/releases/latest | grep tag_name | cut -d '"' -f 4) && \
260 cd /home/peertube/versions && \
261 sudo -u peertube wget -q "https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/releases/download/${VERSION}/peertube-${VERSION}.zip" && \
262 sudo -u peertube unzip -o peertube-${VERSION}.zip && sudo -u peertube rm peertube-${VERSION}.zip && \
263 cd ../ && sudo rm ./peertube-latest && sudo -u peertube ln -s versions/peertube-${VERSION} ./peertube-latest && \
264 cd ./peertube-latest && sudo -u peertube yarn install --production --pure-lockfile && \
265 sudo systemctl restart peertube
268 Things went wrong? Change `peertube-latest` destination to the previous version and restore your SQL backup:
271 $ OLD_VERSION="v0.42.42" && SQL_BACKUP_PATH="backup/sql-peertube_prod-2018-01-19T10:18+01:00.bak" && \
272 cd /home/peertube && rm ./peertube-latest && \
273 sudo -u peertube ln -s "versions/peertube-$OLD_VERSION" peertube-latest && \
274 pg_restore -U peertube -c -d peertube_prod "$SQL_BACKUP_PATH"
275 sudo systemctl restart peertube