listen:
hostname: '127.0.0.1'
port: 9000
# Correspond to your reverse proxy server_name/listen configuration (i.e., your public PeerTube instance URL)
webserver:
https: true
hostname: 'example.com'
port: 443
# Secrets you need to generate the first time you run PeerTube
secrets:
# Generate one using `openssl rand -hex 32`
peertube: ''
rates_limit:
api:
# 50 attempts in 10 seconds
window: 10 seconds
max: 50
login:
# 15 attempts in 5 min
window: 5 minutes
max: 15
signup:
# 2 attempts in 5 min (only succeeded attempts are taken into account)
window: 5 minutes
max: 2
ask_send_email:
# 3 attempts in 5 min
window: 5 minutes
max: 3
receive_client_log:
# 10 attempts in 10 min
window: 10 minutes
max: 10
oauth2:
token_lifetime:
access_token: '1 day'
refresh_token: '2 weeks'
# Proxies to trust to get real client IP
# If you run PeerTube just behind a local proxy (nginx), keep 'loopback'
# If you run PeerTube behind a remote proxy, add the proxy IP address (or subnet)
trust_proxy:
- 'loopback'
# Your database name will be database.name OR 'peertube'+database.suffix
database:
hostname: 'localhost'
port: 5432
ssl: false
suffix: '_prod'
username: 'peertube'
password: 'peertube'
pool:
max: 5
# Redis server for short time storage
# You can also specify a 'socket' path to a unix socket but first need to
# set 'hostname' and 'port' to null
redis:
hostname: 'localhost'
port: 6379
auth: null
db: 0
# SMTP server to send emails
smtp:
# smtp or sendmail
transport: smtp
# Path to sendmail command. Required if you use sendmail transport
sendmail: null
hostname: null
port: 465 # If you use StartTLS: 587
username: null
password: null
tls: true # If you use StartTLS: false
disable_starttls: false
ca_file: null # Used for self signed certificates
from_address: 'admin@example.com'
email:
body:
signature: 'PeerTube'
subject:
prefix: '[PeerTube]'
# Update default PeerTube values
# Set by API when the field is not provided and put as default value in client
defaults:
# Change default values when publishing a video (upload/import/go Live)
publish:
download_enabled: true
comments_enabled: true
# public = 1, unlisted = 2, private = 3, internal = 4
privacy: 1
# CC-BY = 1, CC-SA = 2, CC-ND = 3, CC-NC = 4, CC-NC-SA = 5, CC-NC-ND = 6, Public Domain = 7
# You can also choose a custom licence value added by a plugin
# No licence by default
licence: null
p2p:
# Enable P2P by default in PeerTube client
# Can be enabled/disabled by anonymous users and logged in users
webapp:
enabled: true
# Enable P2P by default in PeerTube embed
# Can be enabled/disabled by URL option
embed:
enabled: true
# From the project root directory
storage:
tmp: '/var/www/peertube/storage/tmp/' # Use to download data (imports etc), store uploaded files before and during processing...
tmp_persistent: '/var/www/peertube/storage/tmp-persistent/' # As tmp but the directory is not cleaned up between PeerTube restarts
bin: '/var/www/peertube/storage/bin/'
avatars: '/var/www/peertube/storage/avatars/'
videos: '/var/www/peertube/storage/videos/'
streaming_playlists: '/var/www/peertube/storage/streaming-playlists/'
redundancy: '/var/www/peertube/storage/redundancy/'
logs: '/var/www/peertube/storage/logs/'
previews: '/var/www/peertube/storage/previews/'
thumbnails: '/var/www/peertube/storage/thumbnails/'
torrents: '/var/www/peertube/storage/torrents/'
captions: '/var/www/peertube/storage/captions/'
cache: '/var/www/peertube/storage/cache/'
plugins: '/var/www/peertube/storage/plugins/'
well_known: '/var/www/peertube/storage/well-known/'
# Overridable client files in client/dist/assets/images:
# - logo.svg
# - favicon.png
# - default-playlist.jpg
# - default-avatar-account.png
# - default-avatar-video-channel.png
# - and icons/*.png (PWA)
# Could contain for example assets/images/favicon.png
# If the file exists, peertube will serve it
# If not, peertube will fallback to the default file
client_overrides: '/var/www/peertube/storage/client-overrides/'
static_files:
# Require and check user authentication when accessing private files (internal/private video files)
private_files_require_auth: true
object_storage:
enabled: false
# Without protocol, will default to HTTPS
endpoint: '' # 's3.amazonaws.com' or 's3.fr-par.scw.cloud' for example
region: 'us-east-1'
upload_acl:
# Set this ACL on each uploaded object of public/unlisted videos
# Use null if your S3 provider does not support object ACL
public: 'public-read'
# Set this ACL on each uploaded object of private/internal videos
# PeerTube can proxify requests to private objects so your users can access them
# Use null if your S3 provider does not support object ACL
private: 'private'
proxy:
# If private files (private/internal video files) have a private ACL, users can't access directly the ressource
# PeerTube can proxify requests between your object storage service and your users
# If you disable PeerTube proxy, ensure you use your own proxy that is able to access the private files
# Or you can also set a public ACL for private files in object storage if you don't want to use a proxy
proxify_private_files: true
credentials:
# You can also use AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID env variable
access_key_id: ''
# You can also use AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY env variable
secret_access_key: ''
# Maximum amount to upload in one request to object storage
max_upload_part: 100MB
streaming_playlists:
bucket_name: 'streaming-playlists'
# Allows setting all buckets to the same value but with a different prefix
prefix: '' # Example: 'streaming-playlists:'
# Base url for object URL generation, scheme and host will be replaced by this URL
# Useful when you want to use a CDN/external proxy
base_url: '' # Example: 'https://mirror.example.com'
# Same settings but for webtorrent videos
videos:
bucket_name: 'videos'
prefix: ''
base_url: ''
log:
level: 'info' # 'debug' | 'info' | 'warn' | 'error'
rotation:
enabled : true # Enabled by default, if disabled make sure that 'storage.logs' is pointing to a folder handled by logrotate
max_file_size: 12MB
max_files: 20
anonymize_ip: false
log_ping_requests: true
log_tracker_unknown_infohash: true
prettify_sql: false
# Accept warn/error logs coming from the client
accept_client_log: true
# Support of Open Telemetry metrics and tracing
# For more information: https://docs.joinpeertube.org/maintain/observability
open_telemetry:
metrics:
enabled: false
http_request_duration:
# You can disable HTTP request duration metric that can have a high tag cardinality
enabled: true
# Create a prometheus exporter server on this port so prometheus server can scrape PeerTube metrics
prometheus_exporter:
hostname: '127.0.0.1'
port: 9091
tracing:
enabled: false
# Send traces to a Jaeger compatible endpoint
jaeger_exporter:
endpoint: ''
trending:
videos:
interval_days: 7 # Compute trending videos for the last x days for 'most-viewed' algorithm
algorithms:
enabled:
- 'hot' # Adaptation of Reddit's 'Hot' algorithm
- 'most-viewed' # Number of views in the last x days
- 'most-liked' # Global views since the upload of the video
default: 'most-viewed'
# Cache remote videos on your server, to help other instances to broadcast the video
# You can define multiple caches using different sizes/strategies
# Once you have defined your strategies, choose which instances you want to cache in admin -> manage follows -> following
redundancy:
videos:
check_interval: '1 hour' # How often you want to check new videos to cache
strategies: # Just uncomment strategies you want
# -
# size: '10GB'
# # Minimum time the video must remain in the cache. Only accept values > 10 hours (to not overload remote instances)
# min_lifetime: '48 hours'
# strategy: 'most-views' # Cache videos that have the most views
# -
# size: '10GB'
# # Minimum time the video must remain in the cache. Only accept values > 10 hours (to not overload remote instances)
# min_lifetime: '48 hours'
# strategy: 'trending' # Cache trending videos
# -
# size: '10GB'
# # Minimum time the video must remain in the cache. Only accept values > 10 hours (to not overload remote instances)
# min_lifetime: '48 hours'
# strategy: 'recently-added' # Cache recently added videos
# min_views: 10 # Having at least x views
# Other instances that duplicate your content
remote_redundancy:
videos:
# 'nobody': Do not accept remote redundancies
# 'anybody': Accept remote redundancies from anybody
# 'followings': Accept redundancies from instance followings
accept_from: 'anybody'
csp:
enabled: false
report_only: true # CSP directives are still being tested, so disable the report only mode at your own risk!
report_uri:
security:
# Set the X-Frame-Options header to help to mitigate clickjacking attacks
frameguard:
enabled: true
# Set x-powered-by HTTP header to "PeerTube"
# Can help remote software to know this is a PeerTube instance
powered_by_header:
enabled: true
tracker:
# If you disable the tracker, you disable the P2P on your PeerTube instance
enabled: true
# Only handle requests on your videos
# If you set this to false it means you have a public tracker
# Then, it is possible that clients overload your instance with external torrents
private: true
# Reject peers that do a lot of announces (could improve privacy of TCP/UDP peers)
reject_too_many_announces: false
history:
videos:
# If you want to limit users videos history
# -1 means there is no limitations
# Other values could be '6 months' or '30 days' etc (PeerTube will periodically delete old entries from database)
max_age: -1
views:
videos:
# PeerTube creates a database entry every hour for each video to track views over a period of time
# This is used in particular by the Trending page
# PeerTube could remove old remote video views if you want to reduce your database size (video view counter will not be altered)
# -1 means no cleanup
# Other values could be '6 months' or '30 days' etc (PeerTube will periodically delete old entries from database)
remote:
max_age: '30 days'
# PeerTube buffers local video views before updating and federating the video
local_buffer_update_interval: '30 minutes'
ip_view_expiration: '1 hour'
# Used to get country location of views of local videos
geo_ip:
enabled: true
country:
database_url: 'https://dbip.mirror.framasoft.org/files/dbip-country-lite-latest.mmdb'
plugins:
# The website PeerTube will ask for available PeerTube plugins and themes
# This is an unmoderated plugin index, so only install plugins/themes you trust
index:
enabled: true
check_latest_versions_interval: '12 hours' # How often you want to check new plugins/themes versions
url: 'https://packages.joinpeertube.org'
federation:
videos:
federate_unlisted: false
# Add a weekly job that cleans up remote AP interactions on local videos (shares, rates and comments)
# It removes objects that do not exist anymore, and potentially fix their URLs
cleanup_remote_interactions: true
peertube:
check_latest_version:
# Check and notify admins of new PeerTube versions
enabled: true
# You can use a custom URL if your want, that respect the format behind https://joinpeertube.org/api/v1/versions.json
url: 'https://joinpeertube.org/api/v1/versions.json'
webadmin:
configuration:
edition:
# Set this to false if you don't want to allow config edition in the web interface by instance admins
allowed: true
# XML, Atom or JSON feeds
feeds:
videos:
# Default number of videos displayed in feeds
count: 20
comments:
# Default number of comments displayed in feeds
count: 20
remote_runners:
# Consider jobs that are processed by a remote runner as stalled after this period of time without any update
stalled_jobs:
live: '30 seconds'
vod: '2 minutes'
###############################################################################
#
# From this point, almost all following keys can be overridden by the web interface
# (local-production.json file). If you need to change some values, prefer to
# use the web interface because the configuration will be automatically
# reloaded without any need to restart PeerTube
#
# /!\ If you already have a local-production.json file, modification of some of
# the following keys will have no effect /!\
#
###############################################################################
cache:
previews:
size: 500 # Max number of previews you want to cache
captions:
size: 500 # Max number of video captions/subtitles you want to cache
torrents:
size: 500 # Max number of video torrents you want to cache
admin:
# Used to generate the root user at first startup
# And to receive emails from the contact form
email: 'admin@example.com'
contact_form:
enabled: true
signup:
enabled: false
limit: 10 # When the limit is reached, registrations are disabled. -1 == unlimited
minimum_age: 16 # Used to configure the signup form
# Users fill a form to register so moderators can accept/reject the registration
requires_approval: true
requires_email_verification: false
filters:
cidr: # You can specify CIDR ranges to whitelist (empty = no filtering) or blacklist
whitelist: []
blacklist: []
user:
history:
videos:
# Enable or disable video history by default for new users.
enabled: true
# Default value of maximum video bytes the user can upload (does not take into account transcoded files)
# Byte format is supported ("1GB" etc)
# -1 == unlimited
video_quota: -1
video_quota_daily: -1
video_channels:
max_per_user: 20 # Allows each user to create up to 20 video channels.
# If enabled, the video will be transcoded to mp4 (x264) with `faststart` flag
# In addition, if some resolutions are enabled the mp4 video file will be transcoded to these new resolutions
# Please, do not disable transcoding since many uploaded videos will not work
transcoding:
enabled: true
# Allow your users to upload .mkv, .mov, .avi, .wmv, .flv, .f4v, .3g2, .3gp, .mts, m2ts, .mxf, .nut videos
allow_additional_extensions: true
# If a user uploads an audio file, PeerTube will create a video by merging the preview file and the audio file
allow_audio_files: true
# Enable remote runners to transcode your videos
# If enabled, your instance won't transcode the videos itself
# At least 1 remote runner must be configured to transcode your videos
remote_runners:
enabled: false
# Amount of threads used by ffmpeg for 1 local transcoding job
threads: 1
# Amount of local transcoding jobs to execute in parallel
concurrency: 1
# Choose the local transcoding profile
# New profiles can be added by plugins
# Available in core PeerTube: 'default'
profile: 'default'
resolutions: # Only created if the original video has a higher resolution, uses more storage!
0p: false # audio-only (creates mp4 without video stream, always created when enabled)
144p: false
240p: false
360p: false
480p: false
720p: false
1080p: false
1440p: false
2160p: false
# Transcode and keep original resolution, even if it's above your maximum enabled resolution
always_transcode_original_resolution: true
# Generate videos in a WebTorrent format (what we do since the first PeerTube release)
# If you also enabled the hls format, it will multiply videos storage by 2
# If disabled, breaks federation with PeerTube instances < 2.1
webtorrent:
enabled: false
# /!\ Requires ffmpeg >= 4.1
# Generate HLS playlists and fragmented MP4 files. Better playback than with WebTorrent:
# * Resolution change is smoother
# * Faster playback in particular with long videos
# * More stable playback (less bugs/infinite loading)
# If you also enabled the webtorrent format, it will multiply videos storage by 2
hls:
enabled: true
live:
enabled: false
# Limit lives duration
# -1 == unlimited
max_duration: -1 # For example: '5 hours'
# Limit max number of live videos created on your instance
# -1 == unlimited
max_instance_lives: 20
# Limit max number of live videos created by a user on your instance
# -1 == unlimited
max_user_lives: 3
# Allow your users to save a replay of their live
# PeerTube will transcode segments in a video file
# If the user daily/total quota is reached, PeerTube will stop the live
# /!\ transcoding.enabled (and not live.transcoding.enabled) has to be true to create a replay
allow_replay: true
# Allow your users to change latency settings (small latency/default/high latency)
# Small latency live streams cannot use P2P
# High latency live streams can increase P2P ratio
latency_setting:
enabled: true
# Your firewall should accept traffic from this port in TCP if you enable live
rtmp:
enabled: true
# Listening hostname/port for RTMP server
# '::' to listen on IPv6 and IPv4, '0.0.0.0' to listen on IPv4
# Use null to automatically listen on '::' if IPv6 is available, or '0.0.0.0' otherwise
hostname: null
port: 1935
# Public hostname of your RTMP server
# Use null to use the same value than `webserver.hostname`
public_hostname: null
rtmps:
enabled: false
# Listening hostname/port for RTMPS server
# '::' to listen on IPv6 and IPv4, '0.0.0.0' to listen on IPv4
# Use null to automatically listen on '::' if IPv6 is available, or '0.0.0.0' otherwise
hostname: null
port: 1936
# Absolute paths
key_file: ''
cert_file: ''
# Public hostname of your RTMPS server
# Use null to use the same value than `webserver.hostname`
public_hostname: null
# Allow to transcode the live streaming in multiple live resolutions
transcoding:
enabled: true
# Enable remote runners to transcode your videos
# If enabled, your instance won't transcode the videos itself
# At least 1 remote runner must be configured to transcode your videos
remote_runners:
enabled: false
# Amount of threads used by ffmpeg per live when using local transcoding
threads: 2
# Choose the local transcoding profile
# New profiles can be added by plugins
# Available in core PeerTube: 'default'
profile: 'default'
resolutions:
144p: false
240p: false
360p: false
480p: false
720p: false
1080p: false
1440p: false
2160p: false
# Also transcode original resolution, even if it's above your maximum enabled resolution
always_transcode_original_resolution: true
video_studio:
# Enable video edition by users (cut, add intro/outro, add watermark etc)
# If enabled, users can create transcoding tasks as they wish
enabled: false
import:
# Add ability for your users to import remote videos (from YouTube, torrent...)
videos:
# Amount of import jobs to execute in parallel
concurrency: 1
# Set a custom video import timeout to not block import queue
timeout: '2 hours'
# Classic HTTP or all sites supported by youtube-dl https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/supportedsites.html
http:
# We recommend to use a HTTP proxy if you enable HTTP import to prevent private URL access from this server
# See https://docs.joinpeertube.org/maintain/configuration#security for more information
enabled: false
youtube_dl_release:
# Direct download URL to youtube-dl binary
# Github releases API is also supported
# Examples:
# * https://api.github.com/repos/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases
# * https://api.github.com/repos/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases
# * https://yt-dl.org/downloads/latest/youtube-dl
url: 'https://api.github.com/repos/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases'
# Release binary name: 'yt-dlp' or 'youtube-dl'
name: 'yt-dlp'
# Path to the python binary to execute for youtube-dl or yt-dlp
python_path: '/usr/bin/python3'
# IPv6 is very strongly rate-limited on most sites supported by youtube-dl
force_ipv4: false
# Magnet URI or torrent file (use classic TCP/UDP/WebSeed to download the file)
torrent:
# We recommend to only enable magnet URI/torrent import if you trust your users
# See https://docs.joinpeertube.org/maintain/configuration#security for more information
enabled: false
# Add ability for your users to synchronize their channels with external channels, playlists, etc
video_channel_synchronization:
enabled: false
max_per_user: 10
check_interval: 1 hour
# Number of latest published videos to check and to potentially import when syncing a channel
videos_limit_per_synchronization: 10
# Max number of videos to import when the user asks for full sync
full_sync_videos_limit: 1000
auto_blacklist:
# New videos automatically blacklisted so moderators can review before publishing
videos:
of_users:
enabled: false
# Instance settings
instance:
name: 'PeerTube'
short_description: 'PeerTube, an ActivityPub-federated video streaming platform using P2P directly in your web browser.'
description: 'Welcome to this PeerTube instance!' # Support markdown
terms: 'No terms for now.' # Support markdown
code_of_conduct: '' # Supports markdown
# Who moderates the instance? What is the policy regarding NSFW videos? Political videos? etc
moderation_information: '' # Supports markdown
# Why did you create this instance?
creation_reason: '' # Supports Markdown
# Who is behind the instance? A single person? A non profit?
administrator: '' # Supports Markdown
# How long do you plan to maintain this instance?
maintenance_lifetime: '' # Supports Markdown
# How will you pay the PeerTube instance server? With your own funds? With users donations? Advertising?
business_model: '' # Supports Markdown
# If you want to explain on what type of hardware your PeerTube instance runs
# Example: '2 vCore, 2GB RAM...'
hardware_information: '' # Supports Markdown
# What are the main languages of your instance? To interact with your users for example
# Uncomment or add the languages you want
# List of supported languages: https://peertube.cpy.re/api/v1/videos/languages
languages:
# - en
# - es
# - fr
# You can specify the main categories of your instance (dedicated to music, gaming or politics etc)
# Uncomment or add the category ids you want
# List of supported categories: https://peertube.cpy.re/api/v1/videos/categories
categories:
# - 1 # Music
# - 2 # Films
# - 3 # Vehicles
# - 4 # Art
# - 5 # Sports
# - 6 # Travels
# - 7 # Gaming
# - 8 # People
# - 9 # Comedy
# - 10 # Entertainment
# - 11 # News & Politics
# - 12 # How To
# - 13 # Education
# - 14 # Activism
# - 15 # Science & Technology
# - 16 # Animals
# - 17 # Kids
# - 18 # Food
default_client_route: '/videos/trending'
# Whether or not the instance is dedicated to NSFW content
# Enabling it will allow other administrators to know that you are mainly federating sensitive content
# Moreover, the NSFW checkbox on video upload will be automatically checked by default
is_nsfw: false
# By default, `do_not_list` or `blur` or `display` NSFW videos
# Could be overridden per user with a setting
default_nsfw_policy: 'do_not_list'
customizations:
javascript: '' # Directly your JavaScript code (without <script> tags). Will be eval at runtime
css: '' # Directly your CSS code (without <style> tags). Will be injected at runtime
# Robot.txt rules. To disallow robots to crawl your instance and disallow indexation of your site, add `/` to `Disallow:`
robots: |
User-agent: *
Disallow:
# /.well-known/security.txt rules. This endpoint is cached, so you may have to wait a few hours before viewing your changes
# To discourage researchers from testing your instance and disable security.txt integration, set this to an empty string
securitytxt:
'# 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:'
services:
# Cards configuration to format video in Twitter
twitter:
username: '@Chocobozzz' # Indicates the Twitter account for the website or platform on which the content was published
# If true, a video player will be embedded in the Twitter feed on PeerTube video share
# If false, we use an image link card that will redirect on your PeerTube instance
# Change it to `true`, and then test on https://cards-dev.twitter.com/validator to see if you are whitelisted
whitelisted: false
followers:
instance:
# Allow or not other instances to follow yours
enabled: true
# Whether or not an administrator must manually validate a new follower
manual_approval: false
followings:
instance:
# If you want to automatically follow back new instance followers
# If this option is enabled, use the mute feature instead of deleting followings
# /!\ Don't enable this if you don't have a reactive moderation team /!\
auto_follow_back:
enabled: false
# If you want to automatically follow instances of the public index
# If this option is enabled, use the mute feature instead of deleting followings
# /!\ Don't enable this if you don't have a reactive moderation team /!\
auto_follow_index:
enabled: false
# Host your own using https://framagit.org/framasoft/peertube/instances-peertube#peertube-auto-follow
index_url: ''
theme:
default: 'default'
broadcast_message:
enabled: false
message: '' # Support markdown
level: 'info' # 'info' | 'warning' | 'error'
dismissable: false
search:
# Add ability to fetch remote videos/actors by their URI, that may not be federated with your instance
# If enabled, the associated group will be able to "escape" from the instance follows
# That means they will be able to follow channels, watch videos, list videos of non followed instances
remote_uri:
users: true
anonymous: false
# Use a third party index instead of your local index, only for search results
# Useful to discover content outside of your instance
# If you enable search_index, you must enable remote_uri search for users
# If you do not enable remote_uri search for anonymous user, your instance will redirect the user on the origin instance
# instead of loading the video locally
search_index:
enabled: false
# URL of the search index, that should use the same search API and routes
# than PeerTube: https://docs.joinpeertube.org/api-rest-reference.html
# You should deploy your own with https://framagit.org/framasoft/peertube/search-index,
# and can use https://search.joinpeertube.org/ for tests, but keep in mind the latter is an unmoderated search index
url: ''
# You can disable local search in the client, so users only use the search index
disable_local_search: false
# If you did not disable local search in the client, you can decide to use the search index by default
is_default_search: false
# PeerTube client/interface configuration
client:
videos:
miniature:
# By default PeerTube client displays author username
prefer_author_display_name: false
display_author_avatar: false
resumable_upload:
# Max size of upload chunks, e.g. '90MB'
# If null, it will be calculated based on network speed
max_chunk_size: null
menu:
login:
# If you enable only one external auth plugin
# You can automatically redirect your users on this external platform when they click on the login button
redirect_on_single_external_auth: false