From 82e624233f22eba0230383c7de8a9ed3b69791a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chocobozzz Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2016 11:01:28 +0200 Subject: Update documentations now we use webseed instead of electron/webrtc --- support/doc/server/code.md | 14 ++++++-------- support/doc/server/upload-video.png | Bin 58712 -> 56458 bytes 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) (limited to 'support/doc/server') diff --git a/support/doc/server/code.md b/support/doc/server/code.md index 130d30136..652bd53df 100644 --- a/support/doc/server/code.md +++ b/support/doc/server/code.md @@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ The server is a web server developed with [NodeJS](https://nodejs.org)/[Express] * [MongoDB](https://www.mongodb.com/) -> Database * [Express](http://expressjs.com) -> Web server framework * [Mongoose](http://mongoosejs.com/) -> MongoDB object modeling - * [WebTorrent](https://webtorrent.io/) -> BitTorrent over WebRTC - * [Electron](http://electron.atom.io/) -> To make WebRTC inside NodeJS + * [WebTorrent](https://webtorrent.io/) -> BitTorrent tracker and torrent creation * [Mocha](https://mochajs.org/) -> Test framework @@ -45,7 +44,7 @@ Uses [JavaScript Standard Style](http://standardjs.com/). * Run MongoDB * Run `npm run dev` to compile the client and automatically run the server. If the client files are already compiled you can simply run `NODE_ENV=test node server` -The `NODE_ENV=test` is set to speed up communications between pods (see [constants.js](https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/blob/master/server/initializers/constants.js#L71)). +The `NODE_ENV=test` is set to speed up communications between pods (see [constants.js](https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/blob/master/server/initializers/constants.js)). `npm run help` gives you all available commands. @@ -56,17 +55,16 @@ If you want to test the decentralization feature, you can easily run 3 pods by r The server is composed by: - * a REST API + * a REST API (throught Express framework) * a WebTorrent Tracker - * A separate Electron process -The seperate Electron process has the goal to seed videos through WebRTC because WebRTC directly in NodeJS is not usable for now. +A video is seeded by the server throught the [WebSeed](http://www.bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0019.html) protocol (HTTP). ![Architecture scheme](https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/blob/master/support/doc/server/upload-video.png) -When a user uploads a video, the rest API asks the Electron process to seed it (communicate with IPC) and then adds it to its Mongo database. +When a user uploads a video, the rest API create the torrent file and then adds it to its Mongo database. -If a user wants to watch the video, the tracker will indicate all other users that are watching the video + the Electron process. +If a user wants to watch the video, the tracker will indicate all other users that are watching the video + the HTTP url for the WebSeed. ## Newcomers diff --git a/support/doc/server/upload-video.png b/support/doc/server/upload-video.png index b3a867a42..730e68cc4 100644 Binary files a/support/doc/server/upload-video.png and b/support/doc/server/upload-video.png differ -- cgit v1.2.3