# Production guide ## Installation ### Dependencies Follow the steps of the [dependencies guide](dependencies.md). ### PeerTube user Create a `peertube` user with `/home/peertube` home: ``` $ sudo useradd -m -d /home/peertube -s /bin/bash -p peertube peertube $ sudo passwd peertube ``` ### Database Create production database and peertube user: ``` $ sudo -u postgres createuser -P peertube $ sudo -u postgres createdb -O peertube peertube_prod ``` ### Prepare PeerTube directory ``` $ VERSION=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/chocobozzz/peertube/releases/latest | grep tag_name | cut -d '"' -f 4) && \ cd /home/peertube && \ sudo -u peertube mkdir config storage versions && \ cd versions && \ sudo -u peertube wget -q "https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/releases/download/${VERSION}/peertube-${VERSION}.zip" && \ sudo -u peertube unzip peertube-${VERSION}.zip && sudo -u peertube rm peertube-${VERSION}.zip && \ cd ../ && sudo -u peertube ln -s versions/peertube-${VERSION} ./peertube-latest && \ cd ./peertube-latest && sudo -u peertube yarn install --production --pure-lockfile ``` ### PeerTube configuration Copy example configuration: ``` $ cd /home/peertube && sudo -u peertube cp peertube-latest/config/production.yaml.example config/production.yaml ``` Then edit the `config/production.yaml` file according to your webserver configuration. ### Webserver Copy the nginx configuration template: ``` $ sudo cp /home/peertube/peertube-latest/support/nginx/peertube /etc/nginx/sites-available/peertube ``` Then modify the webserver configuration file. Please pay attention to the `alias` key of `/static/webseed` location. It should correspond to the path of your videos directory (set in the configuration file as `storage->videos` key). ``` $ sudo vim /etc/nginx/sites-available/peertube ``` 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). An example of the nginx configuration could be: ``` server { listen 80; listen [::]:80; server_name peertube.example.com; access_log /var/log/nginx/peertube.example.com.access.log; error_log /var/log/nginx/peertube.example.com.error.log; rewrite ^ https://$server_name$request_uri? permanent; } server { listen 443 ssl http2; listen [::]:443 ssl http2; server_name peertube.example.com; # For example with Let's Encrypt ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/peertube.example.com/fullchain.pem; ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/peertube.example.com/privkey.pem; ssl_trusted_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/peertube.example.com/chain.pem; access_log /var/log/nginx/peertube.example.com.access.log; error_log /var/log/nginx/peertube.example.com.error.log; location ^~ '/.well-known/acme-challenge' { default_type "text/plain"; root /var/www/certbot; } location / { proxy_pass http://localhost:9000; proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr; proxy_set_header Host $host; proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for; # For the video upload client_max_body_size 8G; proxy_connect_timeout 600; proxy_send_timeout 600; proxy_read_timeout 600; send_timeout 600; } # Bypass PeerTube webseed route for better performances location /static/webseed { if ($request_method = 'OPTIONS') { add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' '*'; add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Methods' 'GET, OPTIONS'; add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Headers' 'Range,DNT,X-CustomHeader,Keep-Alive,User-Agent,X-Requested-With,If-Modified-Since,Cache-Control,Content-Type'; add_header 'Access-Control-Max-Age' 1728000; add_header 'Content-Type' 'text/plain charset=UTF-8'; add_header 'Content-Length' 0; return 204; } if ($request_method = 'GET') { add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' '*'; add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Methods' 'GET, OPTIONS'; add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Headers' 'Range,DNT,X-CustomHeader,Keep-Alive,User-Agent,X-Requested-With,If-Modified-Since,Cache-Control,Content-Type'; } alias /home/peertube/storage/videos; } # Websocket tracker location /tracker/socket { # Peers send a message to the tracker every 15 minutes # Don't close the websocket before this time proxy_read_timeout 1200s; proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade; proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade"; proxy_http_version 1.1; proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for; proxy_set_header Host $host; proxy_pass http://localhost:9000; } } ``` Activate the configuration file: ``` $ sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/peertube /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/peertube $ sudo systemctl reload nginx ``` ### Systemd Copy the nginx configuration template: ``` $ sudo cp /home/peertube/PeerTube/support/systemd/peertube.service /etc/systemd/system/ ``` Update the service file: ``` $ sudo vim /etc/systemd/system/peertube.service ``` It should look like this: ``` [Unit] Description=PeerTube daemon After=network.target [Service] Type=simple Environment=NODE_ENV=production Environment=NODE_CONFIG_DIR=/home/peertube/config User=peertube Group=peertube ExecStart=/usr/bin/npm start WorkingDirectory=/home/peertube/peertube-latest StandardOutput=syslog StandardError=syslog SyslogIdentifier=peertube Restart=always [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target ``` Tell systemd to reload its config: ``` $ sudo systemctl daemon-reload ``` If you want to start PeerTube on boot: ``` $ sudo systemctl enabled peertube ``` ### Run ``` $ sudo systemctl start peertube $ sudo journalctl -feu peertube ``` ### Administrator The administrator password is automatically generated and can be found in the logs. You can set another password with: ``` $ NODE_ENV=production npm run reset-password -- -u root ``` ## Upgrade ``` $ VERSION=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/chocobozzz/peertube/releases/latest | grep tag_name | cut -d '"' -f 4) && \ cd /home/peertube/versions && \ sudo -u peertube wget -q "https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/releases/download/${VERSION}/peertube-${VERSION}.zip" && \ sudo -u peertube unzip -o peertube-${VERSION}.zip && sudo -u peertube rm peertube-${VERSION}.zip && \ cd ../ && sudo rm ./peertube-latest && sudo -u peertube ln -s versions/peertube-${VERSION} ./peertube-latest && \ cd ./peertube-latest && sudo -u peertube yarn install --production --pure-lockfile && \ sudo systemctl restart peertube ```