PeerTube/support/doc/dependencies.md

Dependencies

• Debian / Ubuntu and derivatives
• Arch Linux
• CentOS 7
• Fedora
• FreeBSD
• macOS
• Gentoo
• Other distributions

Debian / Ubuntu and derivatives

1. On a fresh Debian/Ubuntu, as root user, install basic utility programs needed for the installation

# apt-get install curl sudo unzip vim

2. It would be wise to disable root access and to continue this tutorial with a user with sudoers group access

3. Install certbot (choose instructions for nginx and your distribution) : https://certbot.eff.org/all-instructions

4. Install NodeJS 10.x: https://nodejs.org/en/download/package-manager/#debian-and-ubuntu-based-linux-distributions

5. Install yarn, and be sure to have a recent version: https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/install#linux-tab

6. Run:

$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt install nginx ffmpeg postgresql postgresql-contrib openssl g++ make redis-server git python-dev
$ ffmpeg -version # Should be >= 3.x
$ g++ -v # Should be >= 5.x

If you still have a 2.x version of FFmpeg on Ubuntu:

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jonathonf/ffmpeg-3
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt install ffmpeg

Now that dependencies are installed, before running PeerTube you should start PostgreSQL and Redis:

$ sudo systemctl start redis postgresql

Arch Linux

1. Run:

$ sudo pacman -S nodejs-lts-dubnium yarn ffmpeg postgresql openssl redis git wget unzip python2 base-devel npm nginx

Now that dependencies are installed, before running PeerTube you should start PostgreSQL and Redis:

$ sudo systemctl start redis postgresql

CentOS 7

1. Install NodeJS 10.x: https://nodejs.org/en/download/package-manager/#enterprise-linux-and-fedora
2. Install yarn: https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/install
3. Install or compile ffmpeg:
   • Install - https://linoxide.com/linux-how-to/install-ffmpeg-centos-7/
   • Compile - https://gist.github.com/mustafaturan/7053900#file-latest-ffmpeg-centos6-sh
4. Run:

$ sudo yum update
$ sudo yum install epel-release centos-release-scl
$ sudo yum update
$ sudo yum install nginx postgresql postgresql-server postgresql-contrib openssl gcc-c++ make wget redis git devtoolset-7

5. You need to use a more up to date version of G++ in order to run the yarn install command, hence the installation of devtoolset-7.

$ sudo scl enable devtoolset-7 bash

Later when you invoke any node command, please prefix them with CC=/opt/rh/devtoolset-7/root/usr/bin/gcc CXX=/opt/rh/devtoolset-7/root/usr/bin/g++, such as with:

$ sudo -H -u peertube CC=/opt/rh/devtoolset-7/root/usr/bin/gcc CXX=/opt/rh/devtoolset-7/root/usr/bin/g++ yarn install --production --pure-lockfile

Initialize the PostgreSQL database:

$ sudo postgresql-setup initdb

Now that dependencies are installed, before running PeerTube you should enable and start PostgreSQL and Redis:

$ sudo systemctl enable redis
$ sudo systemctl enable postgresql
$ sudo systemctl start redis
$ sudo systemctl start postgresql

Fedora

0. Upgrade your packages:

dnf upgrade

1. Add a user with sudoers group access:

useradd my-peertube-user
passwd my-peertube-user
usermod my-peertube-user -a -G wheel	# Add my-peertube-user to sudoers
su my-peertube-user

2. (Optional) Install certbot (choose instructions for nginx and your distribution) : https://certbot.eff.org/all-instructions
3. Install NodeJS 10.x: https://nodejs.org/en/download/package-manager/#enterprise-linux-and-fedora
4. Install yarn: https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/install
5. Enable RPM Fusion for Fedora (available for x86, x86_64, armhfp)

sudo dnf install https://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm

This is necessary because ffmpeg is not in the Fedora repos.

6. Run:

sudo dnf install nginx ffmpeg postgresql-server postgresql-contrib openssl gcc-c++ make redis git
ffmpeg -version # Should be >= 3.x
g++ -v # Should be >= 5.x

7. Post-installation

from PostgreSQL documentation:

Due to policies for Red Hat family distributions, the PostgreSQL installation will not be enabled for automatic start or have the database initialized automatically.

# PostgreSQL
sudo postgresql-setup initdb
sudo systemctl enable postgresql.service
sudo systemctl start postgresql.service
# Nginx
sudo systemctl enable nginx.service
sudo systemctl start nginx.service
# Redis
sudo systemctl enable redis.service
sudo systemctl start redis.service

8. Firewall

By default, you cannot access your server via public IP. To do so, you must configure firewall:

# Ports used by peertube dev setup
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-port=3000/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-port=9000/tcp
# Optional
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-service=http
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-service=https
# Reload firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

9. Configure max ports

This is necessary if you are running dev setup, otherwise you will have errors with nodemon

echo fs.inotify.max_user_watches=582222 | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf && sudo sysctl -p

More info

FreeBSD

On a fresh install of FreeBSD, new system or new jail:

1. bootstrap pkg, initialize db and install peertube's dependencies, always as root (sudo not yet installed):

# pkg
# pkg update
# pkg install -y sudo bash wget git python nginx pkgconf vips postgresql96-server postgresql96-contrib redis openssl node npm yarn ffmpeg unzip

2. Allow users in the wheel group (hope you don't forgot to add your user on wheel group!) to use sudo

# visudo

 Uncomment the line 90

%wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL

3. Enable nginx, redis, postgresql services and initialize database

# sysrc postgresql_enable="YES"
# sysrc redis_enable="YES"
# sysrc nginx_enable="YES"

 Initialize database and start services

# service postgresql initdb
# service postgresql start
# service redis start
# service nginx start

macOS

• Add the packages:

  brew install ffmpeg nginx postgresql openssl gcc make redis git yarn
  

• Run the services:

  brew services run postgresql
  brew services run redis
  

Gentoo

• Add this to /etc/portage/sets/peertube:

net-libs/nodejs
sys-apps/yarn
media-video/ffmpeg[x264] # Optionnally add vorbis,vpx
dev-db/postgresql
dev-db/redis
dev-vcs/git
app-arch/unzip
dev-lang/python:2.7
www-servers/nginx

# Optionnal, client for Let’s Encrypt:
# app-crypt/certbot
# app-crypt/certbot-nginx

• If you are on a "stable" Gentoo you need to accept the testing keyword ~amd64 yarn:

mkdir -p /etc/portage/package.keywords
cat << EOF >> /etc/portage/package.keywords/peertube
# required by yarn (argument) for PeerTube
sys-apps/yarn ~amd64
EOF

• Compile the peertube set:

emerge -a @peertube

• Initialize the PostgreSQL database if you just merged it:

emerge --config postgresql

• (For OpenRC) Enable and then start the services (replace with the correct PostgreSQL slot):

rc-update add redis
rc-update add postgresql-11
rc-service redis start
rc-service postgresql-11 start

Other distributions

Feel free to update this file in a pull request!