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CLI tools guide

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Remote Tools
Server tools

Remote Tools

You need at least 512MB RAM to run the script. Scripts can be launched directly from a PeerTube server, or from a separate server, even a desktop PC. You need to follow all the following steps even if you are on a PeerTube server (including cloning the git repository in a different directory than your production installation because the scripts utilize non-production dependencies).

Dependencies

Install the PeerTube dependencies except PostgreSQL and Redis.

Installation

Clone the PeerTube repo to get the latest version (even if you are on your PeerTube server):

$ git clone https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube.git
$ CLONE="$(pwd)/PeerTube"
$ cd ${CLONE}

Install dependencies and build CLI tools:

$ NOCLIENT=1 yarn install --pure-lockfile
$ npm run setup:cli

CLI wrapper

The wrapper provides a convenient interface to the following scripts. You can access it as peertube via an alias in your .bashrc like alias peertube="cd /your/peertube/directory/ && node ./dist/server/tools/peertube.js" (you have to keep the cd command):

  Usage: peertube [command] [options]

  Options:

    -v, --version         output the version number
    -h, --help            output usage information

  Commands:

    auth [action]         register your accounts on remote instances to use them with other commands
    upload|up             upload a video
    import-videos|import  import a video from a streaming platform
    plugins|p [action]    manage instance plugins
    redundancy|r [action] manage video redundancies
    help [cmd]            display help for [cmd]

The wrapper can keep track of instances you have an account on. We limit to one account per instance for now.

$ peertube auth add -u 'PEERTUBE_URL' -U 'PEERTUBE_USER' --password 'PEERTUBE_PASSWORD'
$ peertube auth list
┌──────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────┐
│ instance                     │ login                        │
├──────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────┤
│ 'PEERTUBE_URL'               │ 'PEERTUBE_USER'              │
└──────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────┘

You can now use that account to upload videos without feeding the same parameters again.

$ peertube up <videoFile>

To list, install, uninstall dynamically plugins/themes of an instance:

$ peertube plugins list
$ peertube plugins install --path /local/plugin/path
$ peertube plugins install --npm-name peertube-plugin-myplugin
$ peertube plugins uninstall --npm-name peertube-plugin-myplugin

peertube-import-videos.js

You can use this script to import videos from all supported sites of youtube-dl into PeerTube. Be sure you own the videos or have the author's authorization to do so.

$ node dist/server/tools/peertube-import-videos.js \
    -u 'PEERTUBE_URL' \
    -U 'PEERTUBE_USER' \
    --password 'PEERTUBE_PASSWORD' \
    --target-url 'TARGET_URL'

PEERTUBE_URL : the full URL of your PeerTube server where you want to import, eg: https://peertube.cpy.re
PEERTUBE_USER : your PeerTube account where videos will be uploaded
PEERTUBE_PASSWORD : password of your PeerTube account (if --password PEERTUBE_PASSWORD is omitted, you will be prompted for it)
TARGET_URL : the target url you want to import. Examples:
- YouTube:
  - Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/ChannelId
  - User https://www.youtube.com/c/UserName or https://www.youtube.com/user/UserName
  - Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blabla
- Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/xxxxxx
- Dailymotion: https://www.dailymotion.com/xxxxx

The script will get all public videos from Youtube, download them and upload to PeerTube. Already downloaded videos will not be uploaded twice, so you can run and re-run the script in case of crash, disconnection...

Videos will be publicly available after transcoding (you can see them before that in your account on the web interface).

NB: If you want to synchronize a Youtube channel to your PeerTube instance (ensure you have the agreement from the author), you can add a crontab rule (or an equivalent of your OS) and insert these rules (ensure to customize them to your needs):

# Update youtube-dl every day at midnight
0 0 * * * /usr/bin/npm rebuild youtube-dl --prefix /PATH/TO/PEERTUBE/

# Synchronize the YT channel every sunday at 22:00 all the videos published since last monday included
0 22 * * 0 /usr/bin/node /PATH/TO/PEERTUBE/dist/server/tools/peertube-import-videos.js -u '__PEERTUBE_URL__' -U '__USER__' --password '__PASSWORD__' --target-url 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/___CHANNEL__' --since $(date --date="-6 days" +%Y-%m-%d)

Also you may want to subscribe to the PeerTube channel in order to manually check the synchronization is successful.

peertube-upload.js

You can use this script to import videos directly from the CLI.

Videos will be publicly available after transcoding (you can see them before that in your account on the web interface).

$ cd ${CLONE}
$ node dist/server/tools/peertube-upload.js --help

peertube-plugins.js

Install/update/uninstall or list local or NPM PeerTube plugins:

$ cd ${CLONE}
$ node dist/server/tools/peertube-plugins.js --help
$ node dist/server/tools/peertube-plugins.js list --help
$ node dist/server/tools/peertube-plugins.js install --help
$ node dist/server/tools/peertube-plugins.js update --help
$ node dist/server/tools/peertube-plugins.js uninstall --help

$ node dist/server/tools/peertube-plugins.js install --path /my/plugin/path
$ node dist/server/tools/peertube-plugins.js install --npm-name peertube-theme-example

peertube-redundancy.js

Manage (list/add/remove) video redundancies:

To list your videos that are duplicated by remote instances:

$ node dist/server/tools/peertube.js redundancy list-remote-redundancies

To list remote videos that your instance duplicated:

$ node dist/server/tools/peertube.js redundancy list-my-redundancies

To duplicate a specific video in your redundancy system:

$ node dist/server/tools/peertube.js redundancy add --video 823

To remove a video redundancy:

$ node dist/server/tools/peertube.js redundancy remove --video 823

Server tools

These scripts should be run on the server, in peertube-latest directory.

parse-log

To parse PeerTube last log file:

$ # Basic installation
$ cd /var/www/peertube/peertube-latest
$ sudo -u peertube NODE_CONFIG_DIR=/var/www/peertube/config NODE_ENV=production npm run parse-log -- --level info

$ # Docker installation
$ cd /var/www/peertube-docker
$ docker-compose exec -u peertube peertube npm run parse-log -- --level info

--level is optional and could be info/warn/error

You can also remove SQL or HTTP logs using --not-tags (PeerTube >= 3.2):

$ # Basic installation
$ cd /var/www/peertube/peertube-latest
$ sudo -u peertube NODE_CONFIG_DIR=/var/www/peertube/config NODE_ENV=production npm run parse-log -- --level debug --not-tags http sql

$ # Docker installation
$ cd /var/www/peertube-docker
$ docker-compose exec -u peertube peertube npm run parse-log -- --level debug --not-tags http sql

regenerate-thumbnails.js

PeerTube >= 3.2

Regenerating local video thumbnails could be useful because new PeerTube releases may increase thumbnail sizes:

$ # Basic installation
$ cd /var/www/peertube/peertube-latest
$ sudo -u peertube NODE_CONFIG_DIR=/var/www/peertube/config NODE_ENV=production npm run regenerate-thumbnails

$ # Docker installation
$ cd /var/www/peertube-docker
$ docker-compose exec -u peertube peertube npm run regenerate-thumbnails

create-transcoding-job.js

You can use this script to force transcoding of an existing video. PeerTube needs to be running.

To generate transcoding jobs depending on the instance configuration:

$ # Basic installation
$ cd /var/www/peertube/peertube-latest
$ sudo -u peertube NODE_CONFIG_DIR=/var/www/peertube/config NODE_ENV=production npm run create-transcoding-job -- -v [videoUUID]

$ # Docker installation
$ cd /var/www/peertube-docker
$ docker-compose exec -u peertube peertube npm run create-transcoding-job -- -v [videoUUID]

Or to transcode to a specific resolution:

$ # Basic installation
$ cd /var/www/peertube/peertube-latest
$ sudo -u peertube NODE_CONFIG_DIR=/var/www/peertube/config NODE_ENV=production npm run create-transcoding-job -- -v [videoUUID] -r [resolution]

$ # Docker installation
$ cd /var/www/peertube-docker
$ docker-compose exec -u peertube peertube npm run create-transcoding-job -- -v [videoUUID] -r [resolution]

The resolution should be an integer (1080, 720, 480, etc.)

To generate an HLS playlist for a video:

$ # Basic installation
$ cd /var/www/peertube/peertube-latest
$ sudo -u peertube NODE_CONFIG_DIR=/var/www/peertube/config NODE_ENV=production npm run create-transcoding-job -- --generate-hls -v [videoUUID]

$ # Docker installation
$ cd /var/www/peertube-docker
$ docker-compose exec -u peertube peertube npm run create-transcoding-job -- --generate-hls -v [videoUUID]

create-import-video-file-job.js

You can use this script to import a video file to replace an already uploaded file or to add a new webtorrent resolution to a video. PeerTube needs to be running. You can then create a transcoding job using npm run create-transcoding-job if you need to optimize your file or create an HLS version of it.

$ # Basic installation
$ cd /var/www/peertube/peertube-latest
$ sudo -u peertube NODE_CONFIG_DIR=/var/www/peertube/config NODE_ENV=production npm run create-import-video-file-job -- -v [videoUUID] -i [videoFile]

$ # Docker installation
$ cd /var/www/peertube-docker
$ docker-compose exec -u peertube peertube npm run create-import-video-file-job -- -v [videoUUID] -i [videoFile]

create-move-video-storage-job.js

PeerTube >= 4.0

Use this script to move all video files or a specific video file to object storage.

$ # Basic installation
$ cd /var/www/peertube/peertube-latest
$ sudo -u peertube NODE_CONFIG_DIR=/var/www/peertube/config NODE_ENV=production npm run create-move-video-storage-job -- --to-object-storage -v [videoUUID]

$ # Docker installation
$ cd /var/www/peertube-docker
$ docker-compose exec -u peertube peertube npm run create-move-video-storage-job -- --to-object-storage -v [videoUUID]

The script can also move all video files that are not already in object storage:

$ # Basic installation
$ cd /var/www/peertube/peertube-latest
$ sudo -u peertube NODE_CONFIG_DIR=/var/www/peertube/config NODE_ENV=production npm run create-move-video-storage-job -- --to-object-storage --all-videos

$ # Docker installation
$ cd /var/www/peertube-docker
$ docker-compose exec -u peertube peertube npm run create-move-video-storage-job -- --to-object-storage --all-videos

prune-storage.js

Some transcoded videos or shutdown at a bad time can leave some unused files on your storage. Stop PeerTube and delete these files (a confirmation will be demanded first):

$ cd /var/www/peertube/peertube-latest
$ sudo systemctl stop peertube && sudo -u peertube NODE_CONFIG_DIR=/var/www/peertube/config NODE_ENV=production npm run prune-storage

update-host.js

Changing the hostname is unsupported and may be a risky operation, especially if you have already federated. If you started PeerTube with a domain, and then changed it you will have invalid torrent files and invalid URLs in your database. To fix this, you have to run the command below (keep in mind your follower instances will NOT update their URLs).

$ # Basic installation
$ cd /var/www/peertube/peertube-latest
$ sudo -u peertube NODE_CONFIG_DIR=/var/www/peertube/config NODE_ENV=production npm run update-host

$ # Docker installation
$ cd /var/www/peertube-docker
$ docker-compose exec -u peertube peertube npm run update-host

reset-password.js

To reset a user password from CLI, run:

$ # Basic installation
$ cd /var/www/peertube/peertube-latest
$ sudo -u peertube NODE_CONFIG_DIR=/var/www/peertube/config NODE_ENV=production npm run reset-password -- -u target_username

$ # Docker installation
$ cd /var/www/peertube-docker
$ docker-compose exec -u peertube peertube npm run reset-password -- -u target_username

plugin install/uninstall

The difference with peertube plugins CLI is that these scripts can be used even if PeerTube is not running. If PeerTube is running, you need to restart it for the changes to take effect (whereas with peertube plugins CLI, plugins/themes are dynamically loaded on the server).

To install/update a plugin or a theme from the disk:

$ cd /var/www/peertube/peertube-latest
$ sudo -u peertube NODE_CONFIG_DIR=/var/www/peertube/config NODE_ENV=production npm run plugin:install -- --plugin-path /local/plugin/path

$ # Docker installation
$ cd /var/www/peertube-docker
$ docker-compose exec -u peertube peertube npm run plugin:install -- --plugin-path /local/plugin/path

From NPM:

$ cd /var/www/peertube/peertube-latest
$ sudo -u peertube NODE_CONFIG_DIR=/var/www/peertube/config NODE_ENV=production npm run plugin:install -- --npm-name peertube-plugin-myplugin

$ # Docker installation
$ cd /var/www/peertube-docker
$ docker-compose exec -u peertube peertube npm run plugin:install -- --npm-name peertube-plugin-myplugin

To uninstall a plugin or a theme:

$ cd /var/www/peertube/peertube-latest
$ sudo -u peertube NODE_CONFIG_DIR=/var/www/peertube/config NODE_ENV=production npm run plugin:uninstall -- --npm-name peertube-plugin-myplugin

$ # Docker installation
$ cd /var/www/peertube-docker
$ docker-compose exec -u peertube peertube npm run plugin:uninstall -- --npm-name peertube-plugin-myplugin

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