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CLI tools guide
Remote PeerTube CLI
peertube-cli
is a tool that communicates with a PeerTube instance using its REST API.
It can be launched from a remote server/computer to easily upload videos, manage plugins, redundancies etc.
Installation
Ensure you have node
installed on your system:
node --version # Should be >= 16.x
Then install the CLI:
sudo npm install -g @peertube/peertube-cli
CLI wrapper
The wrapper provides a convenient interface to the following sub-commands.
Usage: peertube-cli [command] [options]
Options:
-v, --version output the version number
-h, --help display help for command
Commands:
auth Register your accounts on remote instances to use them with other commands
upload|up [options] Upload a video on a PeerTube instance
redundancy|r Manage instance redundancies
plugins|p Manage instance plugins/themes
get-access-token|token [options] Get a peertube access token
help [command] display help for command
The wrapper can keep track of instances you have an account on. We limit to one account per instance for now.
peertube-cli auth add -u 'PEERTUBE_URL' -U 'PEERTUBE_USER' --password 'PEERTUBE_PASSWORD'
peertube-cli auth list
┌──────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────┐
│ instance │ login │
├──────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────┤
│ 'PEERTUBE_URL' │ 'PEERTUBE_USER' │
└──────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────┘
You can now use that account to execute sub-commands without feeding the --url
, --username
and --password
parameters:
peertube-cli upload <videoFile>
peertube-cli plugins list
...
peertube-cli upload
You can use this script to upload 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}
peertube-cli upload --help
peertube-cli plugins
Install/update/uninstall or list local or NPM PeerTube plugins:
cd ${CLONE}
peertube-cli plugins --help
peertube-cli plugins list --help
peertube-cli plugins install --help
peertube-cli plugins update --help
peertube-cli plugins uninstall --help
peertube-cli plugins install --path /my/plugin/path
peertube-cli plugins install --npm-name peertube-theme-example
peertube-cli redundancy
Manage (list/add/remove) video redundancies:
To list your videos that are duplicated by remote instances:
peertube-cli redundancy list-remote-redundancies
To list remote videos that your instance duplicated:
peertube-cli redundancy list-my-redundancies
To duplicate a specific video in your redundancy system:
peertube-cli redundancy add --video 823
To remove a video redundancy:
peertube-cli redundancy remove --video 823
PeerTube runner
PeerTube >= 5.2 supports VOD or Live transcoding by a remote PeerTube runner.
Installation
Ensure you have node
, ffmpeg
and ffprobe
installed on your system:
node --version # Should be >= 16.x
ffprobe -version # Should be >= 4.3
ffmpeg -version # Should be >= 4.3
Then install the CLI:
sudo npm install -g @peertube/peertube-runner
Configuration
The runner uses env paths like ~/.config
, ~/.cache
and ~/.local/share
directories to store runner configuration or temporary files.
Multiple PeerTube runners can run on the same OS by using the --id
CLI option (each runner uses its own config/tmp directories):
peertube-runner [commands] --id instance-1
peertube-runner [commands] --id instance-2
peertube-runner [commands] --id instance-3
You can change the runner configuration (jobs concurrency, ffmpeg threads/nice etc) by editing ~/.config/peertube-runner-nodejs/[id]/config.toml
.
Run the server
You need to run the runner in server mode first so it can run transcoding jobs of registered PeerTube instances:
peertube-runner server
Register
Then, you can register the runner to process transcoding job of a remote PeerTube instance:
peertube-runner register --url http://peertube.example.com --registration-token ptrrt-... --runner-name my-runner-name
The runner will then use a websocket connection with the PeerTube instance to be notified about new available transcoding jobs.
Unregister
To unregister a PeerTube instance:
peertube-runner unregister --url http://peertube.example.com --runner-name my-runner-name
List registered instances
peertube-runner list-registered
Server tools
Server tools are scripts that interect directly with the code of your PeerTube instance.
They must be run on the server, in peertube-latest
directory.
Parse logs
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 video thumbnails
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
Add or replace specific video file
You can use this script to import a video file to replace an already uploaded file or to add a new web compatible resolution to a video. PeerTube needs to be running. You can then create a transcoding job using the web interface 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]
Move video files to object storage
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
Generate storyboard
PeerTube >= 6.0
Use this script to generate storyboard of a specific 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-generate-storyboard-job -- -v [videoUUID]
# Docker installation
cd /var/www/peertube-docker
docker-compose exec -u peertube peertube npm run create-generate-storyboard-job -- -v [videoUUID]
The script can also generate all missing storyboards of local videos:
# Basic installation
cd /var/www/peertube/peertube-latest
sudo -u peertube NODE_CONFIG_DIR=/var/www/peertube/config NODE_ENV=production npm run create-generate-storyboard-job -- --all-videos
# Docker installation
cd /var/www/peertube-docker
docker-compose exec -u peertube peertube npm run create-generate-storyboard-job -- --all-videos
Prune filesystem storage
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 PeerTube instance domain name
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 user password
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
Install or uninstall plugins
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