PeerTube is a federated video sharing platform that allows you to host and share videos in a decentralized manner. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing PeerTube on Kali Linux.
Before you start the installation process, make sure you have the following prerequisites installed on your system:
To install Node.js, open your terminal and run the following command:
sudo apt install nodejs npm
To install PostgreSQL, open your terminal and run the following command:
sudo apt install postgresql postgresql-contrib
Once PostgreSQL is installed, create a new database and user for PeerTube. To do this, run the following commands:
sudo -u postgres psql
CREATE DATABASE peertube;
CREATE USER peertube WITH PASSWORD 'yourpassword';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE peertube TO peertube;
\q
To install Redis, open your terminal and run the following command:
sudo apt install redis-server
To install PeerTube, download the latest stable release from the official website at https://joinpeertube.org/en/. Once you have downloaded the package, extract it to a directory of your choice.
Next, navigate to the extracted directory and install the required dependencies by running the following command:
npm install
Create a configuration file for PeerTube by running the following command:
cp config/production.yaml.exemple config/production.yaml
Open the newly created configuration file in your preferred editor and modify the following settings:
Save the changes and exit the editor.
To start the PeerTube server, run the following command:
NODE_ENV=production npm start
You should now be able to access PeerTube by navigating to the server URL in your web browser.
We recommend using a reverse proxy like Nginx to serve your PeerTube instance. To install Nginx, open your terminal and run the following command:
sudo apt install nginx
To configure Nginx, create a new configuration file by running the following command:
sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/peertube
Copy and paste the following configuration into the file:
upstream peertube_backend {
server 127.0.0.1:9000;
}
server {
listen 80;
server_name yourdomain.com;
try_files $uri @backend;
location / {
proxy_pass http://peertube_backend;
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
}
location @backend {
proxy_pass http://peertube_backend;
}
}
Replace yourdomain.com with your own domain name. Save the changes and exit the editor.
Next, enable the new configuration by running the following command:
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/peertube /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
Restart Nginx to apply the changes by running the following command:
sudo service nginx restart
Congratulations, you have successfully installed and configured PeerTube on Kali Linux!
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