How to Install PeerTube on OpenSUSE Latest

PeerTube is a free, decentralized, federated video platform that uses peer-to-peer technology to enable the distribution and sharing of videos. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install PeerTube on OpenSUSE Latest.

Prerequisites

To install PeerTube on OpenSUSE, you will need the following:

• A server running OpenSUSE Latest
• A user account with sudo privileges

Step 1 - Installing Node.js and Yarn

PeerTube requires Node.js and Yarn to run correctly. To install them, follow these steps:

1. Open the terminal on your OpenSUSE server.
2. Update the package repository and installed packages with the following commands:

sudo zypper update
sudo zypper refresh

3. Install Node.js and Yarn with the following command:

sudo zypper install nodejs yarn

4. Verify that Node.js and Yarn are installed and running correctly with the following commands:

node -v
yarn -v

Step 2 - Installing PostgreSQL

PeerTube requires PostgreSQL as its database server. To install PostgreSQL, follow these steps:

1. Install PostgreSQL with the following command:

sudo zypper install postgresql-server postgresql-client

2. Initialize the PostgreSQL database and start the service with the following commands:

sudo systemctl enable postgresql
sudo systemctl start postgresql

3. Verify that PostgreSQL is installed and running correctly with the following command:

sudo systemctl status postgresql

Step 3 - Installing PeerTube

Now that all the prerequisites are installed, you can install PeerTube. Follow these steps:

1. Clone the PeerTube source code from the Git repository with the following command:

git clone https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube.git /opt/PeerTube

2. Change the directory to /opt/PeerTube and install the dependencies with the following commands:

cd /opt/PeerTube
sudo yarn install

3. Create a new configuration file with the following command:

cp ./config/production.yaml.example ./config/production.yaml

4. Open the production.yaml file with a text editor and configure it to match your PostgreSQL database server.

nano ./config/production.yaml

5. Create the PeerTube database by running the following command:

sudo -iu postgres psql -c "CREATE DATABASE peertube"

6. Migrate the database schema with the following command:

sudo -iu peertube NODE_ENV=production npm run db:migrate

7. Start the PeerTube server with the following command:

sudo -iu peertube NODE_ENV=production npm run start

Step 4 - Accessing PeerTube

Now that PeerTube is installed and running, you can access it from a web browser. Open your favorite web browser and go to http://your-server-ip:9000. You should see the PeerTube login page.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you learned how to install PeerTube on OpenSUSE Latest. PeerTube is a powerful video sharing platform that provides more privacy and control for users. By following these steps, you can easily set up your own PeerTube instance and use it to share videos with others.