Add nginx sidecar in the Peertube pod to serve static filees and preserve optimisation from the official Peertube Nginx configuration. Sidecar is optionnal and can be disabled.

scripts/peertube-init.sh

@@ -11,4 +11,7 @@ cp /app/support/docker/production/config/custom-environment-variables.yaml /conf
 # Patch user after the cp
 find /config ! -user peertube -exec chown peertube:peertube {} \;
 
+# Prepare assets for the Nginx sidecar
+cp -r /app/client/dist/* /assets/
+
 exit 0

templates/deployment.yaml

@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ spec:
             - mountPath: /init
               name: peertube-init
               readOnly: true
+            - name: peertubeassets
+              mountPath: /assets
           command:
             - sh
             - /init/peertube-init.sh
@@ -51,12 +53,54 @@ spec:
             - /init/peertube-chown.sh
 {{- end }}
       containers:
+{{- if .Values.nginxproxy.enabled }}
+        - name: nginx-proxy
+          image: "{{ .Values.nginxproxy.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.nginxproxy.image.tag }}"
+          imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.image.pullPolicy }}
+          ports:
+            - name: http
+              containerPort: {{ .Values.nginxproxy.service.port }}
+              protocol: TCP
+          livenessProbe:
+            httpGet:
+              path: /
+              port: http
+            initialDelaySeconds: 60
+          readinessProbe:
+            httpGet:
+              path: /
+              port: http
+            initialDelaySeconds: 60
+          volumeMounts:
+            - name: nginxtemp
+              mountPath: /nginxtemp
+            - mountPath: /etc/nginx/conf.d
+              name: nginx-proxyconf
+              readOnly: true
+            - name: peertubeassets
+              mountPath: /assets
+              readOnly: true
+            - name: data
+              mountPath: /data
+{{- end }}
         - name: {{ .Chart.Name }}
           image: "{{ .Values.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.image.tag }}"
           imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.image.pullPolicy }}
+{{- if .Values.nginxproxy.enabled }}
+          livenessProbe:
+            httpGet:
+              path: /
+              port: 9000
+            initialDelaySeconds: 60
+          readinessProbe:
+            httpGet:
+              path: /
+              port: 9000
+            initialDelaySeconds: 60
+{{- else }}
           ports:
             - name: http
-              containerPort: 9000
+              containerPort: {{ .Values.service.port }}
               protocol: TCP
           livenessProbe:
             httpGet:
@@ -68,6 +112,7 @@ spec:
               path: /
               port: http
             initialDelaySeconds: 60
+{{- end }}
           command:
             - gosu
             - peertube
@@ -146,6 +191,20 @@ spec:
         - name: config
           emptyDir: {}
 {{- end }}
+{{- if .Values.nginxproxy.persistence.enabled }}
+        - name: nginxtemp
+          persistentVolumeClaim:
+            claimName: {{ .Values.nginxproxy.persistence.existingClaim }}
+{{- else }}
+        - name: nginxtemp
+          emptyDir: {}
+{{- end }}
+        - name: peertubeassets
+          emptyDir: {}
+        - configMap:
+            defaultMode: 420
+            name: nginx-proxyconf
+          name: nginx-proxyconf
         - configMap:
             defaultMode: 420
             name: peertube-init

templates/nginx-proxyconf.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: nginx-proxyconf
+data:
+  peertubesite.conf: |-
+    server {
+      listen {{ .Values.nginxproxy.service.port }} default_server;
+      listen [::]:{{ .Values.nginxproxy.service.port }} default_server;
+      server_name _;
+
+      error_log  /var/log/nginx/error.log warn;
+      access_log  /var/log/nginx/access.log  main;
+
+      # Enable compression for JS/CSS/HTML bundle, for improved client load times.
+      # It might be nice to compress JSON, but leaving that out to protect against potential
+      # compression+encryption information leak attacks like BREACH.
+      gzip on;
+      gzip_types text/css application/javascript;
+      gzip_vary on;
+
+      # If you have a small /var/lib partition, it could be interesting to store temp nginx uploads in a different place
+      # See https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_core_module.html#client_body_temp_path
+      client_body_temp_path /nginxtemp;
+
+      # Bypass PeerTube for performance reasons. Could be removed
+      location ~ ^/client/(.*\.(js|css|png|svg|woff2|otf|ttf|woff|eot))$ {
+        add_header Cache-Control "public, max-age=31536000, immutable";
+
+        alias /assets/$1;
+      }
+
+      # Bypass PeerTube for performance reasons. Could be removed
+      location ~ ^/static/(thumbnails|avatars)/ {
+        if ($request_method = 'OPTIONS') {
+          add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' '*';
+          add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Methods' 'GET, OPTIONS';
+          add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Headers' 'Range,DNT,X-CustomHeader,Keep-Alive,User-Agent,X-Requested-With,If-Modified-Since,Cache-Control,Content-Type';
+          add_header 'Access-Control-Max-Age' 1728000;
+          add_header 'Content-Type' 'text/plain charset=UTF-8';
+          add_header 'Content-Length' 0;
+          return 204;
+        }
+
+        add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' '*';
+        add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Methods' 'GET, OPTIONS';
+        add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Headers' 'Range,DNT,X-CustomHeader,Keep-Alive,User-Agent,X-Requested-With,If-Modified-Since,Cache-Control,Content-Type';
+
+        # Cache 2 hours
+        add_header Cache-Control "public, max-age=7200";
+
+        root /data;
+
+        rewrite ^/static/(thumbnails|avatars)/(.*)$ /$1/$2 break;
+        try_files $uri /;
+      }
+
+      location / {
+        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:{{ .Values.service.port }};
+        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
+        proxy_set_header Host $host;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+
+        # This is the maximum upload size, which roughly matches the maximum size of a video file
+        # you can send via the API or the web interface. By default this is 8GB, but administrators
+        # can increase or decrease the limit. Currently there's no way to communicate this limit
+        # to users automatically, so you may want to leave a note in your instance 'about' page if
+        # you change this.
+        #
+        # Note that temporary space is needed equal to the total size of all concurrent uploads.
+        # This data gets stored in /var/lib/nginx by default, so you may want to put this directory
+        # on a dedicated filesystem.
+        #
+        client_max_body_size {{ .Values.nginxproxy.maxbodysize }};
+
+        # Default timeout to 50m to allow large upload with slow connection
+        proxy_connect_timeout       3000;
+        proxy_send_timeout          3000;
+        proxy_read_timeout          3000;
+        send_timeout                3000;
+      }
+
+      # Bypass PeerTube for performance reasons. Could be removed
+      location ~ ^/static/(webseed|redundancy|streaming-playlists)/ {
+        # Clients usually have 4 simultaneous webseed connections, so the real limit is 4MB/s per client
+        set $peertube_limit_rate 1000k;
+
+        # Increase rate limit in HLS mode, because we don't have multiple simultaneous connections
+        if ($request_uri ~ -fragmented.mp4$) {
+          set $peertube_limit_rate 5000k;
+        }
+
+        # Use this with nginx >= 1.17.0
+        limit_rate $peertube_limit_rate;
+
+        if ($request_method = 'OPTIONS') {
+          add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' '*';
+          add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Methods' 'GET, OPTIONS';
+          add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Headers' 'Range,DNT,X-CustomHeader,Keep-Alive,User-Agent,X-Requested-With,If-Modified-Since,Cache-Control,Content-Type';
+          add_header 'Access-Control-Max-Age' 1728000;
+          add_header 'Content-Type' 'text/plain charset=UTF-8';
+          add_header 'Content-Length' 0;
+          return 204;
+        }
+
+        if ($request_method = 'GET') {
+          add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' '*';
+          add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Methods' 'GET, OPTIONS';
+          add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Headers' 'Range,DNT,X-CustomHeader,Keep-Alive,User-Agent,X-Requested-With,If-Modified-Since,Cache-Control,Content-Type';
+
+          # Don't spam access log file with byte range requests
+          access_log off;
+        }
+
+        root /data;
+
+        rewrite ^/static/webseed/(.*)$ /videos/$1 break;
+        rewrite ^/static/redundancy/(.*)$ /redundancy/$1 break;
+        rewrite ^/static/streaming-playlists/(.*)$ /streaming-playlists/$1 break;
+
+        try_files $uri /;
+      }
+
+      # Websocket tracker
+      location /tracker/socket {
+        # Peers send a message to the tracker every 15 minutes
+        # Don't close the websocket before this time
+        proxy_read_timeout 1200s;
+        proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
+        proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
+        proxy_http_version 1.1;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+        proxy_set_header Host $host;
+        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:{{ .Values.service.port }};
+      }
+
+      location /socket.io {
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+        proxy_set_header Host $host;
+
+        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:{{ .Values.service.port }};
+
+        # enable WebSockets
+        proxy_http_version 1.1;
+        proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
+        proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
+      }
+    }

templates/service.yaml

@@ -10,10 +10,17 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   type: {{ .Values.service.type }}
   ports:
+{{- if .Values.nginxproxy.enabled }}
+    - port: {{ .Values.nginxproxy.service.port }}
+      targetPort: http
+      protocol: TCP
+      name: http
+{{- else }}
     - port: {{ .Values.service.port }}
       targetPort: http
       protocol: TCP
       name: http
+{{- end }}
   selector:
     app: {{ template "peertube.name" . }}
     release: {{ .Release.Name }}

values.yaml

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ image:
 
 service:
   type: ClusterIP
+  # Be careful, if nginx-proxy is enabled, the service port for ingress is the nginx service port  (see nginxproxy below)
   port: 9000
 
 ingress:
@@ -86,6 +87,21 @@ environment:
   signup: false
   transcoding: true
 
+nginxproxy:
+  enabled: true
+  service:
+    # Be careful if you use the nginx proxy, the port CANNOT BE the same than default Peertube port (9000)
+    port: 9001
+  image:
+    repository: nginx
+    tag: 1.17.9
+  maxbodysize: 8G
+  # When uploading, temporary space is needed equal to the total size of all concurrent uploads.
+  # It could be a good idea to use an outside docker storage (eg: pvc in k8s) for these files
+  persistence:
+    enabled: false
+    existingClaim: pvc-nginx-proxy
+
 redis:
   usePassword: false
   password: peertube