PeerTube Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Run a self-hosted, federated video platform on infrastructure you control, instead of publishing your community's videos to someone else's platform. xCloud configures the pinned PeerTube v8.2.4 image, a private PostgreSQL database, a private Redis instance and the HTTPS reverse proxy in minutes, so your root administrator account and first channel are ready right after the domain resolves.

  • No terminal
  • No technical skills needed
  • No lock-in, cancel anytime

From Sign-Up to a Live PeerTube Channel In Just 3 Easy Steps

Self-hosting a federated video platform normally means an application server, a relational database, a cache, a reverse proxy and a domain and certificate before a single video plays. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

  1. Step 01

    Sign Up

    Create your xCloud account and pick PeerTube from the OneClick catalog. Choose a site title, your domain, the target server, and enter your administrator email address.

  2. Step 02

    We Deploy It For You

    One click. We bring up the official PeerTube v8.2.4 image alongside a private PostgreSQL 17 and a private Redis 8, all three pinned by immutable digest, mount the peertube_config, peertube_data, peertube_postgres_data and peertube_redis_data volumes, and publish it over HTTPS on your domain.

  3. Step 03

    Sign In And Publish

    Open the generated HTTPS URL and sign in as root with the generated password shown by xCloud, then change it immediately. Review instance identity, moderation and registration settings, publish a video, and confirm processing and playback complete.

Everything PeerTube Does, On Your Own Server

PeerTube runs in full here — channels, playlists, moderation and ActivityPub federation, on infrastructure you control.

  • Channels And Playlists

    Publish videos into channels and organize them into playlists, with the full PeerTube upload and management experience.

  • ActivityPub Federation

    Federate with other PeerTube instances over ActivityPub, so your videos and channels can be discovered beyond your own server.

  • Moderation And Registration Controls

    Review instance settings, moderation tools and registration policy before opening your instance up, with public registration off by default.

  • Private PostgreSQL And Redis

    Accounts, metadata and federation state live in PostgreSQL, with Redis backing jobs and transient state — neither is exposed on a public port, only PeerTube is.

  • Persistent Media And Application State

    Uploaded media, thumbnails, playlists, logs, plugins and database state all persist on their own volumes, surviving a restart or lifecycle action.

  • Multi-Architecture, Immutable Image

    PeerTube runs from the official immutable image, pinned by digest, on both amd64 and arm64 hosts.

Everything You Need To Run Your Video Platform 24/7

Managed hosting for PeerTube, so the parts that keep it online are not your problem.

  • PeerTube v8.2.4 deployed instantly
  • Official pinned image digests
  • Private PostgreSQL and Redis, not exposed to the internet
  • Root administrator account generated for you
  • Free SSL certificate
  • Server backups and snapshots
  • Server security updates included
  • 30+ server locations
  • Unused balance refunded

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

Dedicated Cloud VPS sizes, pre-configured for PeerTube and its private PostgreSQL and Redis services. Pick the one that fits, and resize any time.

Cloud VPS 16 GB

Most popular

A community instance with real headroom for uploads and transcoding.

$59.99per month

  • 16 GB RAM
  • 6 vCPU cores
  • 200 GB NVMe SSD
  • 30 TB
  • Unlimited
Get started

Cloud VPS 24 GB

Heavier upload volume, more concurrent transcoding, larger federation.

$84.99per month

  • 24 GB RAM
  • 8 vCPU cores
  • 300 GB NVMe SSD
  • 30 TB
  • Unlimited
Get started

Every size is a dedicated Cloud VPS we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Billed monthly with no lock-in — delete the server and the unused balance comes back to your account. The 6 GB rung sold elsewhere on this site is deliberately absent: PeerTube's own template minimum is 4 GB, and upstream recommends 8 GB with 8 CPU cores for on-box transcoding, which does not fit comfortably under it. PeerTube itself is free under the GNU AGPL v3 licence.

Already Have a Server? Bring Your Own

Connect any VPS — DigitalOcean, Vultr, Linode, AWS, Hetzner or bare metal — and deploy PeerTube on it through the same panel, for a per-server management fee instead of a Cloud VPS rental. Size it above PeerTube's own 4 GB minimum.

Free

Start your journey without cost.

$0forever

  • 1 server
  • 10 sites
Start free

Starter

Most popular

Your rate with 2–5 servers connected.

$5per server / month

  • 2–5 servers
  • Unlimited sites
  • All features included
  • Bring any VPS provider
Get started

Professional

The same platform, discounted at 6–10 servers.

$4per server / month

  • 6–10 servers
  • Unlimited sites
  • All features included
  • Bring any VPS provider
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Agency

The same platform, discounted at 11+ servers.

$3per server / month

  • 11+ servers
  • Unlimited sites
  • All features included
  • Bring any VPS provider
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Priced per connected server, so your rate adjusts automatically as you add or remove servers. You pay your own provider for the server itself.

Ready To Run Your Own Federated Video Platform?

PeerTube on xCloud runs on a dedicated Cloud VPS that we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Deploy faster. Own the server. Stay in control.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have.

What is PeerTube?

PeerTube is a free, open-source, federated video platform — channels, playlists, moderation and ActivityPub federation, so your instance can interconnect with other PeerTube servers instead of standing alone. This template deploys v8.2.4.

Is PeerTube free?

Yes — it is free and open source under the GNU Affero General Public License v3. What you pay xCloud for is the dedicated server it runs on and the management around it, not the software itself.

Can I self-host PeerTube?

Yes — that is exactly what this template deploys. It brings up the official PeerTube image alongside a private PostgreSQL and a private Redis, all three pinned by immutable digest, mounts four persistent volumes and publishes it over HTTPS on your domain in minutes instead of assembled by hand.

Who becomes the administrator, and how do I sign in?

xCloud creates an initial root administrator for you. After installation, the credentials panel shows your PeerTube URL, the username root, and a generated password — sign in with those and change the password immediately from PeerTube's own settings.

What does xCloud configure automatically?

A private PostgreSQL database and a private Redis instance with generated passwords, a PeerTube application secret, the root administrator account, all four persistent volumes, the domain, and the HTTPS route. Only the PeerTube application is published — PostgreSQL and Redis stay private on the internal network.

Is email delivery set up for me?

No. The template points PeerTube's SMTP settings at an unauthenticated localhost relay with TLS off, which does not deliver mail. Configure authenticated external SMTP inside PeerTube's environment settings before relying on email for password resets or notifications.

Is public registration open by default?

No. Public registration is disabled by default. Review PeerTube's registration settings and turn it on deliberately only if you want your instance to accept public sign-ups.

What should I back up?

peertube_config, peertube_data, peertube_postgres_data and peertube_redis_data together, from the same point in time. peertube_data holds your uploaded media, thumbnails, playlists, logs and plugins; peertube_postgres_data holds accounts and federation state; peertube_config holds runtime configuration; peertube_redis_data holds Redis AOF state. Pause uploads and background processing before a filesystem snapshot.

Does xCloud automatically back up or update PeerTube?

No. The template pins PeerTube, PostgreSQL and Redis by immutable digest; a catalog re-sync affects new installations only. Before changing any pinned image, back up all four volumes and review the exact upstream release and migration notes, then verify root login, video processing, playback and federation afterward.

What are the server requirements, and why does this page sell 16 GB?

The template manifest asks for 4 GB of RAM, two CPU cores and 20 GB of disk as a light-use floor — PeerTube's own upstream guidance recommends 8 GB RAM and 8 CPU cores when transcoding on the same machine, since video upload and transcoding are CPU-, memory- and disk-intensive. This page sells the 16 GB tier as the entry rung with real headroom for that.

Is there an upload size limit?

Yes. xCloud's OneClick nginx proxy caps every request against your public HTTPS domain at 100 MB. The template limits PeerTube's resumable browser-upload chunk size to 90 MB so a larger video can span multiple requests; any other single request above the proxy limit is rejected with HTTP 413.

What survives a restart?

Everything on peertube_config, peertube_data, peertube_postgres_data and peertube_redis_data, because all four are persistent named volumes. Restarting the containers or running an xCloud lifecycle action does not touch your videos, channels, accounts or federation state.

Does this template include live streaming or RTMP ingress?

No. The baseline deliberately omits upstream nginx, Certbot, Postfix and RTMP — xCloud owns HTTPS ingress, and live-stream ingress is not part of this template.

Is xCloud officially partnered with PeerTube?

No. No official partnership or endorsement between xCloud and the PeerTube project has been verified. This is a deployment and server-management option for the open-source PeerTube project.

Can I cancel anytime?

Yes. There is no lock-in — cancel any time. Hosting is billed monthly and charged for what you actually use, so when you delete the server the unused balance is refunded to your account, less up to 10% in payment-processing fees.

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