How to install YTPTube on a Cloud VPS

YTPTube is a web UI for yt-dlp that downloads video and audio from hundreds of sites straight to your server, with queueing and scheduling.

Running the tool on your own server means unlimited use without sending data to external services.

One-click install on cloudlinux.ro

The fastest way: YTPTube installs automatically at the first boot of a new server.

1. Create a Cloud VPS from the control panel.
2. In the configuration step, pick YTPTube from the app catalog.
3. Start the server. The install runs in the background for a few minutes and its status shows on the server page.
4. Access details and generated passwords are saved on the server in /root/app-credentials.txt. The app will be available on port 8081.

Manual install on any Ubuntu server

If you prefer doing it yourself, below is the exact script our automatic install runs. Execute it as root on a fresh Ubuntu server (24.04 recommended). It stops at the first error, and when it finishes you will find the access details in /root/app-credentials.txt.

export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com | sh
mkdir -p /opt/ytptube/config /opt/ytptube/downloads/files /opt/ytptube/downloads/tmp
docker run -d --name ytptube --restart=always -p 8081:8081 \
  -e YTP_TEMP_PATH=/downloads/tmp -e YTP_DOWNLOAD_PATH=/downloads/files \
  -v /opt/ytptube/config:/config \
  -v /opt/ytptube/downloads:/downloads \
  ghcr.io/arabcoders/ytptube:latest
IP=$(hostname -I | awk '{print $1}')
printf 'YTPTube: http://%s:8081\nInterfata web pentru yt-dlp. Fisierele descarcate: /opt/ytptube/downloads/files\nAtentie: fara autentificare implicita, vezi documentatia YTPTube pentru a activa autentificarea daca expui serviciul public.\n' "$IP" > /root/app-credentials.txt

You can also save this script as a recipe in your account and reuse it on any new server.