Mirko Milovanovic
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PeerTube collector
peertube-collector is a project designed to collect and analyze WebRTC statistics from a Chromium browser and export them to a MongoDB service. This project includes a Docker setup for running the necessary services.
Prerequisites
Linux based OS with the following:
Software:
- Docker Engine Community version is required. To install Docker CE, follow the official install instructions.
Ports:
Docker to Host:
- 4444 (Selenium)
Ports can be opened in the host machine's firewall with:
ufw allow from 172.100.0.0/16 to any port 4444
External (OPTIONAL):
These ports are actively used by selenium and the collector services. By defaut they should not be blocked by the firewall, but if so, they can be opened in the host machine's firewall.
- 50000:60000/udp (WebRTC)
- Needed for WebRTC NAT traversal, otherwise the browser will not connect to any peer. The range needs to be fairly large since the port is chosen randomly by the STUN server.
- 27107/tcp (MongoDB)
Ports can be opened in the host machine's firewall with:
ufw allow 50000:60000/udp
ufw allow 27107/tcp
Setup
-
Clone the repository:
git clone <repository-url> cd peertube-collector -
Create and configure the environment file based on the
.env.examplefile:cp .env.example .env -
Ajust the firewall settings to allow the necessary ports if needed
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Start the Docker containers:
docker compose up --abort-on-container-failure
The collector will start gathering WebRTC stats from the Selenium container and sending them to the Telegraf service.
To stop the Docker containers run: docker compose down -v
Environment Variables
| Environment Variable | Service | Default Value | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
TELEGRAF_HOSTNAME |
telegraf | None, must be set | Hostname used to identify the host/user between sessions |
TELEGRAF_MONGODB_DSN |
telegraf | mongodb://stats_user:%40z%5EVFhN7q%25vzit@tube.kobim.cloud:27107/?authSource=statistics |
DSN for the MongoDB service |
TELEGRAF_MONGODB_DATABASE |
telegraf | Database name to use for MongoDB | |
VIDEO_URL |
collector | https://tube.kobim.cloud/w/iN2T8PmbSb4HJTDA2rV3sg |
URL for the video to be analyzed |
HUB_URL |
collector | None | URL for the Selenium Hub. If not set, the local Chrome driver will be used |
SOCKET_URL |
collector | localhost |
Socket URL for Telegraf service |
SOCKET_PORT |
collector & telegraf | 8094 |
Socket port for Telegraf service |
WEBRTC_INTERNALS_PATH |
collector | os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'webrtc-internals-exporter')) |
Path for WebRTC internals exporter extension |
WEBRTC_INTERNALS_EXPORTER_URL |
WebRTC extension | http://localhost:9092 |
Collector URL for the WebRTC internals exporter extension |
Variables can be set in the .env file.
Monitoring
A noVNC server is available at http://localhost:7900 to monitor the Selenium container. The password is secret.
Components
Docker Compose
The docker-compose.yml file defines the following services:
- selenium: Runs a Selenium standalone Chromium container.
- telegraf: Collects and sends metrics to the specified output.
- collector: Runs the main Python application to collect WebRTC stats.
Dockerfile
The Dockerfile sets up the Python environment and installs the necessary dependencies to run the main.py script.
Monolithic Dockerfile
Monolith.dockerfile is a single Dockerfile that combines the Selenium, Telegraf, and Collector services into a single container. This is useful for deployment in a single container environment.
Main Python Script
The main.py script sets up the Selenium WebDriver, collects WebRTC stats, and sends them to the Telegraf service.
WebRTC Internals Exporter
The webrtc-internals-exporter directory contains a Chromium extension that collects WebRTC stats from the browser.
It uses Webpack to replace the server collector endpoint with an environment variable.