[New instance] invidious.privacydev.net

[PrivacyDevel]

URL

https://invidious.privacydev.net

Mandatory checks

• Instance has a domain name
• Instance is served over HTTPS
• Statistics (/api/v1/stats) are enabled
• Instance is properly configured (including the mandatory post install configuration)
• Instance has an automatic hourly restart setup of Invidious

Maintainer chart

• Ensure that my instance is up to date (less than one month old)
• Ensure a proper uptime of my instance (around 90%)

Host country

United States

Man in the Middle

No response

Source code URL

https://invidious.privacydev.net/modifications.txt

Analytics

• They are GDPR/CCPA compliant
• This is stated in your Privacy Policy
• You have provided the source code's URL in the dedicated field above

Additional information

This instance uses Piped-Backend to generate its /videoplayback URLs. Those URLs point to my http3-ytproxy instance. I do this to work around issues/3245, so that users of this instance are able to watch encrypted age-restricted videos that would otherwise not work with Invidious.

[unixfox]

Instance added to uptimerobot : https://stats.uptimerobot.com/89VnzSKAn/792858945

Do note that you have to add https://proxy.piped.privacydev.net in the CSP for proxying to work, example: https://invidious.privacydev.net/watch?v=jNQXAC9IVRw&local=true

See https://github.com/unixfox/invidious-custom/blob/master/patches/3-proxy-csp.patch for an example patch file.

[PrivacyDevel]

Thank you for adding my instance to uptimerobot! :)
And yes, I am aware. I have done so already. It's part of the patch file that I link to in the source code URL.

[unixfox]

@TheFrenchGhosty please check the configuration of this instance

[unixfox]

@TheFrenchGhosty please check if it's ok to add the instance or not

[unixfox]

@PrivacyDevel

Please double-check that you have configured hmac_key in the config file or INVIDIOUS_CONFIG then restart the instance.

You must set a random generated value for the parameter hmac_key:! On Linux, you can generate it using the command pwgen 20 1.

[PrivacyDevel]

I have hmac_key already set to a completely random alphanumeric string that's 64 characters long. Should I shorten it to 20 characters?

[unixfox]

nooo that's great!

[unixfox]

Please consider joining our Matrix room for public instance maintainers by joining our Matrix room: https://matrix.to/#/#invidious:matrix.org
then pinging @\unixfox, @\TheFrenchGhosty and @\SamantazFox for asking to be invited to the Matrix room.
We discuss troubles managing a public instance, sharing some advices and more.

[unixfox]

@PrivacyDevel

Hello, your instance is affected by the issue: iv-org/invidious#3822

Please have a look for a temporary solution: iv-org/invidious#3822 (comment)

We urge you to keep an eye on your instance as youtube is constantly trying to block invidious.

[PrivacyDevel]

Should be fixed for now

[unixfox]

Hello @PrivacyDevel,

We have recently released two major tutorials for improving your public instance.

• Escaping the YouTube block (403 errors in playback): https://docs.invidious.io/ipv6-rotator/
• Improving the performance and the stability of your public instance: https://docs.invidious.io/improve-public-instance/

We highly recommend you to follow our tutorials because your instance is unfortunately in a state where it is not working well for your users.

If you need help please either ask in the invidious room on matrix or here.

[PrivacyDevel]

Finally got around to setting up the inv_sig_helper and the youtube-trusted-session-generator and it looks like my instance is now working properly again.