Invidious-Updater (And Installer)

Full write-up on the blog: https://tmiland.com/invidious-updater/

Script to install and update Invidious

1) Install Invidious          6) Start, Stop or Restart
2) Update Invidious           7) Uninstall Invidious
3) Deploy with Docker         8) Set up PostgreSQL Backup
4) Add Swap Space             9) Install Nginx
5) Run Database Maintenance  10) Install Invidious Companion
                             11) Exit"

Usage

Usage:  invidious_update.sh [options]

  If called without arguments, installs Invidious.

  --help                   |-h      Display this help and exit
  --install-invidious      |-i      Install Invidious
  --cron-update            |-c      Update Invidious with cron
  --database-maintenance   |-m      Database Maintenance
  --install-log            |-l      Activate logging
  --install-inv-companion  |-iic    Install Invidious Companion

Installation

To install Invidious: Note: you will be prompted to enter root password

If root password is not set, type:

sudo passwd root

Log in as root

su root

• Latest release

  curl -sSL https://github.com/tmiland/Invidious-Updater/releases/latest/download/invidious_update.sh > invidious_update.sh && \
  chmod +x invidious_update.sh && \
  ./invidious_update.sh -i

• Master

  curl -sSL https://tmiland.github.io/invidious-updater/invidious_update.sh > invidious_update.sh && \
  chmod +x invidious_update.sh && \
  ./invidious_update.sh -i

Invidious-Installer is sourced in the install option.

To install this script: See Install.md

Tested on

Debian	Ubuntu

Fedora	Arch

Linux Mint	PureOS

Recommendation

It is recommended to use this script on a fresh installation to avoid unwanted complications.

Testing

Tested and working on Debian 12, Ubuntu 24, Linux Mint 22, Fedora 40, Arch Linux and PureOS (see Install.md for the APT repo + cron setup). Docker deploy tested on Debian, Fedora, Arch and Mint — see #15.

SELinux will be set to permissive on Fedora

Postgresql will be default from repo on Fedora.

Changelog

See Changelog

Compatibility and Requirements

• Debian 11 and later
• Ubuntu 22.04 and later
• Linux Mint 21 and later
• PureOS
• Fedora 40 and later
  • Docker support
    • OS requirements
• Arch Linux

Unattended installs can pre-seed answers via environment variables (DOMAIN, IP, PORT, PSQLDB, PSQLPASS, HTTPS_ONLY, EXTERNAL_PORT, ADMINS, SWAP_OPTIONS) — see the CI workflow for an example. Docker deploys use the production docker-compose.yml in this repo (independent from upstream's dev-only compose file); Invidious Companion is included. Automated updates via cron are documented in Install.md.

Credits

• Code is mixed and customized from these sources:
  • Invidious
  • Invidious companion
  • nginx-autoinstall
  • Git-Repo-Update
  • ghacks user.js updater.sh
  • Plus many more.

Feature request and bug reports

• Bug report
• Feature request

Donations

Disclaimer

*** Use at own risk ***

License

MIT License