IPFS

Installation for Linux

1 - Download the package

 wget https://dist.ipfs.tech/kubo/v0.31.0/kubo_v0.31.0_linux-amd64.tar.gz

2 - Unzip the file

 tar -xvzf kubo_v0.31.0_linux-amd64.tar.gz

3 - Move into the kubo folder

 cd kubo

4 - Run the install script

 sudo bash install.sh

5 - Test the installation worked

 ipfs --version

EditEditing IPFSthe Configconfig

Show Config:

 ipfs config show

~~Edit~~Change ~~config:~~connection count

ipfs config Swarm.ConnMgr.HighWater 1000 --json
ipfs config Swarm.ConnMgr.LowWater 500 --json

Enable filestore (Allow import with no copy)

ipfs config --json Experimental.FilestoreEnabled true
sudo systemctl restart ipfs
ipfs config Experimental.FilestoreEnabled

IPFS as a service

Open a new file at /etc/systemd/system/ipfs.service

[Unit]
Description=IPFS daemon
After=network.target

[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/ipfs daemon
Restart=on-failure
User=conor
Group=conor
Environment=IPFS_PATH=/home/conor/.ipfs

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target

WantedBy=default.target means the service will start up at boot

get it to start at boot

 sudo systemctl enable ipfs

and start it

 sudo systemctl start ipfs

Usage

Check filestore is enabled and working

ipfs config Experimental.FilestoreEnabled

List files in filestore

ipfs filestore ls

Import files to filestore

ipfs add --nocopy --recursive /path/to/your/folder