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

 

 

Edit IPFS Config

Show Config:

 ipfs config show

Edit config:

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

 

 

 

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