Red5d / ipfspodcasting-node

Update script and docker-compose to run a node for IPFSPodcasting.net

IPFSPodcasting Node

Update script and docker-compose to run a node for IPFSPodcasting.net

Adapted from https://github.com/Cameron-IPFSPodcasting/podcastnode-Python

Changes from original:

• Doesn't need to be run on the same host as the IPFS service as long as it can reach the RPC API.
• All communication is over the RPC API. No subprocess commands needed.
• Organized interactions with the IPFS node and the IPFSPodcasting.net site into class objects.
• Files are downloaded into memory and sent directly to the IPFS node for adding/pinning.

Use the included docker-compose.yml to start up an IPFS node container.

Ensure that port 4001 on the container is accessible from the Internet, and that the admin RPC port 5001 is only accessible internally.

After running the script and/or setting a cron job, check the Manage page for your node at https://ipfspodcasting.net/Manage

Usage:

python ipfspodcastnode_update.py [-h] --rpc_url RPC_URL --email EMAIL [--log_file LOG_FILE] [--debug]

options:
  -h, --help           show this help message and exit
  --rpc_url RPC_URL    Url for RPC API for your IPFS node. Example: http://localhost:5001
  --email EMAIL        Your email address
  --log_file LOG FILE  Log file to write to. Default: ipfspodcastnode.log
  --debug              Enable debug logging and disable random starting delay

Example usage:

python ipfspodcastnode_update.py --rpc_url 'http://192.168.1.100:5001' --email [e-mail]

Set up a cron job to run this script automatically. The recommendation from IPFSPodcasting.net is a time period of every 10 minutes:

*/10 * * * * /usr/bin/flock -n /tmp/ipfspodcastnode.lockfile python ipfspodcastnode_update.py --rpc_url 'http://192.168.1.100:5001' --email [e-mail]