ipfs - Global p2p merkle-dag filesystem.
ipfs [<flags>] <command> [<arg>] ...
SUBCOMMANDS
BASIC COMMANDS
init Initialize ipfs local configuration
add <path> Add a file to ipfs
cat <ref> Show ipfs object data
get <ref> Download ipfs objects
ls <ref> List links from an object
refs <ref> List hashes of links from an object
DATA STRUCTURE COMMANDS
block Interact with raw blocks in the datastore
object Interact with raw dag nodes
files Interact with objects as if they were a unix filesystem
ADVANCED COMMANDS
daemon Start a long-running daemon process
mount Mount an ipfs read-only mountpoint
resolve Resolve any type of name
name Publish or resolve IPNS names
dns Resolve DNS links
pin Pin objects to local storage
repo Manipulate an IPFS repository
NETWORK COMMANDS
id Show info about ipfs peers
bootstrap Add or remove bootstrap peers
swarm Manage connections to the p2p network
dht Query the DHT for values or peers
ping Measure the latency of a connection
diag Print diagnostics
TOOL COMMANDS
config Manage configuration
version Show ipfs version information
update Download and apply go-ipfs updates
commands List all available commands
Use 'ipfs <command> --help' to learn more about each command.
ipfs uses a repository in the local file system. By default, the repo is located
at ~/.ipfs. To change the repo location, set the $IPFS_PATH environment variable:
export IPFS_PATH=/path/to/ipfsrepo
An IPFS docker image is hosted at hub.docker.com/r/ipfs/go-ipfs.
To make files visible inside the container you need to mount a host directory
with the -v option to docker. Choose a directory that you want to use to
import/export files from IPFS. You should also choose a directory to store
IPFS files that will persist when you restart the container.
export ipfs_staging=</absolute/path/to/somewhere/>
export ipfs_data=</absolute/path/to/somewhere_else/>
Start a container running ipfs and expose ports 4001, 5001 and 8080:
docker run -d --name ipfs_host -v $ipfs_staging:/export -v $ipfs_data:/data/ipfs -p 4001:4001 -p 127.0.0.1:8080:8080 -p 127.0.0.1:5001:5001 ipfs/go-ipfs:latest
Watch the ipfs log:
docker logs -f ipfs_host
Wait for ipfs to start. ipfs is running when you see:
Gateway (readonly) server
listening on /ip4/0.0.0.0/tcp/8080
You can now stop watching the log.
Run ipfs commands:
docker exec ipfs_host ipfs <args...>
For example: connect to peers
docker exec ipfs_host ipfs swarm peers
Add files:
cp -r <something> $ipfs_staging
docker exec ipfs_host ipfs add -r /export/<something>
Stop the running container:
docker stop ipfs_host
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