Can you provide more information on Contabo's IPFS Node image?

Contabo's IPFS Node image is based on the latest Kubo Client Docker image (https://github.com/ipfs/kubo).

How do I switch to the IPFS user?

For accessing ipfs command you should switch to ipfs user, which is created for security reasons.

sudo -u ipfs -i

How do I retrieve the IPFS version?

You can run the following command:

ipfs version

In turn you should get the following output:

ipfs version 0.22.0

How do I access different IPFS file paths?

You can find the different file paths below:

Staging folder: /var/lib/ipfs/staging/

Data folder: /var/lib/ipfs/data/

How do I run docker commands?

You can run the following command to retrieve docker containers:

docker ps

You can run the following command to read container logs:

docker logs ipfs_host

Kubo Documentation:

You can find the Kubo documentation here for more information.