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IPFS Node

IPFS Node Image

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

Switch to IPFS user

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

sudo -u ipfs -i

Retrieve IPFS version:

ipfs version

Output (example): ipfs version 0.22.0

File paths:

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

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

Docker commands:

Retrieve docker containers:

docker ps

Read container logs:

docker logs ipfs_host

Kubo documentation: