IPFS

The InterPlanetary File System is a protocol and peer-to-peer network for storing and sharing data in a distributed file system. IPFS uses content-addressing to uniquely identify each file in a global namespace connecting all computing devices. The DSPs utilize this as the storage layer to request and serve information to and from vRAM <> RAM as a caching solution.

Standalone

go-ipfs

Hardware Requirements

Prerequisites

• golang

• systemd

Ubuntu/Debian

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install golang-go -y

Centos/Fedora/AWS Linux v2

sudo yum install golang -y

Install

sudo su -
VERS=0.4.22
DIST="go-ipfs_v${VERS}_linux-amd64.tar.gz"
wget https://dist.ipfs.io/go-ipfs/v$VERS/$DIST
tar xvfz $DIST
rm *.gz
mv go-ipfs/ipfs /usr/local/bin/ipfs
exit

Configure systemd

sudo su -
ipfs init
ipfs config Addresses.API /ip4/0.0.0.0/tcp/5001
ipfs config Addresses.Gateway /ip4/0.0.0.0/tcp/8080
cat <<EOF > /lib/systemd/system/ipfs.service
[Unit]
Description=IPFS daemon
After=network.target
[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/ipfs daemon
Restart=always
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

systemctl start ipfs
systemctl enable ipfs

exit

More information

For information on adding additional peers, bootstrapping from an existing IPFS node, or running a private network, see the following links:

Adding peers

Bootsrapping from an existing IPFS Cluster

Running a private network