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$ wget -c https://dist.ipfs.io/go-ipfs/v0.4.21/go-ipfs_v0.4.21_linux-amd64.tar.gz -O - | tar -xz
$ cd go-ipfs/
$ sudo ./install.sh
Moved ./ipfs to /usr/local/bin
$ ipfs version
ipfs version 0.4.21
$ ipfs init
generating 2048-bit RSA keypair...done
peer identity: QmT2RCR7hKQg2e96zVhr47BqV6hpGg5TQaDq2z25PpiFAb
to get started, enter:
ipfs cat /ipfs/QmS4ustL54uo8FzR9455qaxZwuMiUhyvMcX9Ba8nUH4uVv/readme
$ ipfs cat /ipfs/QmS4ustL54uo8FzR9455qaxZwuMiUhyvMcX9Ba8nUH4uVv/readme
Hello and Welcome to IPFS!
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If you're seeing this, you have successfully installed
IPFS and are now interfacing with the ipfs merkledag!
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| Warning: |
| This is alpha software. Use at your own discretion! |
| Much is missing or lacking polish. There are bugs. |
| Not yet secure. Read the security notes for more. |
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Check out some of the other files in this directory:
./about
./help
./quick-start <-- usage examples
./readme <-- this file
./security-notes
$ ipfs cat /ipfs/QmS4ustL54uo8FzR9455qaxZwuMiUhyvMcX9Ba8nUH4uVv/quick-start
# 0.1 - Quick Start
This is a set of short examples with minimal explanation. It is meant as
a "quick start".
Add a file to ipfs:
echo "hello world" >hello
ipfs add hello
View it:
ipfs cat <the-hash-you-got-here>
Try a directory:
mkdir foo
mkdir foo/bar
echo "baz" > foo/baz
echo "baz" > foo/bar/baz
ipfs add -r foo
View things:
ipfs ls <the-hash-here>
ipfs ls <the-hash-here>/bar
ipfs cat <the-hash-here>/baz
ipfs cat <the-hash-here>/bar/baz
ipfs cat <the-hash-here>/bar
ipfs ls <the-hash-here>/baz
References:
ipfs refs <the-hash-here>
ipfs refs -r <the-hash-here>
ipfs refs --help
Get:
ipfs get <the-hash-here> -o foo2
diff foo foo2
Objects:
ipfs object get <the-hash-here>
ipfs object get <the-hash-here>/foo2
ipfs object --help
Pin + GC:
ipfs pin add <the-hash-here>
ipfs repo gc
ipfs ls <the-hash-here>
ipfs pin rm <the-hash-here>
ipfs repo gc
Daemon:
ipfs daemon (in another terminal)
ipfs id
Network:
(must be online)
ipfs swarm peers
ipfs id
ipfs cat <hash-of-remote-object>
Mount:
(warning: fuse is finicky!)
ipfs mount
cd /ipfs/<the-hash-here>
ls
Tool:
ipfs version
ipfs update
ipfs commands
ipfs config --help
open http://localhost:5001/webui
Browse:
webui:
http://localhost:5001/webui
video:
http://localhost:8080/ipfs/QmVc6zuAneKJzicnJpfrqCH9gSy6bz54JhcypfJYhGUFQu/play#/ipfs/QmTKZgRNwDNZwHtJSjCp6r5FYefzpULfy37JvMt9DwvXse
images:
http://localhost:8080/ipfs/QmZpc3HvfjEXvLWGQPWbHk3AjD5j8NEN4gmFN8Jmrd5g83/cs
markdown renderer app:
http://localhost:8080/ipfs/QmX7M9CiYXjVeFnkfVGf3y5ixTZ2ACeSGyL1vBJY1HvQPp/mdown