DEPRECATION NOTICE¶

This image is deprecated. We will not offer support for this image and it will not be updated. Please use the official IPFS container here: https://hub.docker.com/r/ipfs/go-ipfs When this project started the web interface was not integrated well with the default IPFS server. Now it is great and well maintained, hosting it on a static webserver does not make much sense anymore.

linuxserver/ipfs¶

Ipfs - A peer-to-peer hypermedia protocol designed to make the web faster, safer, and more open.

Supported Architectures¶

Our images support multiple architectures such as x86-64, arm64 and armhf. We utilise the docker manifest for multi-platform awareness. More information is available from docker here and our announcement here.

Simply pulling lscr.io/linuxserver/ipfs should retrieve the correct image for your arch, but you can also pull specific arch images via tags.

The architectures supported by this image are:

Application Setup¶

In order to push files beyond your local gateway you have to make sure port 4001 is forwarded to the internet. This is required for IPFS peers to reach in and grab your files so public gateways can serve them.

Access the webui at http://localhost , if not using localhost scroll to the bottom of the page and set the API Address setting to IE http://192.168.1.10:5001 , from there you can upload and manage files you push to IPFS. Your gateway to access IPFS files is http://localhost:8080/ipfs/YOUR-FILE-HASH-HERE . You can also simply use public IPFS gateways like: * Cloudflare - https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/YOUR-FILE-HASH-HERE * IPFS.io - https://ipfs.io/ipfs/YOUR-FILE-HASH-HERE * Eternum.io - https://ipfs.eternum.io/ipfs/YOUR-FILE-HASH-HERE

Cloudflare is a solid option as they actually edge cache the files on their CDN so even if your node pinning the item goes down for periods of time their cache will last up to a month.

For more on using IPFS please read the docs here

Usage¶

To help you get started creating a container from this image you can either use docker-compose or the docker cli.

docker-compose (recommended, click here for more info)¶

---
version: "2.1"
services:
  ipfs:
    image: lscr.io/linuxserver/ipfs
    container_name: ipfs
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=Europe/London
    volumes:
      - /path/to/data:/config
    ports:
      - 80:80
      - 4001:4001
      - 5001:5001
      - 8080:8080
      - 443:443 #optional
    restart: unless-stopped

docker cli (click here for more info)¶

docker run -d \
  --name=ipfs \
  -e PUID=1000 \
  -e PGID=1000 \
  -e TZ=Europe/London \
  -p 80:80 \
  -p 4001:4001 \
  -p 5001:5001 \
  -p 8080:8080 \
  -p 443:443 `#optional` \
  -v /path/to/data:/config \
  --restart unless-stopped \
  lscr.io/linuxserver/ipfs

Parameters¶

Docker images are configured using parameters passed at runtime (such as those above). These parameters are separated by a colon and indicate <external>:<internal> respectively. For example, -p 8080:80 would expose port 80 from inside the container to be accessible from the host's IP on port 8080 outside the container.

Ports (-p)¶

Environment Variables (-e)¶

Volume Mappings (-v)¶

Miscellaneous Options¶

Environment variables from files (Docker secrets)¶

You can set any environment variable from a file by using a special prepend FILE__.

As an example:

-e FILE__PASSWORD=/run/secrets/mysecretpassword

Will set the environment variable PASSWORD based on the contents of the /run/secrets/mysecretpassword file.

Umask for running applications¶

For all of our images we provide the ability to override the default umask settings for services started within the containers using the optional -e UMASK=022 setting. Keep in mind umask is not chmod it subtracts from permissions based on it's value it does not add. Please read up here before asking for support.

User / Group Identifiers¶

When using volumes (-v flags), permissions issues can arise between the host OS and the container, we avoid this issue by allowing you to specify the user PUID and group PGID.

Ensure any volume directories on the host are owned by the same user you specify and any permissions issues will vanish like magic.

In this instance PUID=1000 and PGID=1000, to find yours use id user as below:

  $ id username
    uid=1000(dockeruser) gid=1000(dockergroup) groups=1000(dockergroup)

Docker Mods¶

We publish various Docker Mods to enable additional functionality within the containers. The list of Mods available for this image (if any) as well as universal mods that can be applied to any one of our images can be accessed via the dynamic badges above.

Support Info¶

• Shell access whilst the container is running:
• docker exec -it ipfs /bin/bash
• To monitor the logs of the container in realtime:
• docker logs -f ipfs
• Container version number
• docker inspect -f '{{ index .Config.Labels "build_version" }}' ipfs
• Image version number
• docker inspect -f '{{ index .Config.Labels "build_version" }}' lscr.io/linuxserver/ipfs

Versions¶

• 02.02.22: - Deprecate.
• 19.09.21: - Build webui from source. Update code formatting. Rebase to Alpine 3.14.
• 01.04.21: - Add migration bins to image to support upgrades.
• 24.02.20: - Rebase to Alpine 3.13.
• 09.07.19: - Initial version.