dscp-ipfs

Manages a go-ipfs instance maintaining the private network swarm key based on the value from a dscp-node instance.

Local development

install dependencies

npm i

start substrate node using docker-compose

docker-compose up -d // -d for silent

start ipfs nodejs wrapper

npm run dev

Environment Variables

dscp-ipfs is configured primarily using environment variables as follows:

variable	required	default	description
SERVICE_TYPE	N	dscp-ipfs	Service type to appear in logs
PORT	N	80	The port for the API to listen on
LOG_LEVEL	N	info	Logging level. Valid values are [trace, debug, info, warn, error, fatal]
NODE_HOST	Y		Hostname of the dscp-node to use as the swarm key source
NODE_PORT	N	9943	Websocket port of the dscp-node to use as the swarm key source
IPFS_PATH	N	/ipfs	IPFS data storage path
IPFS_EXECUTABLE	N	ipfs	Executable to use to run go-ipfs
IPFS_ARGS	N	["daemon"]	JSON array of strings to pass as arguments to the IPFS_EXECUTABLE
IPFS_LOG_LEVEL	N	info	Log level of the go-ipfs child process