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@dxos/cli-ipfs
Advanced tools
IPFS CLI
CLI extension for IPFS operations.
Operations
Start / stop IPFS daemon
dx ipfs start command is used to start IPFS.
Optional --daemon flag allows to start IPFS as a daemon, with enabled autorestart on fail and restart in case when memory limit exceeded.
In case of starting as a daemon, one need to make sure process has write access to log file, located by default at /var/log/ipfs.log. Alternative location of the log file could be defined via optional --log-file parameter.
By default, started IPFS node swarms with other DXOS IPFS nodes, bootstrapped from WNS. Interval of swarm connections could be defined with --connect-interval (in seconds), default is 300. WNS bootstrap could be turned on/off using --wns-bootstrap flag, which is true by default.
dx ipfs start --daemon --log-file "/tmp/ipfs.log"
In case when IPFS was started as a daemon, dx ipfs stop command could be used for its stopping.
// TODO(egorgripasov): Not only for daemon case?
IPFS find.
dx ipfs find command is used to find file in IPFS nodes, both registered and not registred with WNS. Command requires IPFS node running locally.
Command supports lookup of app, bot or just hash, e.g.:
Hash lookup:
dx ipfs find QmWztwfX8JRepUZdbFF7ygJy1Bhfks33W7SocZnqzx2T4k
App lookup:
dx ipfs find app example.com/editor
Bot lookup: (resuires additional --platform parameter)
dx ipfs find bot dxos.org/echo --platform macos-x64
FAQs
DXOS IPFS CLI
We found that @dxos/cli-ipfs demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 12 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
Package last updated on 12 Jul 2022
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