<# .SYNOPSIS start-ipfs-server.ps1 .DESCRIPTION Starts a local IPFS server as a daemon process. .EXAMPLE PS> .\start-ipfs-server.ps1 .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz · License: CC0 .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell #> try { $StopWatch = [system.diagnostics.stopwatch]::startNew() "" "Step 1/5: Searching for IPFS executable..." $Result = (ipfs --version) if ($lastExitCode -ne "0") { throw "Can't execute 'ipfs' - make sure IPFS is installed and available" } "" "Step 2/5: Initializing IPFS..." & ipfs init --profile server "" "Step 3/5: Configuring IPFS..." & ipfs config Addresses.API /ip4/0.0.0.0/tcp/5001 if ($lastExitCode -ne "0") { throw "'ipfs config Addresses.API' failed" } & ipfs config Addresses.Gateway /ip4/0.0.0.0/tcp/8765 if ($lastExitCode -ne "0") { throw "'ipfs config Addresses.Gateway' failed" } $Hostname = $(hostname) & ipfs config --json API.HTTPHeaders.Access-Control-Allow-Origin '[\"http://pi:5001\", \"http://localhost:3000\", \"http://127.0.0.1:5001\", \"https://webui.ipfs.io\"]' if ($lastExitCode -ne "0") { throw "'ipfs config Access-Control-Allow-Origin' failed" } & ipfs config --json API.HTTPHeaders.Access-Control-Allow-Methods '[\"PUT\", \"POST\"]' if ($lastExitCode -ne "0") { throw "'ipfs config Access-Control-Allow-Methods' failed" } "" "Step 4/5: Increasing UDP receive buffer size..." & sudo sysctl -w net.core.rmem_max=2500000 if ($lastExitCode -ne "0") { throw "'sysctl' failed" } "" "Step 5/5: Starting IPFS daemon..." # Start-Process nohup 'ipfs daemon' Start-Process nohup -ArgumentList 'ipfs','daemon' -RedirectStandardOutput "$HOME/console.out" -RedirectStandardError "$HOME/console.err" [int]$Elapsed = $StopWatch.Elapsed.TotalSeconds "✔️ started IPFS server in $Elapsed sec" "⚠️ Make sure your router does not block port 4001 (TCP & UDP for IPv4 & IPv6)!" exit 0 } catch { write-error "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }