<# .SYNOPSIS Start an IPFS server .DESCRIPTION This PowerShell script starts a local IPFS server as a daemon process. .EXAMPLE PS> ./start-ipfs-server .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0 #> try { $StopWatch = [system.diagnostics.stopwatch]::startNew() Write-Host "⏳ (1/5) Searching for IPFS executable... " -noNewline & ipfs --version if ($lastExitCode -ne "0") { throw "Can't execute 'ipfs' - make sure IPFS is installed and available" } "⏳ (2/5) Init IPFS with profile 'lowpower'..." & ipfs init --profile lowpower "⏳ (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 with exit code $lastExitCode" } & ipfs config Addresses.Gateway /ip4/0.0.0.0/tcp/8765 if ($lastExitCode -ne "0") { throw "'ipfs config Addresses.Gateway' failed with exit code $lastExitCode" } $Hostname = $(hostname) & ipfs config --json API.HTTPHeaders.Access-Control-Allow-Origin '[\"http://miami:5001\", \"http://localhost:3000\", \"http://127.0.0.1:5001\", \"https://webui.ipfs.io\"]' if ($lastExitCode -ne "0") { throw "'ipfs config Access-Control-Allow-Origin' failed with exit code $lastExitCode" } & ipfs config --json API.HTTPHeaders.Access-Control-Allow-Methods '[\"PUT\", \"POST\"]' if ($lastExitCode -ne "0") { throw "'ipfs config Access-Control-Allow-Methods' failed with exit code $lastExitCode" } & ipfs config --json AutoNAT.Throttle.GlobalLimit 1 # (30 by default) if ($lastExitCode -ne "0") { throw "'ipfs config AutoNAT.Throttle.GlobalLimit 1' failed with exit code $lastExitCode" } & ipfs config --json AutoNAT.Throttle.PeerLimit 1 # (3 by default) if ($lastExitCode -ne "0") { throw "'ipfs config AutoNAT.Throttle.PeerLimit 1' failed with exit code $lastExitCode" } "" Write-Host "⏳ (4/5) Increasing UDP receive buffer size..." -noNewline & sudo sysctl -w net.core.rmem_max=2500000 if ($lastExitCode -ne "0") { throw "'sysctl' failed with exit code $lastExitCode" } "⏳ (5/5) Starting IPFS daemon..." # Start-Process nohup 'ipfs daemon' Start-Process nohup -ArgumentList 'ipfs','daemon' -RedirectStandardOutput "$HOME/console.out" -RedirectStandardError "$HOME/console.err" [int]$Elapsed = $StopWatch.Elapsed.TotalSeconds "✅ started IPFS server in $Elapsed sec" "⚠️ NOTE: make sure your router does not block TCP/UDP port 4001 for IPv4 and IPv6" exit 0 # success } catch { "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }