<# .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 { $StopWatch = [system.diagnostics.stopwatch]::startNew() "⏳ Step 1/5: Searching for IPFS executable..." & ipfs --version if ($lastExitCode -ne "0") { throw "Can't execute 'ipfs' - make sure IPFS is installed and available" } "" "⏳ Step 2/5: Initializing IPFS with server profile..." & 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 (exit code $lastExitCode)" } & ipfs config Addresses.Gateway /ip4/0.0.0.0/tcp/8765 if ($lastExitCode -ne "0") { throw "'ipfs config Addresses.Gateway' failed (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 (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 (exit code $lastExitCode)" } "" "⏳ Step 4/5: Increasing UDP receive buffer size..." & sudo sysctl -w net.core.rmem_max=2500000 if ($lastExitCode -ne "0") { throw "'sysctl' failed (exit code $lastExitCode)" } "" "⏳ Step 5/5: Starting IPFS daemon..." # Start-Process nohup 'ipfs daemon' Start-Process nohup -ArgumentList 'ipfs','daemon' -RedirectStandardOutput "$HOME/console.out" -RedirectStandardError "$HOME/console.err" [int]$Elapsed = $StopWatch.Elapsed.TotalSeconds "✔️ started IPFS server in $Elapsed sec" "⚠️ NOTE: make sure your router does not block TCP/UDP port 4001 for IPv4 & IPv6:wq!" exit 0 # success } catch { "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }