目录

1. Create files
2. Init IPFS Data
3. Set IPFS config
4. Start IPFS

This post is mainly to help reader to deploy an IPFS service with nginx proxy which provides basic authorizations.

A quick start is the following steps.

Some basic requirements:

• Docker should already be installed on your computer.
• Basic Linux terminal skills.

Create files

1. Create folder

   $ mkdir ipfs
   $ cd ipfs
   

2. Create docker-compose.yaml

   version: '3'
   
   services:
     ipfs:
       container_name: ipfs
       image: ipfs/kubo:latest
       volumes:
         - ./data/:/data/ipfs/
       ports:
         - '8080:8080'
       restart: always
     nginx:
       container_name: nginx
       image: nginx:latest
       ports:
         - '5001:5001'
       volumes:
         - './default.conf:/etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf:ro'
         - './htpasswd:/htpasswd:ro'
       restart: always
   

3. Create htpasswd

   ljiang:$apr1$nShUpvO7$hizri44cnQwto/zQ0y3Ka0
   

4. Create default.conf

   server {
       listen 5001;
       server_name _;
       client_max_body_size 2048000m;
       location / {
           proxy_pass http://ipfs:5001;
           proxy_set_header Host $host;
           proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
           proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
           proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
           auth_basic           "Administrator’s Area";
           auth_basic_user_file /htpasswd;
       }
   }
   

Init IPFS Data

1. Make data folder

   $ mkdir -p ./data/
   

2. Init data

   $ IPFS_PATH="$(pwd)/data/" ipfs init
   

Set IPFS config

1. Set Addresses

   $ IPFS_PATH="$(pwd)/data/" ipfs config --json Addresses.API '"/ip4/0.0.0.0/tcp/5001"'
   $ IPFS_PATH="$(pwd)/data/" ipfs config --json Addresses.Gateway '"/ip4/0.0.0.0/tcp/8080"'
   

2. Set API

   $ IPFS_PATH="$(pwd)/data/" ipfs config --json API.HTTPHeaders.Access-Control-Allow-Origin '["*"]'
   $ IPFS_PATH="$(pwd)/data/" ipfs config --json API.HTTPHeaders.Access-Control-Allow-Methods '["GET", "PUT", "POST"]'
   

Start IPFS

$ docker-compose up -d