Go-ipfs: Please include a systemd script

[cbluth]

Type:

• "doc": If it's related to missing/incorrect documentation.

Description:

Hello,

I am looking for a systemd script to run this as a service for multiple users.

[magik6k]

There were a few systemd related PRs in the past: https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/pull/5583 https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/pull/1864

[NatoBoram]

There's an example here : https://github.com/ipfs/website/tree/master/static/docs/examples/init#systemd

[koalalorenzo]

Some points that are related to this
go-ipfs looks like it is not really built as a service for all the users. Once you run ipfs as a systemd service all the users that wants to use IPFS are forced to:

1. Use the API: this should be the default behaviour but requires IPFS_PATH to be set anyway or --api
2. Set up IPFS_PATH and have the permissions to run commands

Systemd does support user services, but that doesn't help much if it is a multi user system where all the users wants IPFS running even if they are not logged in (please correct me if I am wrong!).

I hope to see ipfs growing into a more stable daemon that can be run on systemd!

[Stebalien]

You can actually configure the ipfs client to use a remote server by running:

> mkdir -p ~/.ipfs
> echo '/dns4/localhost/tcp/5001' > ~/.ipfs/api

We should _probably_ have a nice command for this.

[koalalorenzo]

You can actually configure the ipfs client to use a remote server by running:

> mkdir -p ~/.ipfs
> echo '/dns4/localhost/tcp/5001' > ~/.ipfs/api

We should _probably_ have a nice command for this.

My point is that it should not be required to do that if it was a service (even with or without systemd running it). Hashicorp's products are a good example.

[Stebalien]

Ah, yeah, I agree (but we need multitenent support for that to really happen).

[cbluth]

finally, some info on how to run ipfs for multiple users!

[koalalorenzo]

We are maintaining (auto-generated) also a apt repository with deb packages (works both for ubuntu and deb) that includes the service for multiple user:
https://blog.siderus.io/how-to-get-ipfs-on-ubuntu-debian-linux-d7920c1a42b7

The builds are automated and we are using it on most of the gateways. ipfs-gateway is the name of the package for the global service but it requires are repo in /var/ipfs (just install the package and it is set up out of the box). That is a downside as I have explained few message before, hopefully go-ipfs will get better! 👍 🚀 💪

[Stebalien]

Done. See misc/systemd.