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IPFS Configuration

Optimize OS​

sysctl -w net.core.rmem_max=2500000

Make your gateway public​

By default, your IPFS HTTP gateway is not exposed to the world. It only works locally. Let's allow anyone in with this command to enable it on port 8080:

sudo ipfs config Addresses.Gateway /ip4/0.0.0.0/tcp/8080
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You'll need to restart the IPFS daemon with sudo ipfs daemon in order to changes to apply.

Accessing your HTTP Gateway​

Check with curl command if IPFS HTTP gateway is accessible by trying to download a file from the IPFS network.

curl http://localhost:8080/ipfs/QmS7S76K81Qq5AeHFN5tPL8uDhY3NCCSSSBAD4xaMAq87m

If everything works smoothly, you should get the content of that file:

IPFS TEST - VERSION 1

Congrats! If your gateway is reachable, we're now ready to upload files to the network.