IPFS is a peer-to-peer hypermedia protocol to make the web faster, safer, and more open.
Go is a programming language developed by Google’s team which offers a robust set of libraries and is becoming very popular. In this tutorial, we are going to show you how to install GO and IPFS on Ubuntu Linux version 17.
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Tutorial – GO Installation on Ubuntu Linux
On the Linux console, use the following commands to install the required packages.
# apt-get update
# apt-get install build-essential
Now, let’s download and install the Go software.
# mkdir /downloads
# cd /downloads
# wget https://dl.google.com/go/go1.10.linux-amd64.tar.gz
# tar -C /usr/local -zxvf go1.10.linux-amd64.tar.gz
In our example, the Go software was installed under the /usr/local folder.
In order to work properly, the Go software expect the system to have a set of environment variables.
Let’s create a file to automate the required environment variables configuration.
# vi /etc/profile.d/go.sh
Here is the go.sh file content.
#/bin/bash
export GOROOT=/usr/local/go
export GOPATH=$GOROOT/work
export PATH=$PATH:$GOROOT/bin:$GOPATH/bin
Now, let’s reboot the computer and check if the required environment variables will be created automatically.
# reboot
Use the following command to check if the environment variables were created.
# env | grep -E “(ROOT|PATH)”
Test the Go program using the following command.
# go version
Tutorial – IPFS Installation on Ubuntu Linux
Use the following commands to install IPFS.
# go get -u -d github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs
# cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs
# make install
Start your IPFS node.
# ipfs init
peer identity: QmTJdBbuMscvYBb34HD5yggfEHFK2nn1YGcsjWH4JVTZeP
Take note of you IPFS node ID.
Start the IPFS service.
# ipfs daemon
Let’s create a quick page to show you how IPFS works:
# mkdir /ipfs
# cd /ipfs
# mkdir test
# vi test/test.html
<html>
<body>
<h1> TEST PAGE 01</h1>
<h2> TEST PAGE 01</h2>
</body>
</html>
Publish the test.html to IPFS.
# ipfs add -w test/test.html
added QmPoeG8AXgiSKmfSTFmYoVMYJd69b7c4VNEZJZgwuR6KaV test.html
added QmQ2yuNydvgWBimNcfALTKdKCuvr5y2MkzAV5PoUUi9ZHV
Now, you can open your browser and try to access the file that I just published:
https://gateway.ipfs.io/ipfs/QmPoeG8AXgiSKmfSTFmYoVMYJd69b7c4VNEZJZgwuR6KaV
In our example, QmPoeG8AXgiSKmfSTFmYoVMYJd69b7c4VNEZJZgwuR6KaV was the ID that IPFS gave to the test.html file.
You are now the proud owner of an IPFS node on Ubuntu Linux.
