{"id":22243,"date":"2024-09-17T18:15:49","date_gmt":"2024-09-17T16:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/contabo.com\/blog\/kb\/103000283084-can-you-provide-more-information-on-contabo-s-ipfs-node-image\/"},"modified":"2025-04-10T18:08:29","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T16:08:29","slug":"103000283084-can-you-provide-more-information-on-contabo-s-ipfs-node-image","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/contabo.com\/blog\/kb\/103000283084-can-you-provide-more-information-on-contabo-s-ipfs-node-image\/","title":{"rendered":"Can You Provide More Information On Contabo&#8217;s IPFS Node Image?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong>Can you provide more information on Contabo&#8217;s IPFS Node image?<br \/><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Contabo&#8217;s IPFS Node image is based on the latest Kubo Client Docker image (<u><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/ipfs\/kubo\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/github.com\/ipfs\/kubo<\/a><\/u>).<\/p>\n<h4 dir=\"ltr\"><\/h4>\n<h4 dir=\"ltr\"><strong dir=\"ltr\">How do I switch to the IPFS user?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">For accessing ipfs command you should switch to ipfs user.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<pre dir=\"ltr\">sudo -u ipfs -i<\/pre>\n<h4 class=\"anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_LWe7\" dir=\"ltr\"><strong>How do I retrieve the IPFS version?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">You can run the following command:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><\/p>\n<pre dir=\"ltr\">ipfs version<\/pre>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In turn you should get the following output:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><\/p>\n<pre dir=\"ltr\">ipfs version 0.22.0<\/pre>\n<h4 dir=\"ltr\"><strong>How do I access different IPFS file paths?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You can find the different file paths below:<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Staging folder: \/var\/lib\/ipfs\/staging\/<\/p>\n<p>Data folder: \/var\/lib\/ipfs\/data\/<\/p>\n<h4 dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;<\/h4>\n<h4><strong>How do I run docker commands?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">You can run the following command to retrieve docker containers:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><\/p>\n<pre dir=\"ltr\">docker ps<\/pre>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">You can run the following command to read container logs:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><\/p>\n<pre dir=\"ltr\">docker logs ipfs_host<\/pre>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong dir=\"ltr\">You can find the Kubo <u><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/ipfs\/kubo\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><u>documentation here<\/u><\/a><\/u> which you may find useful. <br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ast-load-more active\"><a href=\"https:\/\/help.contabo.com\/en\/support\/solutions\/articles\/103000283084-can-you-provide-more-information-on-contabo-s-ipfs-node-image-\" rel=\"nofollow\">Details&#8230;<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can you provide more information on Contabo&#8217;s IPFS Node image? Contabo&#8217;s IPFS Node image is based on the latest Kubo Client Docker image (https:\/\/github.com\/ipfs\/kubo). How do I switch to the IPFS user? For accessing ipfs command you should switch to ipfs user. sudo -u ipfs -i How do I retrieve the IPFS version? 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