IPFS

Features:

• Automatic Peering.Peers generation.
• Configuration is applied via ipfs config using custom module. Supports idempotence and generating diffs.
• Allows to specify custom IP public address, if running behind router.
• Downloads binaries for updates via local IPFS gateway, if already installed.
• Runs ipfs repo gc as a separate service.
• Supports x86_64 and aarch64.

Requirements

• Target system uses systemd

Role Variables

• ipfs_ansible_group: Ansible group, that contains managed ipfs nodes. Default: all.
• ipfs_home_dir: default /var/lib/ipfs
• ipfs_version: (it's obvious)
• ipfs_init_profile: Profile to apply when initializing ipfs (see Configure profile)
• ipfs_gc_when: When to run ipfs repo gc. Systemd time (see man systemd.time).
• ipfs_force_https_download: Force downloading binary archive from https, even when service is running. Default: no.
• ipfs_force_migration: Force running ipfs repo migrate. Implies unconditionally stopping the service. Default: no.
• ipfs_swarm_port: 4001
• ipfs_public_addresses: Public swarm addresses. Default:
  • /ip4/{{ ansible_default_ipv4['address'] }}/tcp/{{ ipfs_swarm_port }}
  • /ip4/{{ ansible_default_ipv4['address'] }}/udp/{{ ipfs_swarm_port }}/quic
  • /ip4/{{ ansible_default_ipv4['address'] }}/udp/{{ ipfs_swarm_port }}/quic-v1
  • /ip4/{{ ansible_default_ipv4['address'] }}/udp/{{ ipfs_swarm_port }}/quic-v1/webtransport
• ipfs_private_addresses: Formatted like ipfs_public_addresses. Used for direct connection between IPFS nodes. May be useful when connecting over LAN on VPN.
• ipfs_config_extra: Additional IPFS node config. The yaml structure is converted to json and sent to ipfs config. Default value is

  ipfs_config_extra:
    Gateway.PublicGateways:
      localhost: null

  This results in running

  ipfs config --json Gateway.PublicGateways '{"localhost": null}'

  which comes from https://github.com/ipfs/kubo/blob/master/docs/config.md#implicit-defaults-of-gatewaypublicgateways

Dependencies

None

Example Playbook

Just:

- hosts: ipfs
  roles: [ipfs]

License

GPL-3.0-or-later

Author Information

Adam "etam" Mizerski adam@mizerski.pl https://etam-software.eu