- Compile/Download/Install as detailed at [https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs#install].
a. This should create an executable at
/usr/local/bin/ipfs
- Create a user for the service (I opted to create a regular user with a home directory where an ipfs datastore can 'live'):
$ sudo mkdir /home/ipfs
$ sudo useradd -d /home/ipfs
$ sudo chown -R ipfs:ipfs /home/ipfs
$ sudo chown root:staff /usr/local/bin/ipfs
$ sudo chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/ipfs