getting-started.js

const IPFS = require('ipfs')
const OrbitDB = require('orbit-db')

const ipfsOptions = {
  repo: 'PATH/TO/YOUR/IPFS/REPO/HERE',
  EXPERIMENTAL: {
    pubsub: true
  }
}

// Create IPFS instance
const ipfs = new IPFS(ipfsOptions)

ipfs.on('ready', () => {
  // Create OrbitDB instance
  const orbitdb = new OrbitDB(ipfs)
})

Thanks again for your help, It worked like a charm, but ended up by doing like this (could you tell me if there's a good reason as why NOT to do this?) I found out, it gives me more flexibility in my architecture, and more stability:

1. starting the IPFS process seperately (localhost:5001)
2. connect OrbitDb with the ipfs-api:
   const IPFSAPI = require('ipfs-api')
   const OrbitDB = require('orbit-db')
   const ipfs = IPFSAPI('localhost', 5001)
   const orbitdb = new OrbitDB(ipfs)