Docusheild Node
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Note: This guide assumes you already have some previous knowledge of Linux functions and commands.
This document will walk you through setting up the TIMPI Command-Line Interface.
Using SSH in Putty (Windows)
Putty is a free SSH & telnet client for Windows and UNIX platforms that can be used to make an SSH connection to your server.
You would need this client to access your server and can download the latest client from the link below:
https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/latest.html
Enter your connection settings:
Host Name (Or IP address) — Name your session or simply put whatever you want to call it Save & Click Open to launch the Putty
The first step is to log in as “root”.
Update & Security
First, you use the update option to resynchronize the package index files from their sources on Ubuntu Linux via the Internet, Second, you use the upgrade option to install the newest versions of all packages currently installed on the Ubuntu system. In other words, get security updates for your machine.
sudo apt update && sudo apt -y upgrade
Automatic Updates
sudo apt install unattended-upgrades
sudo dpkg-reconfigure -plow unattended-upgrades
Installation Steps
Wget https://dist.ipfs.io/kubo/v0.14.0/kubo_v0.14.0_linux-amd64.tar.gz
tar -xvzf kubo_v0.14.0_linux-amd64.tar.gz
cd kubo
sudo bash install.sh
ipfs init
ipfs bootstrap rm all
ipfs bootstrap add /ip4/18.144.165.94/tcp/4001/p2p/12D3KooWPXYoBXU5RFYRnhGpnDycW1FZM7hHQehdZjux96nVhQmu
cd $HOME
echo $’/key/swarm/psk/1.0.0/\n/base16/\n52851b6e315ab5dadfe2fb70a7a22ff5f71b37a1c20b52760ce43a1ecbf3fdf6′ > .ipfs/swarm.key
echo $’@reboot root /usr/local/bin/ipfs daemon &’ > /etc/cron.d/docushield
ipfs daemon &> /dev/null &
After the instalatioon you can check to see if you’re on the network by if’s swarm peers which you should get a reply listing out other operators on the network like in the video below.
For your IPFS ID please use teh follwing: ipfs id
Official Docusheild Links
Website docushield.app
Twitter twitter.com/docushield
Telegram t.me/docushield
Medium https://medium.com/@docushield
Whitepaper whitepaper-v1.pdf
