Tutorial: Install and Initialize IPFS
These Lessons are tested with go-ipfs version 0.5.0. Please update this file on github to reflect any other versions that have been tested.
Prerequisites
You should have some familiarity with the commandline
Learning Objectives
These Lessons will teach you how to
Install IPFS
Initialize an IPFS repository
Locate where IPFS stores the contents of your local IPFS repository
Key Concepts
IPFS Repositories
Lessons
Next Steps
Once you know how to add files to IPFS and retrieve them, you will be ready to share those files on the P2P network following the Tutorial: Going Online - Joining the Distributed Web
If you're wondering how to update those files after you've shared them, see the Tutorial: Publishing Changes on the Permanent Web
If you want to see how to access those files from the conventional HTTP web, go to the Tutorial: Interacting with the Classical (HTTP) Web
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