@slang800 you probably want a systemd script, kind of like these initd scripts:

• http://gateway.ipfs.io/ipfs/QmbYCwVeA23vz6mzAiVQhJNa2JSiRH4ebef1v2e5EkDEZS/ipfs.conf
• https://github.com/dylanPowers/ipfs-linux-service/blob/master/init.d/ipfs

Here's a rudimentary systemd service file that I use:

[Unit]
Description=IPFS daemon
After=network.target

[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/bin/ipfs daemon

[Install]
WantedBy=multiuser.target

Place this in ~/.config/systemd/user/ipfs.service (create the directories as necessary) and start with systemctl --user start ipfs. This assumes the user already ran ipfs init.

@sroracle

it would be amazing to have an "example" in http://ipfs.io/docs/examples (https://github.com/ipfs/examples) that goes over systemd, initd, and other services.

(also, nice NERV avatar :) )

@sroracle

also, maybe:

Place this in ~/.config/systemd/user/ipfs.service (create the directories as necessary) and start with systemctl --user start ipfs. This assumes the user already ran ipfs init.

this could be a sh script

The examples are somewhat poor; this one is better:

[Unit]
description=ipfs p2p daemon
After=network.target
Requires=network.target

[Service]
Type=simple
User=ipfs
RestartSec=1
Restart=always
PermissionsStartOnly=true
Nice=18
StateDirectory=/var/lib/ipfs
Environment=IPFS_PATH=/var/lib/ipfs
Environment=HOME=/var/lib/ipfs
LimitNOFILE=8192
Environment=IPFS_FD_MAX=8192
EnvironmentFile=-/etc/sysconfig/ipfs
StandardOutput=journal
WorkingDirectory=/var/lib/ipfs
ExecStartPre=-adduser --system --group --home /var/lib/ipfs ipfs
ExecStartPre=-mkdir /var/lib/ipfs
ExecStartPre=-/bin/chown ipfs:ipfs /var/lib/ipfs
ExecStartPre=-/bin/chmod ug+rwx /var/lib/ipfs
ExecStartPre=-chpst -u ipfs /usr/local/bin/ipfs init --profile=badgerds
ExecStartPre=-chpst -u ipfs /usr/local/bin/ipfs config profile apply server
ExecStartPre=-chpst -u ipfs /usr/local/bin/ipfs config profile apply local-discovery
ExecStartPre=-chpst -u ipfs /usr/local/bin/ipfs config Datastore.StorageMax "4000GB"
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/ipfs daemon --enable-namesys-pubsub --enable-pubsub-experiment

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

I have an initial PR (#5514) to add systemd and socket activation support. I'd like to avoid making the example service file too opinionated unless we provide both a system and a user service file along with instructions.

a sample for archlinux, base on @sneak version

[Unit]
description=ipfs p2p daemon
After=network.target
Requires=network.target

[Service]
Type=simple
User=ipfs
RestartSec=1
Restart=always
PermissionsStartOnly=true
Nice=18
StateDirectory=/home/ipfs
Environment=IPFS_PATH=/home/ipfs
Environment=HOME=/home/ipfs
LimitNOFILE=8192
Environment=IPFS_FD_MAX=8192
EnvironmentFile=-/etc/sysconfig/ipfs
StandardOutput=journal
WorkingDirectory=/home/ipfs
ExecStartPre=-groupadd ipfs
ExecStartPre=-useradd -r -g ipfs -d /home/ipfs ipfs
ExecStartPre=-mkdir /home/ipfs
ExecStartPre=-/bin/chown ipfs:ipfs /home/ipfs
ExecStartPre=-/bin/chmod ug+rwx /home/ipfs
ExecStartPre=-chpst -u ipfs /usr/bin/ipfs init --profile=badgerds
ExecStartPre=-chpst -u ipfs /usr/bin/ipfs config profile apply server
ExecStartPre=-chpst -u ipfs /usr/bin/ipfs config profile apply local-discovery
ExecStartPre=-chpst -u ipfs /usr/bin/ipfs config Datastore.StorageMax "2GB"
ExecStart=/usr/bin/ipfs daemon --enable-namesys-pubsub --enable-pubsub-experiment --enable-gc

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

@Stebalien's #5514 mentioned above he closed, but his #6675 is now merged! See https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/tree/master/misc/systemd for where the files are.

@Ericson2314 is there a reason why you warm up this old and closed ticket? :)

I posted here because I landed here while looking for systemd support, the information was out of date, and the situation has improved since. I figured I would by leaving a comment for future searchers, I would save them some trouble.

I usually figure this is good practice (especially when it's good news). And since the issue had been updated with new information before (by an employee of Protocol Labs, no less), I figured it was deemed good practice here to.

Thanks for pointing this out. The documentation is indeed a bit outdated and should point to the misc/systemd directory.

I created a ticket for this. Feel free to add notes to it, if something is missing:

ipfs-inactive/website#383

Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS

System-Scoped

/etc/systemd/system/ipfs.service

[Unit]
Description=IPFS Daemon
After=network.target

[Service]
User=ubuntu
Group=ubuntu
Environment=IPFS_PATH=/home/ubuntu/.ipfs
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/ipfs daemon --init --migrate
StandardOutput=journal
Restart=on-failure
KillSignal=SIGINT

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl start ipfs
sudo systemctl enable ipfs - for auto-start by reboot

User-Scoped

/home/ubuntu/.config/systemd/user/ipfs.service

[Unit]
Description=IPFS Daemon
After=network.target

[Service]
User=ubuntu
Group=ubuntu
Environment=IPFS_PATH=/home/ubuntu/.ipfs
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/ipfs daemon --init --migrate
StandardOutput=journal
Restart=on-failure
KillSignal=SIGINT

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

systemctl --user daemon-reload
systemctl --user start ipfs

Hey @caryyu,

you can find the systemd service files for go-ipfs in misc/systemd.

I recommend the hardened version if you don't need FUSE.

Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS

System-Scoped

/etc/systemd/system/ipfs.service

[Unit]
Description=IPFS Daemon
After=network.target

[Service]
User=ubuntu
Group=ubuntu
Environment=IPFS_PATH=/home/ubuntu/.ipfs
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/ipfs daemon --init --migrate
StandardOutput=journal
Restart=on-failure
KillSignal=SIGINT

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

sudo systemctl daemon-reload sudo systemctl start ipfs sudo systemctl enable ipfs - for auto-start by reboot

User-Scoped

/home/ubuntu/.config/systemd/user/ipfs.service

[Unit]
Description=IPFS Daemon
After=network.target

[Service]
User=ubuntu
Group=ubuntu
Environment=IPFS_PATH=/home/ubuntu/.ipfs
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/ipfs daemon --init --migrate
StandardOutput=journal
Restart=on-failure
KillSignal=SIGINT

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

systemctl --user daemon-reload systemctl --user start ipfs

The IPFS documentation recommends that the daemon be ran under user-scope. The system-scope example could put your system at risk of being compromised.