Try the javascript implementation of ipfs

src/freedombone-app-ipfs

@@ -33,13 +33,16 @@ VARIANTS='mesh'
 IPFS_GO_REPO="https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs"
 IPFS_COMMIT='20b06a4cbce8884f5b194da6e98cb11f2c77f166'
 IPFS_PORT=4001
+IPFS_NODE_VERSION='6.2.2'
+IPFS_JS_VERSION='0.14.3'
+IPFS_JS_RONIN_VERSION='0.3.11'
 
 function reconfigure_ipfs {
     echo -n ''
 }
 
-function upgrade_ipfs {
+function upgrade_ipfs_go {
-	if ! grep -Fxq "install_ipfs" $COMPLETION_FILE; then
+    if ! grep -Fxq "install_ipfs_go" $COMPLETION_FILE; then
         return
     fi
 
@@ -50,6 +53,23 @@ function upgrade_ipfs {
     set_repo_commit $GOPATH/src/github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs "ipfs commit" "$IPFS_COMMIT" $IPFS_REPO
 }
 
+function upgrade_ipfs_js {
+    if ! grep -Fxq "install_ipfs_js" $COMPLETION_FILE; then
+        return
+    fi
+
+    npm cache clean -f
+    npm install -g n
+    n ${IPFS_NODE_VERSION}
+    npm install ronin@${IPFS_JS_RONIN_VERSION} --global
+    npm install ipfs@${IPFS_JS_VERSION} --global
+}
+
+function upgrade_ipfs {
+    upgrade_ipfs_js
+    upgrade_ipfs_go
+}
+
 function backup_local_ipfs {
     if ! grep -q "Admin user" $COMPLETION_FILE; then
         return
@@ -121,8 +141,8 @@ function restore_remote_ipfs {
     fi
 }
 
-function remove_ipfs {
+function remove_ipfs_go {
-	if ! grep -Fxq "install_ipfs" $COMPLETION_FILE; then
+    if ! grep -Fxq "install_ipfs_go" $COMPLETION_FILE; then
         return
     fi
     function_check select_go_version
@@ -136,10 +156,35 @@ function remove_ipfs {
     function_check save_firewall_settings
     save_firewall_settings
     sed -i '/install_ipfs/d' $COMPLETION_FILE
-	sed -i '/ipfs /d' $COMPLETION_FILE
+    sed -i '/ipfs/d' $COMPLETION_FILE
     sed -i '/configure_firewall_for_ipfs/d' $COMPLETION_FILE
 }
 
+function remove_ipfs_js {
+    if ! grep -Fxq "install_ipfs_js" $COMPLETION_FILE; then
+        return
+    fi
+    systemctl stop ipfs
+    systemctl disable ipfs
+    rm /etc/systemd/system/ipfs.service
+    systemctl daemon-reload
+
+    npm uninstall ipfs --global
+    npm uninstall ronin --global
+
+    iptables -D INPUT -p tcp --dport $IPFS_PORT -j ACCEPT
+    function_check save_firewall_settings
+    save_firewall_settings
+    sed -i '/install_ipfs/d' $COMPLETION_FILE
+    sed -i '/ipfs/d' $COMPLETION_FILE
+    sed -i '/configure_firewall_for_ipfs/d' $COMPLETION_FILE
+}
+
+function remove_ipfs {
+    remove_ipfs_js
+    remove_ipfs_go
+}
+
 function configure_firewall_for_ipfs {
     if grep -Fxq "configure_firewall_for_ipfs" $COMPLETION_FILE; then
         return
@@ -155,8 +200,93 @@ function configure_firewall_for_ipfs {
     echo 'configure_firewall_for_ipfs' >> $COMPLETION_FILE
 }
 
-function install_ipfs {
+function install_ipfs_js {
-	if grep -Fxq "install_ipfs" $COMPLETION_FILE; then
+    if grep -Fxq "install_ipfs_js" $COMPLETION_FILE; then
+        return
+    fi
+
+    apt-get -y install npm libpam0g-dev fuse
+
+    npm cache clean -f
+    npm install -g n
+    n ${IPFS_NODE_VERSION}
+    npm install ronin@${IPFS_JS_RONIN_VERSION} --global
+    npm install ipfs@${IPFS_JS_VERSION} --global
+
+    IPFS_PATH=/usr/local/bin
+
+    # initialise
+    su -c "$IPFS_PATH/ipfs init -b 4096" - $MY_USERNAME
+    if [ ! -d /home/$MY_USERNAME/.ipfs ]; then
+        echo "IPFS could not be initialised for user $MY_USERNAME"
+        exit 7358
+    fi
+
+    # directories to mount to
+    if [ ! -d /ipfs ]; then
+        mkdir /ipfs
+        mkdir /ipns
+        chown $MY_USERNAME:$MY_USERNAME /ipfs
+        chown $MY_USERNAME:$MY_USERNAME /ipns
+    fi
+
+    if [ -f /etc/fuse.conf ]; then
+        chown $MY_USERNAME:$MY_USERNAME /etc/fuse.conf
+    fi
+    if [ -f /dev/fuse ]; then
+        chown $MY_USERNAME:$MY_USERNAME /dev/fuse
+    fi
+
+    IPFS_DAEMON_NAME=ipfs
+    IPFS_DAEMON_FILE=/etc/systemd/system/${IPFS_DAEMON_NAME}.service
+    echo '[Unit]' > $IPFS_DAEMON_FILE
+    echo 'Description=IPFS javascript daemon' >> $IPFS_DAEMON_FILE
+    echo 'After=syslog.target' >> $IPFS_DAEMON_FILE
+    echo 'After=network.target' >> $IPFS_DAEMON_FILE
+    echo '' >> $IPFS_DAEMON_FILE
+    echo '[Service]' >> $IPFS_DAEMON_FILE
+    echo 'Type=simple' >> $IPFS_DAEMON_FILE
+    echo "User=$MY_USERNAME" >> $IPFS_DAEMON_FILE
+    echo "Group=$MY_USERNAME" >> $IPFS_DAEMON_FILE
+    echo "WorkingDirectory=/home/$MY_USERNAME" >> $IPFS_DAEMON_FILE
+    echo "ExecStart=${IPFS_PATH}/jsipfs daemon --mount" >> $IPFS_DAEMON_FILE
+    echo 'Restart=on-failure' >> $IPFS_DAEMON_FILE
+    echo "Environment=\"USER=$MY_USERNAME\" \"HOME=/home/$MY_USERNAME\"" >> $IPFS_DAEMON_FILE
+    echo '' >> $IPFS_DAEMON_FILE
+    echo '[Install]' >> $IPFS_DAEMON_FILE
+    echo 'WantedBy=multi-user.target' >> $IPFS_DAEMON_FILE
+
+    systemctl daemon-reload
+    systemctl enable ${IPFS_DAEMON_NAME}
+    systemctl restart ${IPFS_DAEMON_NAME}
+
+    if [ -d /etc/avahi ]; then
+        su -c "echo $($IPFS_PATH/ipfs id | grep '\"ID\":' | awk -F '\"' '{print $4}') > /tmp/ipfsid" - $MY_USERNAME
+        if [ ! -f /tmp/ipfsid ]; then
+            echo 'No IPFS identity was created'
+            exit 37895
+        fi
+        IPFS_PEER_ID=$(cat /tmp/ipfsid)
+        if [ ${#IPFS_PEER_ID} -lt 10 ]; then
+            echo 'Invalid IPFS peer ID'
+            echo "$IPFS_PEER_ID"
+            exit 74782
+        fi
+        # Add an avahi service
+        function_check create_avahi_service
+        create_avahi_service ipfs "ipfs" udp $IPFS_PORT "$IPFS_PEER_ID"
+        rm /tmp/ipfsid
+    fi
+
+    function_check configure_firewall_for_ipfs
+    configure_firewall_for_ipfs
+
+    echo 'install_ipfs_js' >> $COMPLETION_FILE
+}
+
+
+function install_ipfs_go {
+    if grep -Fxq "install_ipfs_go" $COMPLETION_FILE; then
         return
     fi
 
@@ -240,7 +370,7 @@ function install_ipfs {
     fi
 
     echo '[Unit]' > /etc/systemd/system/ipfs.service
-	echo 'Description=IPFS daemon' >> /etc/systemd/system/ipfs.service
+    echo 'Description=IPFS go daemon' >> /etc/systemd/system/ipfs.service
     echo 'After=syslog.target' >> /etc/systemd/system/ipfs.service
     echo 'After=network.target' >> /etc/systemd/system/ipfs.service
     echo '' >> /etc/systemd/system/ipfs.service
@@ -281,5 +411,10 @@ function install_ipfs {
     function_check configure_firewall_for_ipfs
     configure_firewall_for_ipfs
 
-	echo 'install_ipfs' >> $COMPLETION_FILE
+    echo 'install_ipfs_go' >> $COMPLETION_FILE
+}
+
+function install_ipfs {
+    install_ipfs_js
+    #install_ipfs_go
 }