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### PG-IPFS configuration
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This doc walks through the steps to install IPFS and configure it to use Postgres as its backing datastore.
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1. Start by downloading and moving into the IPFS repo:
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`go get github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs`
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`cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs`
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2. Add the [Postgres-supporting fork](https://github.com/vulcanize/go-ipfs) and switch over to it:
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`git remote add vulcanize https://github.com/vulcanize/go-ipfs.git`
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`git fetch vulcanize`
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`git checkout -b postgres_update tags/v0.4.22-alpha`
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3. Now install this fork of ipfs, first be sure to remove any previous installation:
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`make install`
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4. Check that is installed properly by running:
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`ipfs`
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You should see the CLI info/help output.
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5. Now we initialize with the `postgresds` profile.
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If ipfs was previously initialized we will need to remove the old profile first.
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We also need to provide env variables for the postgres connection:
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We can either set these manually, e.g.
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```bash
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export IPFS_PGHOST=
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export IPFS_PGUSER=
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export IPFS_PGDATABASE=
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export IPFS_PGPORT=
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export IPFS_PGPASSWORD=
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```
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And then run the ipfs command:
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`ipfs init --profile=postgresds`
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Or we can use the pre-made script at `GOPATH/src/github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/misc/utility/ipfs_postgres.sh`
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which has usage:
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`./ipfs_postgres.sh <IPFS_PGHOST> <IPFS_PGPORT> <IPFS_PGUSER> <IPFS_PGDATABASE>"`
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and will ask us to enter the password, avoiding storing it to an ENV variable.
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Once we have initialized ipfs, that is all we need to do with it- we do not need to run a daemon during the subsequent processes.
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