IPFS distributions

Source for building https://dist.ipfs.io

Table of Contents

• Background
• Install
• Usage
  • Adding a version
  • Adding a new (go) distribution
  • Publishing
• Contribute

Background

The goal is to generate a file hierarchy that looks like this:

Definitions:

• <dist> is a distribution, meaning a program or library we release.
• <version> is the version of the <dist>.
• <platform> is a supported platform of <dist>@<version>

So for example, if we had <dist> go-ipfs and fs-repo-migrations, we might see a hierarchy like:

.
├── fs-repo-migrations
│   ├── v1.3.0
│   │   ├── build-info
│   │   ├── dist.json
│   │   ├── fs-repo-migrations_v1.3.0_darwin-386.tar.gz
│   │   ├── fs-repo-migrations_v1.3.0_darwin-amd64.tar.gz
│   │   ├── fs-repo-migrations_v1.3.0_freebsd-386.tar.gz
│   │   ├── fs-repo-migrations_v1.3.0_freebsd-amd64.tar.gz
│   │   ├── fs-repo-migrations_v1.3.0_freebsd-arm.tar.gz
│   │   ├── fs-repo-migrations_v1.3.0_linux-386.tar.gz
│   │   ├── fs-repo-migrations_v1.3.0_linux-amd64.tar.gz
│   │   ├── fs-repo-migrations_v1.3.0_linux-arm.tar.gz
│   │   ├── fs-repo-migrations_v1.3.0_windows-386.zip
│   │   ├── fs-repo-migrations_v1.3.0_windows-amd64.zip
│   │   └── results
│   └── versions
├── go-ipfs
│   ├── v0.4.9
│   │   ├── build-info
│   │   ├── build-log-freebsd-386
│   │   ├── build-log-freebsd-arm
│   │   ├── dist.json
│   │   ├── go-ipfs_v0.4.9_darwin-386.tar.gz
│   │   ├── go-ipfs_v0.4.9_darwin-amd64.tar.gz
│   │   ├── go-ipfs_v0.4.9_freebsd-amd64.tar.gz
│   │   ├── go-ipfs_v0.4.9_linux-386.tar.gz
│   │   ├── go-ipfs_v0.4.9_linux-amd64.tar.gz
│   │   ├── go-ipfs_v0.4.9_linux-arm.tar.gz
│   │   ├── go-ipfs_v0.4.9_windows-386.zip
│   │   ├── go-ipfs_v0.4.9_windows-amd64.zip
│   │   └── results
│   └── versions
└── index.html
85 directories, 943 files

We call this the distribution index, the listing of all distributions, their versions, and platform assets.

Install

First, install the following dependencies via your favorite package manager:

• hugo
• npm
• jq
• ipfs
• git (obviously)

Then install the javascript dependencies with npm:

# Install javascript dependencies
> npm install

Finally, run make to build/download the existing distribution over IPFS. It will download everything published at dist.ipfs.io and then build anything missing.

> make

Usage

Adding a version

Run:

> ./dist.sh add-version <dist> <version>

This will add the version to dists/<dist>/versions, set it as the current version in dists/<dist>/current, and build it.

Adding a new (go) distribution

Run:

> ./dist.sh new-go-dist <dist> <git-repo>

And follow the prompts.

Publishing

In the root of the repository, run:

> make publish

This will build (or download) anything that hasn't been built and build, compile the index in releases, and add releases to ipfs. Save the hash it spits out (we'll call it <NEW_HASH>), that's the new hash for dists.ipfs.io. We also append it to a file called versions in the repo root (not checked into git).

Next, you should probably:

1. Load the dists website in your browser to make sure everything looks right: http://127.0.0.1:8080/ipfs/<NEW_HASH>.
2. Compare <NEW_HASH> with the current dists.ipfs.io to make sure nothing is amiss: ipfs object diff /ipns/dist.ipfs.io /ipfs/<NEW_HASH>

If all looks well, pin the hash using pinbot (#ipfs-pinbot on Freenode, ask someone if you don't have permission to do so).

Finally,

1. Commit your changes and make a PR. Specifically, the changes to dists/<dist>/versions and dists/<dist>/current.
2. File an issue on ipfs/infrastructure with the hash you got from make publish and a link to the PR.

If you have permission, you can just merge the PR, update the DNS, and then immediately, close the issue on ipfs/infrastructure. Ping someone on IRC.

Contribute

Issues and PRs welcome! Please check out the issues.

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License

MIT © IPFS