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IPFS | CLI

What is IPFS?​

The Interplanetary File system (IPFS) is a distributed file storage protocol that allow computers all over the globe to store and serve files as part of a giant peer-to-peer network.

What is Pinning?​

Pinning is a mechanism that allows you to tell IPFS to store and keep a given object somewhere - the default being you local node, though in this case you will be pinning the object to Fleek’s IPFS node.

How to pin a file​

You can pin a file from your file system by using the add command.

fleek ipfs add <file-direction>

Usage​

fleek ipfs add hello.txt
> Success! QmNTCRYiZbtzDGEYtsTKwwtDVQF1XgvebudpRzcXVf5dYM

> You can visit through the gateway:
https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmNTCRYiZbtzDGEYtsTKwwtDVQF1XgvebudpRzcXVf5dYM