From c10f043f3bb7a48e8b43e7f4e35e1cbccf762c68 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bamvor Zhang Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2019 19:41:06 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] Improve the Filestore document Fix for the #5746. Switch to Filestore need to restart the ipfs node. License: MIT Signed-off-by: Bamvor Zhang --- docs/experimental-features.md | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/experimental-features.md b/docs/experimental-features.md index 17bf19b86..e44f1e6f5 100644 --- a/docs/experimental-features.md +++ b/docs/experimental-features.md @@ -183,7 +183,10 @@ Modify your ipfs config: ipfs config --json Experimental.FilestoreEnabled true ``` -And then pass the `--nocopy` flag when running `ipfs add` +Then restart your IPFS node to reload your config. + +Finally, when adding files with ipfs add, pass the --nocopy flag to use the +filestore instead of copying the files into your local IPFS repo. ### Road to being a real feature - [ ] Needs more people to use and report on how well it works.