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document how to change daemon ports #879

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Expand Up @@ -38,7 +38,27 @@ over the network. Most applications that use IPFS will do so by
communicating with a daemon over the HTTP API. While the daemon is
running, calls to 'ipfs' commands will be sent over the network to
the daemon.
`,

The daemon will start listening on ports on the network, which are
documented in (and can be modified through) 'ipfs config Addresses'.
For example, to change the 'Gateway' port:

ipfs config Addresses.Gateway /ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/8082

The API address can be changed the same way:

ipfs config Addresses.API /ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/5002

Make sure to restart the daemon after changing addresses.

By default, the gateway is only accessible locally. To expose it to other computers
in the network, use 0.0.0.0 as the ip address:

ipfs config Addresses.Gateway /ip4/0.0.0.0/tcp/8080

Be careful if you expose the API. It is a security risk, as anyone could use control
your node remotely. If you need to control the node remotely, make sure to protect
the port as you would other services or database (firewall, authenticated proxy, etc).`,
},

Options: []cmds.Option{
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