Now that you have installed the IPFS software, you’ll need to configure your local node. Your node’s address is shown in the last line as ‘peer identity’.

For the sake of this example, you can use the defaults. For more information on configuring nodes for different environments click here.

Congratulations – you’re now the proud owner of your very own IPFS node! Your node’s address is shown in the last line as ‘peer identity’. You can test that your node is working by contacting the IPFS core node to download the readme or quick-start guide: