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Zero-Config CLI to Deploy Static Websites to IPFS
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Deprecate IPFS Deploy #238

Closed hacdias closed 2 years ago

hacdias commented 2 years ago

IPFS Deploy was built at a time when there were no other tools to update the DNSLink and pin websites to IPFS easily. However, with time more tools have been developed and they now exist. It doesn't make sense to keep maintaining this tool while better ones exist.

Things to do:

@lidel can you please get a list of all the alternatives we can list on the README? I can take care of everything except for moving the repository. I just need the alternatives which you're surely more aware of.

Also, we should consider deprecating https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/dnslink-cloudflare if there are better alternatives, or if API changed. What do you think?

besoeasy commented 2 years ago

Respect & Love❤️

We had great time with this tool, specially sending and deploying websites.

kevincox commented 2 years ago

I'm curious for the list of alternatives. https://web3.storage/ seems just like an IPFS storage provider not an alternative to this command-line tool, I don't see the relation.

besoeasy commented 2 years ago

I'm curious for the list of alternatives. https://web3.storage/ seems just like an IPFS storage provider not an alternative to this command-line tool, I don't see the relation.

you can use infura just have your own keys

kevincox commented 2 years ago

I also don't see how that is relevant. Infura is also a service not a CLI to make deploying sites easy.

besoeasy commented 2 years ago

@kevincox lot of cli tools avaiable for infura api, infact you can use ipfs lite config with infura instead of local nodes

and use command like ipfs app

kevincox commented 2 years ago

What is "ipfs app"? That doesn't seem to be a command.

Also there is a huge different between a tool that interacts with the API of a single provider vs a tool that:

Basically this tool is a one-command option for deploying a website. I'm not aware of any alternatives here. I am considering how I would do this myself without the tool and it isn't hard but it is a lot of annoying boilerplate. I would need to do something like:

  1. Upload to a provider.
  2. Pin or upload to backup providers with appropriate metadata for eventual cleanup.
  3. Parse out the CID from the add command.
  4. Update DNS with the CID.

Plus the exact providers are slightly different for PR previews and production deploys. Having one tool that glued all of this together is super valuable. As the original description said "tools to update the DNSLink and pin websites to IPFS easily" but I am trying to find these and can't find any. So for the alternatives proposed aren't the same type of tool.