Ipfs cluster general queries

[srikanthkaja31]

Hello Community,

I have some basic design questions regarding IPFS Cluster.

1. Does IPFS Cluster has auto failover in case a node is down? Based on replication factor, does it failover to and pin the file to another running node?
2. How do we encrypt data before/during adding the content to IPFS network? Or is it not required?
3. Can I retrieve the IPFS file without hash?
4. Can we enable notifications when a node is down which has pinned content?

[hector]

@srikanthkaja31

Does IPFS Cluster has auto failover in case a node is down? Based on replication factor, does it failover to and pin the file to another running node?

Cluster peers try to re-pin content allocated to a peer that is detected as “down” (unless the disable_repinning setting is set the true in the config).

@srikanthkaja31

Can we enable notifications when a node is down which has pinned content?

You’d have to do by your own means by monitoring that node.

@srikanthkaja31

How do we encrypt data before/during adding the content to IPFS network? Or is it not required?

If you want you can encrypt it using your favourite method. This is not done for you.

@srikanthkaja31

Can I retrieve the IPFS file without hash?

Probably not. You need a way to find the hash.