Fallback IPFS provider URL to IPFS container IP

src/releaseUploader/ipfsNode/addDirFromUrls.ts

@@ -28,8 +28,9 @@ export async function ipfsAddDirFromUrls(
   }
 
   // Parse the ipfsProvider the a full base apiUrl
+  const apiUrl = await normalizeIpfsProvider(ipfsProvider);
   const res = await got({
-    prefixUrl: normalizeIpfsProvider(ipfsProvider),
+    prefixUrl: apiUrl,
     url: "api/v0/add",
     method: "POST",
     headers: form.getHeaders(),

src/releaseUploader/ipfsNode/addFromFs.ts

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export async function ipfsAddFromFs(
 
   // Parse the ipfsProvider the a full base apiUrl
   let lastPercent = -1;
-  const apiUrl = normalizeIpfsProvider(ipfsProvider);
+  const apiUrl = await normalizeIpfsProvider(ipfsProvider);
   const res = await got({
     prefixUrl: apiUrl,
     url: "api/v0/add",

src/releaseUploader/ipfsNode/ipfsProvider.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,53 @@
 import { URL } from "url";
+import dns from "dns";
+import { promisify } from "util";
+import { shell } from "../../utils/shell.js";
 
-function getIpfsProviderUrl(provider = "dappnode"): string {
+const dnsLookup = promisify(dns.lookup);
+
+const DAPPNODE_IPFS_HOST = "ipfs.dappnode";
+const DAPPNODE_IPFS_CONTAINER = "DAppNodeCore-ipfs.dnp.dappnode.eth";
+
+/**
+ * Check if a hostname can be resolved via DNS
+ */
+async function canResolveHost(hostname: string): Promise<boolean> {
+  try {
+    await dnsLookup(hostname);
+    return true;
+  } catch {
+    return false;
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Get the IP address of the IPFS container from Docker
+ * @throws If the container does not exist or has no IP
+ */
+async function getIpfsContainerIp(): Promise<string> {
+  const ip = await shell(
+    `docker inspect ${DAPPNODE_IPFS_CONTAINER} --format '{{.NetworkSettings.Networks.dncore_network.IPAddress}}'`
+  );
+
+  if (!ip || ip.trim() === "") {
+    throw new Error(
+      `Could not get IP address for container ${DAPPNODE_IPFS_CONTAINER}`
+    );
+  }
+
+  return ip.trim();
+}
+
+async function getIpfsProviderUrl(provider = "dappnode"): Promise<string> {
   if (provider === "dappnode") {
-    return "http://ipfs.dappnode";
+    // Try to resolve ipfs.dappnode first
+    if (await canResolveHost(DAPPNODE_IPFS_HOST)) {
+      return `http://${DAPPNODE_IPFS_HOST}`;
+    }
+
+    // Fallback to Docker container IP
+    const containerIp = await getIpfsContainerIp();
+    return `http://${containerIp}`;
   } else if (provider === "remote") {
     return "https://api.ipfs.dappnode.io";
   } else if (provider === "infura") {
@@ -28,8 +73,8 @@ function parseIpfsProviderUrl(provider: string) {
   }
 }
 
-export function normalizeIpfsProvider(provider: string): string {
-  const providerUrl = getIpfsProviderUrl(provider);
+export async function normalizeIpfsProvider(provider: string): Promise<string> {
+  const providerUrl = await getIpfsProviderUrl(provider);
   const { host, port, protocol } = parseIpfsProviderUrl(providerUrl);
   const fullUrl = `${protocol}://${host}:${port}`;
   // #### TEMP: Make sure the URL is correct

src/releaseUploader/ipfsNode/ipfsVersion.ts

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export async function ipfsVersion(
   ipfsProvider: string
 ): Promise<IpfsApiVersionResponse> {
   // Parse the ipfsProvider the a full base apiUrl
-  const apiUrl = normalizeIpfsProvider(ipfsProvider);
+  const apiUrl = await normalizeIpfsProvider(ipfsProvider);
   const res = await got<IpfsApiVersionResponse>({
     prefixUrl: apiUrl,
     url: "api/v0/version",

test/commands/build.test.ts

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import {
 } from "../../src/params.js";
 import { normalizeIpfsProvider } from "../../src/releaseUploader/ipfsNode/ipfsProvider.js";
 
-const contentProvider = normalizeIpfsProvider("remote");
+const contentProvider = await normalizeIpfsProvider("remote");
 
 // This test will create the following fake files
 // ./dappnode_package.json  => fake manifest