How can I get and add on IPFS? Am I doing something wrong?

Help
1

I am hosting dtube videos for a few friends, but I am not sure if I am really hosting

I have 2 servers

In server 1 I have downloaded their videos and “ipfs add” the videos, one video from one friends, for example, has the hash
QmdkBtTSbtL2Gchm1aiRTu8sbUFKqhVkqp74LzWQP777cc

I want to move them to the server 2 because I will terminate the 1 to save money, but I can’t find thoser objects, in the server 2 I try to
ipfs get QmdkBtTSbtL2Gchm1aiRTu8sbUFKqhVkqp74LzWQP777cc
and ipfs object get QmdkBtTSbtL2Gchm1aiRTu8sbUFKqhVkqp74LzWQP777cc

but what I get is nothing, I can leave it there for hours and I get no response, I need to ctrl+c to exit

On both servers when I ipfs swarm peers
I get a response of hundreds of peers, but I can’t get the file from another server, which leads me to believe that it is not even seeding the files, what is actually happening?

2

Try ipfs add to download and pin the content to your second node.

When trying to load your content with the hash you provided through this gateway I get a timeout error, so maybe you need to go back to your first node and make sure the content is actually pinned.

3

How can I make sure it is pinned?

I did wget from the video and ipfs add the video, so apprently it should work…

4

Try the ipfs pin commands and let me know if that helps.

Sorry I can’t be more helpful or specific, I’m learning this along with you :slight_smile: