when i publish my IPNS site, how long it is online before i need to republish it? 24h? if so, tell me how to make it longer?

You can set the lifetime flag to set your IPNS lifetime. Copying from ipfs name publish --help, -t, --lifetime string - Time duration that the record will be valid for. Default: 24h. This accepts durations such as “300s”, “1.5h” or “2h45m”. Valid time units are "ns", "us…

Wondering where you get that help information from… Here’s what I get from ipfs name publish --help (go-ifps 0.4.22): USAGE ipfs name publish <ipfs-path> - Publish IPNS names. ipfs name publish [--resolve=false] [--lifetime=<lifetime> | -t] [--allow-offline] [--ttl=<ttl>] […

I am surprised by the difference with the help flag. I have go-ipfs 0.4.22 as well.Here’s what I see when I type ipfs name publish --help: ipfs name publish --help USAGE ipfs name publish - Publish IPNS names. SYNOPSIS ipfs name publish [–resolve=false] [–lifetime= | -t] [–allow-offline] [–tt…

Weird! I tried the exact same command on a virtual server running Debian 9 with go-ipfs 0.4.22, and I got the long output that you showed. But on my MacBook (macOS 10.14 with go-ipfs 0.4.22), I get the short version that I posted. Back to the main topic, after seeing the long form, I still don’t un…

I checked the source on this. TTL is the expire time for a peer’s local cache so it specifies how long each peer will keep an IPNS record before checking back with the DHT. When resolving an IPNS request, a peer first checks its cache. If the record is there and TTL has not expired, it returns the…

IPNS - how much is the lifetime

Akita November 20, 2019, 9:16pm 2

Yes, after 24h, the DHT won’t broadcast the IPNS anymore. You should republish them every 12h or so. This to prevent outdated records to pollute the DHT for a long time.

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