A bucket is a logical container for organizing and storing your files.A bucket can contain any number of files. You can also create folders and catalogs within buckets to further organize your data.
Within a bucket, you can optionally create a folder to organize your data. Folders are mutable virtual containers that don’t get pinned in the IPFS network and have no CID of their own.
IPFS dedicated gateways allow for faster and more reliable storage of files in the IPFS network. They have no rate or speed limitation and can be assigned either to a single bucket within an organization or provide access to the whole IPFS network.To create a dedicated gateway, do the following:
Navigate to IPFS Storage > Gateways.
Click Create dedicated gateway.
Select one of the following gateway modes:
Private — to create a gateway that will provide access to a single bucket within your organization.
Open — to create a gateway that will provide access to any data objects in the IPFS network.
For the private mode, select a bucket to assign a gateway.
Enter the Gateway name. This name also will be used as a unique part of the gateway domain.
You can retrieve your files through a public or dedicated gateway provided by Chainstack or by using the IPFS tooling and your file’s CID.To retrieve through the public or dedicated gateway, on the Chainstack platform, navigate to your file and do one of the following:
In the Public gateway field, click Copy or Open to get the link to your file through a public gateway.
In the Dedicated gateway field, click Copy to get the link to your file through a dedicated gateway.
Retrieve using the file’s CID:
On the Chainstack platform, navigate to your file.
In the CID field, click Copy.
This will copy the file’s CID that you can use to retrieve the file using IPFS tools.