Pipe Firestarter Storage

Installation and Usage Flow

This runs on Solana DevNet and uses DevNet SOL. — DO NOT USE MAINNET SOL.

1. Clone and Install

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/PipeNetwork/pipe.git
cd pipe/pipe-cli

# Install pipe-cli globally on their system
cargo install --path .

This will:

• Build the pipe-cli binary from source

• Install it in ~/.cargo/bin/ (which should be in their PATH)

• Make the pipe command available system-wide

2. First Time Setup

# Create a new user account
pipe new-user

This will generate a new user ID and app key, storing them in ~/.pipe-cli.json

3. Basic File Operations

# Upload a single file
pipe upload-file myfile.pdf stored-name

# Download a file
pipe download-file stored-name downloaded.pdf

# Upload with encryption
pipe upload-file sensitive.doc secure --encrypt

# Download and decrypt
pipe download-file secure decrypted.doc --decrypt

4. Directory Operations

# Upload an entire directory
pipe upload-directory /path/to/folder

# Upload with a specific tier for faster speed
pipe upload-directory /important/data --tier premium

# Skip files that were already uploaded
pipe upload-directory /large/dataset --skip-uploaded

5. Advanced Features

# List all your files
pipe list-user-files

# Get file info
pipe file-info myfile

# Local encryption (without uploading)
pipe encrypt-local file.txt file.txt.enc

# Generate encryption keys
pipe keygen --name mykey --algorithm aes256

The key advantage is that after running cargo install --path ., users have a fully functional pipe command available anywhere on the system, making it easy to upload/download files to the Pipe decentralized storage network with optional client-side encryption.