From 864733cdccb5a4dd4993a47aaf6714fbd27f9ae9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matt Smithies <flyinggazelle@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 18:02:41 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Update documentation for IPFS provider filebase for use on
 gitbook (#3545)

Signed-off-by: Matt Smithies <flyinggazelle@hotmail.co.uk>
---
 README.md                                       |  3 +--
 .../README.md                                   | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0b792298ae..dd1b36f1c0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -217,8 +217,7 @@ The complete guide to using the new w3up web3.storage API is available at https:
 
 #### 4.3 Setting up IPFS Filebase Bucket:
 
-To configure the Filebase IPFS provider, set the following variables in the file *
-*./configs/.env.develop.guardian.system:**
+To configure the Filebase IPFS provider, set the following variables in the file *`./configs/.env.<environment>.guardian.system`*
 
    ```
    IPFS_STORAGE_API_KEY="Generated Firebase Bucket Token"
diff --git a/docs/guardian/readme/getting-started/installation/building-from-source-and-run-using-docker/README.md b/docs/guardian/readme/getting-started/installation/building-from-source-and-run-using-docker/README.md
index ee265dbfa4..914b287acc 100644
--- a/docs/guardian/readme/getting-started/installation/building-from-source-and-run-using-docker/README.md
+++ b/docs/guardian/readme/getting-started/installation/building-from-source-and-run-using-docker/README.md
@@ -163,6 +163,23 @@ IPFS_STORAGE_PROOF="..."
 
 To know complete process of How to setup IPFS Storage variables, please check [How to generate Web3.Storage API values](../../how-to-generate-web3.storage-api-key.md)
 
+#### 4.3 Setting up IPFS Filebase Bucket:
+
+To configure the Filebase IPFS provider, set the following variables in the file *
+`./configs/.env.<environment>.guardian.system`
+
+   ```
+   IPFS_STORAGE_API_KEY="Generated Firebase Bucket Token"
+   IPFS_PROVIDER="filebase"
+   ```
+
+Create a new "bucket" on Filebase since we utilize the **IPFS Pinning Service API Endpoint** service. The **token**
+generated for a bucket corresponds to the **IPFS_STORAGE_API_KEY** environment variable within the guardian's
+configuration.
+
+For detailed setup instructions, refer to the
+official <https://docs.filebase.com/api-documentation/ipfs-pinning-service-api>.
+
 #### 5. Setting up Chat GPT API KEY to enable AI Search and Guided Search:
 
 For setting up AI and Guided Search, we need to set OPENAI\_API\_KEY variable in `./configs/.env*` files.