[LEGACY] [CI]: ipfs /root/.ipfs/api not available

[apostasie]

Description

Seen on EL8 - which is notoriously slower than other environment.

Looks like ipfs could be very slow to start - or timeouting somehow.

/root/.ipfs/api is not there when we need it.

Steps to reproduce the issue

Describe the results you received and expected

    issues_linux_test.go:156: 
        
        +------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
        | ➡️      | ⚙️ /usr/local/bin/nerdctl image push ipfs://ghcr.io/stargz-containers/alpine:3.13-org            |
        +------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
        |         | 🚫 command returned a non-zero exit code                                                         |
        +------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
        |         | ⚠️ 1                                                                                             |
        +------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
        |         | 🟠 time="2025-04-17T07:15:41Z" level=info msg="pushing image \"ghcr.io/stargz-containers/alpine: |
        |         | 3.13-org\" to IPFS"                                                                              |
        |         | time="2025-04-17T07:15:41Z" level=info msg="ensuring image contents"                             |
        |         | time="2025-04-17T07:15:41Z" level=warning msg="failed to ensure the existence of image \"ghcr.io |
        |         | /stargz-containers/alpine:3.13-org\"" error="open /root/.ipfs/api: no such file or directory"    |
        |         | time="2025-04-17T07:15:41Z" level=warning msg="ipfs push failed" error="open /root/.ipfs/api: no |
        |         |  such file or directory"                                                                         |
        |         | time="2025-04-17T07:15:41Z" level=fatal msg="open /root/.ipfs/api: no such file or directory"    |
        +------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
        | 🌱      | HOME=/root                                                                                       |
        |         | PATH=/usr/local/go/bin:/usr/local/go/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin |
        |         | :/bin                                                                                            |
        |         | NERDCTL_TOML=/tmp/TestIssue3425with_ipfs840600782/001/nerdctl.toml                               |
        |         | DOCKER_CONFIG=/tmp/TestIssue3425with_ipfs840600782/001                                           |
        |         | IPFS_PATH=/root/.ipfs                                                                            |
        +------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
        | ⏰      | <1s (limit: 3m0s)                                                                                |
        +------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
        | 📁      | /tmp/TestIssue3425with_ipfs840600782/001                                                         |
        +------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

What version of nerdctl are you using?

main

Are you using a variant of nerdctl? (e.g., Rancher Desktop)

None

Host information

No response