It is possible to initialize the container with a swarm key file (`/data/ipfs/swarm.key`) using the variables `IPFS_SWARM_KEY` and `IPFS_SWARM_KEY_FILE`. The `IPFS_SWARM_KEY` creates `swarm.key` with the contents of the variable itself, whilst `IPFS_SWARM_KEY_FILE` copies the key from a path stored in the variable. The `IPFS_SWARM_KEY_FILE`**overwrites** the key generated by `IPFS_SWARM_KEY`.
If you have previously installed IPFS before and you are running into problems getting a newer version to work, try deleting (or backing up somewhere else) your IPFS config directory (~/.ipfs by default) and rerunning `ipfs init`. This will reinitialize the config file to its defaults and clear out the local datastore of any bad entries.
If you have previously installed IPFS before and you are running into problems getting a newer version to work, try deleting (or backing up somewhere else) your IPFS config directory (~/.ipfs by default) and rerunning `ipfs init`. This will reinitialize the config file to its defaults and clear out the local datastore of any bad entries.