<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div></div><div>You bet!</div><div><br>On Oct 30, 2017, at 14:35, Damian Johnson <<a href="mailto:atagar@torproject.org">atagar@torproject.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>Hi all! After five years Nyx (previously known as arm) is getting</span><br><span>a far belated update. Under the covers the whole codebase has been</span><br><span>rewritten from scratch, but for users things look much the same.</span><br><span>One of those cases where...</span><br><span></span><br><span> "When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done</span><br><span> anything at all." -Futurama</span><br><span></span><br><span>Main changes are...</span><br><span></span><br><span> * Python 3.x support.</span><br><span></span><br><span> * New website: <a href="https://nyx.torproject.org/">https://nyx.torproject.org/</a></span><br><span></span><br><span> * Bandwidth graph now prepopulates when you start up, so you</span><br><span> have a graph right away.</span><br><span></span><br><span> * Connections are now available without togging</span><br><span> DisableDebuggerAttachment in your torrc.</span><br><span></span><br><span> * Support for showing IPv6 connections.</span><br><span></span><br><span> * Dialog for picking tor events to log, rather than an arcane</span><br><span> letter flag input.</span><br><span></span><br><span> * Improved efficiency of log deduplication by multiple orders</span><br><span> of magnitude. As such verbose logs no longer peg your CPU.</span><br><span></span><br><span> * Richer control interpreter, including a python prompt like</span><br><span> IDLE.</span><br><span></span><br><span> * Removed features that frequently confused users such as the</span><br><span> relay setup wizard and torrc validation.</span><br><span></span><br><span> * Modernized dependencies. Nyx now uses Stem rather than TorCtl</span><br><span> (which was deprecated in 2011).</span><br><span></span><br><span>Our ducks should finally be in a row for release, but this being</span><br><span>a full rewrite I'd like to start with an open beta to work out</span><br><span>anything I might have missed.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Would relay operators mind giving Nyx a whirl? To give it a try</span><br><span>simply ensure you have a control port available in your torrc...</span><br><span></span><br><span> ControlPort 9051</span><br><span> CookieAuthentication 1</span><br><span></span><br><span>... and run the following...</span><br><span></span><br><span> % git clone <a href="https://git.torproject.org/stem.git">https://git.torproject.org/stem.git</a></span><br><span> % git clone <a href="https://git.torproject.org/nyx.git">https://git.torproject.org/nyx.git</a></span><br><span> % cd nyx/</span><br><span> % ln -s ../stem/stem stem</span><br><span> % ./run_nyx</span><br><span></span><br><span>Thanks! -Damian</span><br><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>tor-relays mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:tor-relays@lists.torproject.org">tor-relays@lists.torproject.org</a></span><br><span><a href="https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays">https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>