<html><head></head><body><div class="ydp885902e3yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div>Keifer,</div><div><br></div><div>When you say, "periodically go down once a month" do you mean the Tor service dies, becomes defunct, circuits bleed off, Internet connectivity issues, power goes out, etc? Anything in the torlog that might provide a clue? From your metrics, you can definitely tell your relay goes down once or twice a month </div><div><br></div><div>I don't know of a way to monitor and restart the Tor service via the torrc file. However, if you knew the root cause, it would help to monitor, report, and/or restore the Tor service, externally.</div><div><br></div><div>I have battery backups, power generator, and loadbalance to multiple relay nodes within my portion of the Tor network. I would like to add redundant ISP's and routers to my topology, as well.</div><div><br></div><div>Respectfully,</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Gary</div><div class="ydp885902e3signature">—<div>This Message Originated by the Sun.</div><div>iBigBlue 63W Solar Array (~12 Hour Charge)</div><div>+ 2 x Charmast 26800mAh Power Banks</div><div>= iPhone XS Max 512GB (~2 Weeks Charged)</div></div></div>
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On Sunday, October 10, 2021, 1:48:52 AM PDT, Keifer Bly <keifer.bly@gmail.com> wrote:
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<div><div id="ydp885902e3yiv5996816067"><div><div class="ydp885902e3yiv5996816067WordSection1"><p class="ydp885902e3yiv5996816067MsoNormal">Hi,</p><p class="ydp885902e3yiv5996816067MsoNormal"> </p><p class="ydp885902e3yiv5996816067MsoNormal">So my relay at <a href="https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/79E3B585803DE805CCBC00C1EF36B1E74372861D" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/79E3B585803DE805CCBC00C1EF36B1E74372861D</a></p><p class="ydp885902e3yiv5996816067MsoNormal"> </p><p class="ydp885902e3yiv5996816067MsoNormal">Seems to periodically go down once a month or so. I am wondering, is there a way configure tor (via the torrc file) to restart automatically once a month? Thank you.</p><p class="ydp885902e3yiv5996816067MsoNormal"> </p><p class="ydp885902e3yiv5996816067MsoNormal">--Keifer</p><p class="ydp885902e3yiv5996816067MsoNormal"> </p></div></div>
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