On 18 May 2017, at 21:15, Cristian Consonni cristian@balist.es wrote:
One thing that will change with a fresh install is the IP address of the nodes. So, I was wondering, in general is a good thing to keep the same IP or changing it? Because in any case, I could try and do a dist-upgrade[2] so that I keep the old IP. I have also discovered now that DigitalOcean, one of the providers I use, provides a kernel-management interface[3] that could make the process easier.
So, which is preferable between the two processes where one has the advantage of keeping the same IP (dist-upgrade) and the other not (fresh install)?
It doesn't matter: if your IP address changes, the directory authorities will take an hour or so to check your relay's reachability, and then it will get back its flags and weight over the next week or so.
If your relay is a fallback directory mirror[0], please keep the same key, IP address, and ports. You can check that here[1] or here[2] (large page).
[0]: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/FallbackDirectoryMirrors [1]: https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git/tree/src/or/fallback_dirs.inc [2]: https://consensus-health.torproject.org/consensus-health.html
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