Hello all, I have a few newbie questions on some topics that I would like to clear up...
What is the proper way to stop/start/restart a relay? I’ve ‘corrupted’ a few relays during this process, for example a relay had a new fingerprint after restarting the machine. Actually my biggest problems thus far are all based around Tor behaving weird after a restart.
Also, after I make changes to the torrc file, is pressing ‘x’ in Nyx an acceptable way to enable the changes or is there a preferred method?
Last, if I’m running a bridge at home do I need to configure iptables / fail2ban or is my firewall sufficient? And specifically which ports need to be forwarded to my bridge? Just the ORPort or others as well?
Thanks!
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Hello skarz,
On 10/3/19 3:17 AM, skarz wrote:
What is the proper way to stop/start/restart a relay? I’ve ‘corrupted’ a few relays during this process, for example a relay had a new fingerprint after restarting the machine. Actually my biggest problems thus far are all based around Tor behaving weird after a restart.
I assume you're running some Linux, may I ask which one? Debian based? Does your system come with systemd?
Regards yl
I’m running Raspian Stretch lite.
On Fri, Oct 4, 2019 at 4:40 AM, ylms tor@yl.ms wrote:
Hello skarz,
On 10/3/19 3:17 AM, skarz wrote:
What is the proper way to stop/start/restart a relay? I’ve ‘corrupted’ a few relays during this process, for example a relay had a new fingerprint after restarting the machine. Actually my biggest problems thus far are all based around Tor behaving weird after a restart.
I assume you're running some Linux, may I ask which one? Debian based? Does your system come with systemd?
Regards yl
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On 04.10.2019 23:10, skarz wrote:
I’m running Raspian Stretch lite.
What is the proper way to stop/start/restart a relay? I’ve ‘corrupted’ a few relays during this process, for example a relay had a new fingerprint after restarting the machine. Actually my biggest problems thus far are all based around Tor behaving weird after a restart.
I think raspbian = debian commands on systems with systemd:
either first: ~$ su or put 'sudo' in front of the commands:
start tor # systemctl start tor stop tor # systemctl stop tor reload config # systemctl reload tor stop + start tor # systemctl restart tor
at several tor instances: # systemctl reload tor@00 # systemctl reload tor@01
restart machine # reboot stop the machine # shutdown -h now
Hi,
On 3 Oct 2019, at 11:41, skarz skarz@protonmail.com wrote:
Also, after I make changes to the torrc file, is pressing ‘x’ in Nyx an acceptable way to enable the changes or is there a preferred method?
Yes, it sends a reload signal: https://gitweb.torproject.org/nyx.git/tree/nyx/__init__.py#n230
You can also reload tor's config using systemd or "kill -HUP".
Last, if I’m running a bridge at home do I need to configure iptables / fail2ban or is my firewall sufficient? And specifically which ports need to be forwarded to my bridge? Just the ORPort or others as well?
If you are running obfs4, you also need to forward its port.
T
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