Possible to run a tor bridge/relay via tor browser?

Hi,
On 25 Mar 2020, at 06:35, Keifer Bly <keifer.bly@gmail.com> wrote:
So I am currently running an OBFS4 bridge here:
https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/386E99371B8CD938248940B754F16...
It is being done via the TOR expert bundle on Windows 10. I am wondering, would it be possible to run the bridge via the tor that comes with the tor browser? This way, everything (tor, obfs4, etc). could be automatically updated for the bridge just when updating tor browser.
Probably. Why don't you try it, and let us know how you go? T

Well, I just tried, and no luck, see the attached video. I edited the torrc file included with the torrc file to run the bridge, and after doing this, it causes tor to immediately crash on startup before even making any logs. This is what is entered in the torrc file, the same as what is entered in my tor expert bundle torrc Nickname torland SOCKSPort 0 # no local SOCKS proxy ORPort 80 # public bridge must have an open ORPort ExtORPort auto # configure ExtORPort for obfs4proxy ExitPolicy reject *:* # no exits allowed BridgeRelay 1 # relay won't show up in the public consensus PublishServerDescriptor 1 # publish to the bridge authority # use obfs4proxy to provide obfs4 on port 9003, 443 ServerTransportPlugin obfs4 exec C:\Users\keife\Desktop\Tor Browser test relay\Browser\TorBrowser\Tor\PluggableTransports ServerTransportListenAddr obfs4 0.0.0.0:443 ContactInfo keifer.bly@gmail.com Any thoughts are appreciated, thank you. I am also wondering, can tor browser be configured to automatically install updates on startup? Thanks. tor browser relay error.mp4 <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1E2YWlMnsA3oBtzSSe2k2T7VDYdF2irVX/view?usp=drive_web> --Keifer On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 2:40 AM teor <teor@riseup.net> wrote:
Hi,
On 25 Mar 2020, at 06:35, Keifer Bly <keifer.bly@gmail.com> wrote:
So I am currently running an OBFS4 bridge here:
https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/386E99371B8CD938248940B754F16...
It is being done via the TOR expert bundle on Windows 10. I am wondering, would it be possible to run the bridge via the tor that comes with the tor browser? This way, everything (tor, obfs4, etc). could be automatically updated for the bridge just when updating tor browser.
Probably.
Why don't you try it, and let us know how you go?
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Hi,
On 28 Mar 2020, at 05:14, Keifer Bly <keifer.bly@gmail.com> wrote:
ServerTransportPlugin obfs4 exec C:\Users\keife\Desktop\Tor Browser test relay\Browser\TorBrowser\Tor\PluggableTransports
You might need to quote the spaces in this path. And specify the path to the binary, not the directory. Try running tor in a terminal, so you can see the logs. T
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