[tor-commits] [tor-cloud/master] Link to the bridge page on www.tpo, tell users how to confirm the bridge is working, tell users they do not have to do anything once the instance is running. Solves #4491, #4492, and #4480
runa at torproject.org
runa at torproject.org
Fri Nov 18 21:18:01 UTC 2011
commit 0d0c9202b38fb1a7a24d50620da94891a83817fc
Author: Runa A. Sandvik <runa.sandvik at gmail.com>
Date: Fri Nov 18 21:17:56 2011 +0000
Link to the bridge page on www.tpo, tell users how to confirm the bridge is working, tell users they do not have to do anything once the instance is running. Solves #4491, #4492, and #4480
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html/index.html | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
1 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/html/index.html b/html/index.html
index 4d87cc5..b0ab719 100644
--- a/html/index.html
+++ b/html/index.html
@@ -49,14 +49,15 @@
<div class="main" role="main">
<hgroup>
<div class="deco first"></div>
- <h2>Tor in the Amazon cloud</h2>
+ <h2>Tor bridges in the Amazon cloud</h2>
</hgroup>
<p>The Tor Cloud project gives you a user-friendly way of deploying
bridges to help users access an uncensored Internet. By setting up a
bridge, you donate bandwidth to the Tor network and help improve the
safety and speed at which users can access the Internet. <a
href="https://www.torproject.org"
- target="_blank">Learn more about Tor »</a></p>
+ target="_blank">Learn more about Tor</a> and <a
+ href="https://www.torproject.org/docs/bridges.html.en">bridges »</a>.</p>
<p>This project runs on the Amazon EC2 cloud computing
platform, which powers Amazon.com and other major websites. Amazon
EC2 allows users to launch their own virtual machines and computing
@@ -179,32 +180,48 @@
We have <a href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/3574#comment:4">estimated</a>
that running a bridge will cost around $30 a month.</p>
- <p><b>2. I can't connect as user <i>root</i>, what's wrong?</b><br>
+ <p><b>2. The instance is running, what's next?</b><br>
+ You should not have to do anything once the instance is up and
+ running. Tor will start up as a bridge, confirm that it is reachable
+ from the outside, and then tell the bridge authority that it exists.
+ After that, the address for your bridge will be given out to
+ users.</p>
+
+ <p><b>3. How can I check if my bridge is running?</b><br>
+ There are two ways you can check to see if your bridge is running;
+ you can either log on to the instance and check
+ <em>/var/log/tor/log</em>, or you can use Tor and connect to your
+ own bridge. For instructions on how to use a bridge with Tor, see
+ the <a
+ href="https://www.torproject.org/docs/bridges.html.en">Tor
+ Project website</a>.</p>
+
+ <p><b>4. I can't connect as user <i>root</i>, what's wrong?</b><br>
When you right-click and choose <i>connect</i>, AWS will suggest that
you use <i>root</i> as the username. This is wrong. You need to use
<i>ubuntu</i> as the username if you wish to connect to your server via
SSH.</p>
- <p><b>3. What's in the Tor configuration file?</b><br>
+ <p><b>5. What's in the Tor configuration file?</b><br>
The Tor configuration file that the images have been
configured with can be found <a href="https://cloud.torproject.org/torrc.txt">here</a>.</p>
- <p><b>4. Will the images automatically download and install package updates?</b><br>
+ <p><b>6. Will the images automatically download and install package updates?</b><br>
Yes, the images have all been configured with the <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AutomaticSecurityUpdates"><i>unattended-upgrades</i></a> package. This means that your system will automatically download and install updates.</p>
- <p><b>5. Will you let me know when you publish new images?</b><br>
+ <p><b>7. Will you let me know when you publish new images?</b><br>
New cloud images will be announced on <a href="https://twitter.com/torproject">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://identi.ca/torproject">identi.ca</a>, <a href="https://blog.torproject.org">our blog</a> and on the <a href="https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk">tor-talk</a> mailing list.</p>
- <p><b>6. Where do I report a bug I am encountering?</b><br>
+ <p><b>8. Where do I report a bug I am encountering?</b><br>
If you think the bug you have found is specific to the Tor Cloud
images we provide, please <a
href="https://trac.torproject.org">file a bug</a> or
send an email to <i>help AT rt.torproject.org</i>.</p>
- <p><b>7. Is there an IRC channel where I can ask about Tor Cloud?</b><br>
+ <p><b>9. Is there an IRC channel where I can ask about Tor Cloud?</b><br>
Yes, simply join #tor on irc.oftc.net and ask your question. It may take a while before we get back to you, so please be patient.</p>
- <p><b>8. I have a question that is not answered here, what do I do?</b><br>
+ <p><b>10. I have a question that is not answered here, what do I do?</b><br>
Please send an email to <i>help AT rt.torproject.org</i>.</p>
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