[tor-relays] Tor Cloud/AWS relay set up but no Tor installed
aredocilla at gmail.com
aredocilla at gmail.com
Tue Apr 28 01:25:45 UTC 2015
Hi there,
After a long month of not having time for this, I've got it working thanks to
Sina's help. I've attached patches to the ec2-prep.sh script that should make
it work again (nothing extensive, basically just what Sina pointed out plus
something about ExtORPort I saw it complaining about in the log.
Bridge is now up. :)
Best wishes,
allicoder
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> Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2015 03:10:53 +0000
> From: aredocilla at gmail.com
> To: tor-relays at lists.torproject.org
> Subject: [tor-relays] Tor Cloud/AWS relay set up but no Tor installed
> Message-ID: <20150322031053.GB5948 at MadHatter>
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>
> Hello,
>
> I've been trying to set up a tor relay on AWS using the free tier using the
> instructions in various places (e.g. https://cloud.torproject.org/,
> https://www.fak3r.com/2012/08/11/howto-run-a-tor-node-in-the-cloud-for-free/).
> But sshing in from my PC shows clearly that not only is tor not running, it's
> not even installed!
>
> ubuntu at ip-172-31-28-207:~$ aptitude show tor
> Package: tor
> State: not installed
> Version: 0.2.5.11-1~precise+1
> Priority: optional
> Section: net
> ...
>
> ubuntu at ip-172-31-28-207:~$ ps -ely | grep tor
> ubuntu at ip-172-31-28-207:~$ ls /var/log
> alternatives.log auth.log btmp dist-upgrade dmesg.0 dmesg.2.gz fsck landscape mail.err news udev unattended-upgrades wtmp
> apt boot.log cloud-init.log dmesg dmesg.1.gz dpkg.log kern.log lastlog mail.log syslog ufw.log upstart
>
> Has something changed, and the images no longer include tor on start-up (I made
> sure I followed the gist of the cloud.torproject.org steps, given that the
> interface has changed significantly; even went to the previous page from the
> linked one to check that the AMI thing mentioned tor)? I've noticed various
> people have posted online saying it's not safe to run Tor on cloud services -
> has the image been deleted because of this? I wanted to try it anyway because
> the main torproject website still says in several places that running a relay
> on AWS is A Good Thing.
>
> Or did I just do something wrong?
>
> Best wishes,
> allicoder.
>
> --
> PGP key available on request
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2015 04:52:34 +0000 (UTC)
> From: SiNA Rabbani <sina at redteam.net>
> To: tor-relays at lists.torproject.org
> Subject: Re: [tor-relays] Tor Cloud/AWS relay set up but no Tor
> installed
> Message-ID:
> <1101716784.98280.1426999954497.JavaMail.zimbra at redteam.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
>
> Hi allicoder,
>
> The images on Tor Cloud website have not been updated for a while. The project is lacking someone
> that can keep it up to date. I tried to take on the responsibility but so far I have failed to dedicate
> the necessary time. Sorry for the bad experience.
>
> As far as the specific problem with the Cloud image itself, there is a script that is supposed to install the relay
> on first boot. See /etc/rc.local.
>
> You can also find that script here: https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor-cloud.git/plain/ec2-prep.sh
>
> There are a couple of issues with the script itself that I noticed immediately:
> 1) the harcoded pgp key is expired
> 2) the debian experimental repository is returning a 404
> W: Failed to fetch http://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org/dists/experimental-precise/main/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 38.229.72.16 80]
>
> If you wish to do some trouble-shooting, try to get these commands to run without any errors:
> sudo apt-get -y update
> sudo apt-get -y upgrade
> sudo bash /etc/ec2-prep.sh bridge
>
> Finally, now that you have a running image and ssh access, you can just follow the Tor relay installations here:
> https://www.torproject.org/docs/debian.html.en
>
> I apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for running a relay.
>
> All the best,
> Sina
>
>
>
>
> "Be the change that you wish to see in the world." - Mahatma Gandhi
>
> ----- On Mar 21, 2015, at 11:10 PM, aredocilla at gmail.com wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I've been trying to set up a tor relay on AWS using the free tier using the
> > instructions in various places (e.g. https://cloud.torproject.org/,
> > https://www.fak3r.com/2012/08/11/howto-run-a-tor-node-in-the-cloud-for-free/).
> > But sshing in from my PC shows clearly that not only is tor not running, it's
> > not even installed!
> >
> > ubuntu at ip-172-31-28-207:~$ aptitude show tor
> > Package: tor
> > State: not installed
> > Version: 0.2.5.11-1~precise+1
> > Priority: optional
> > Section: net
> > ...
> >
> > ubuntu at ip-172-31-28-207:~$ ps -ely | grep tor
> > ubuntu at ip-172-31-28-207:~$ ls /var/log
> > alternatives.log auth.log btmp dist-upgrade dmesg.0 dmesg.2.gz
> > fsck landscape mail.err news udev unattended-upgrades wtmp
> > apt boot.log cloud-init.log dmesg dmesg.1.gz dpkg.log
> > kern.log lastlog mail.log syslog ufw.log upstart
> >
> > Has something changed, and the images no longer include tor on start-up (I made
> > sure I followed the gist of the cloud.torproject.org steps, given that the
> > interface has changed significantly; even went to the previous page from the
> > linked one to check that the AMI thing mentioned tor)? I've noticed various
> > people have posted online saying it's not safe to run Tor on cloud services -
> > has the image been deleted because of this? I wanted to try it anyway because
> > the main torproject website still says in several places that running a relay
> > on AWS is A Good Thing.
> >
> > Or did I just do something wrong?
> >
> > Best wishes,
> > allicoder.
> >
> > --
> > PGP key available on request
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