[tor-relays] Upgrading a relay and changing IP address

[Cristian Consonni]

Hi,

thanks for your response.

On 19/05/2017 02:28, teor wrote:
>> On 18 May 2017, at 21:15, Cristian Consonni <cristian at 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).

so, to be clear, if I was a fallback directory mirror (which I am note)
I should manintain the same IP. Otherwise it is ok to change IP.

Cristian

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