[tor-relays] Testers needed for Nyx beta release

[Damian Johnson]

Damn that was a lot of helpful feedback - thank you all! From what I
can tell we should have fixes in for all the issues folks spotted. If
I missed anything then please let me know. Otherwise I'll move forward
with announcing our long belated release this weekend.

Cheers! -Damian



On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 12:35 PM, Damian Johnson <atagar at torproject.org> wrote:
> Hi all! After five years Nyx (previously known as arm) is getting
> a far belated update. Under the covers the whole codebase has been
> rewritten from scratch, but for users things look much the same.
> One of those cases where...
>
>   "When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done
>   anything at all." -Futurama
>
> Main changes are...
>
>   * Python 3.x support.
>
>   * New website: https://nyx.torproject.org/
>
>   * Bandwidth graph now prepopulates when you start up, so you
>     have a graph right away.
>
>   * Connections are now available without togging
>     DisableDebuggerAttachment in your torrc.
>
>   * Support for showing IPv6 connections.
>
>   * Dialog for picking tor events to log, rather than an arcane
>     letter flag input.
>
>   * Improved efficiency of log deduplication by multiple orders
>     of magnitude. As such verbose logs no longer peg your CPU.
>
>   * Richer control interpreter, including a python prompt like
>     IDLE.
>
>   * Removed features that frequently confused users such as the
>     relay setup wizard and torrc validation.
>
>   * Modernized dependencies. Nyx now uses Stem rather than TorCtl
>     (which was deprecated in 2011).
>
> Our ducks should finally be in a row for release, but this being
> a full rewrite I'd like to start with an open beta to work out
> anything I might have missed.
>
> Would relay operators mind giving Nyx a whirl? To give it a try
> simply ensure you have a control port available in your torrc...
>
>   ControlPort 9051
>   CookieAuthentication 1
>
> ... and run the following...
>
>   % git clone https://git.torproject.org/stem.git
>   % git clone https://git.torproject.org/nyx.git
>   % cd nyx/
>   % ln -s ../stem/stem stem
>   % ./run_nyx
>
> Thanks! -Damian