[tor-relays] Testers needed for Nyx beta release

[John Ricketts]

You bet!

> On Oct 30, 2017, at 14:35, 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
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