[tor-relays] Tor on cloud VPS

[Roman Mamedov]

On Thu, 11 Nov 2021 21:52:22 +0000
potlatch via tor-relays <tor-relays at lists.torproject.org> wrote:

> Hello All,
> My VPS host recently moved one of my Tor exits to cloud ops (I believe AWS).
> Since that time the instance will not function as an exit. Torcc and keys
> are as before. I was operating on Ubuntu 21.04 but reloaded to 20.04. Still
> the same. I messed with the netplan config to no avail. George brought this
> to my attention and suggested (and I agree) a DNS problem. I can't find
> where it's failing--to be honest I don't have much experience with cloud
> instances or netplan. I am of the opinion that there is a conflict between
> the cloud hosting and Tor. When I call Nyx I see the strange exit policy:
> reject [FC00:'string of zeros']/7:*, reject [FE80:'string of zeros off of
> Nyx page']. Other exits I operate are fine in the cloud. Thanks for any help
> you can provide.

Start with the simplest, if you login to the VPS via SSH and run: 

  ping google.com

does that work? Or says "unknown hostname"? Secondly, check /etc/resolv.conf
for what DNS servers your system is using, and if they are still the correct
ones to use after your VPS was moved.

-- 
With respect,
Roman