Creating And Configuring TOR Nodes - Revision history

Nick: /* Configuring TOR */

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Configuring TOR

2026-03-24T09:21:03Z

Links updated.

2026-03-24T09:20:28Z

Links updated.

2025-03-22T04:15:15Z

2024-02-20T04:19:21Z

Formatting corrections

2024-02-20T04:18:24Z

Configuring TOR: -- Added the configuration options for bandwidth via the torrc file

2024-02-20T03:45:11Z

Configuring TOR: -- ServerTransportLisenAddr > ServerTransportListenAddr

2023-12-22T06:36:24Z

Installing TOR

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Installing TOR

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Installing TOR

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 <strong>Change the 'ORPort', 'ServerTransportListenAddr', 'ContactInfo', and 'Nickname' options to preference.</strong>
-<strong>Remember that the OR port and the obfs4 proxy ports must be accessible from the internet, and will need to be permitted via firewall rules. Information on how to accomplish this via Firewalld can be found [http://nlear.xyz/wiki/index.php/Firewalld here.] </strong>
+<strong>Remember that the OR port and the obfs4 proxy ports must be accessible from the internet, and will need to be permitted via firewall rules. Information on how to accomplish this via Firewalld can be found [[Firewalld|here]]. </strong>
 A connectivity test is provided by the TOR Project, and can be found [https://bridges.torproject.org/scan/ here.]

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 <strong>Change the 'ORPort', 'ServerTransportListenAddr', 'ContactInfo', and 'Nickname' options to preference.</strong>
-<strong>Remember that the OR port and the obfs4 proxy ports must be accessible from the internet, and will need to be permitted via firewall rules. Information on how to accomplish this via Firewalld can be found [http://198.74.59.177/wiki/index.php/Firewalld here.] </strong>
+<strong>Remember that the OR port and the obfs4 proxy ports must be accessible from the internet, and will need to be permitted via firewall rules. Information on how to accomplish this via Firewalld can be found [http://nlear.xyz/wiki/index.php/Firewalld here.] </strong>
 A connectivity test is provided by the TOR Project, and can be found [https://bridges.torproject.org/scan/ here.]

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 === Prerequisites ===
-A remote server that has already been configured and secured should be used to host this TOR Bridge node, assistance in doing so can be found [http://172.234.213.117/wiki/index.php/Creating_And_Configuring_A_Remote_Server here.]
+A remote server that has already been configured and secured should be used to host this TOR Bridge node, assistance in doing so can be found [http://nlear.xyz/wiki/index.php/Creating_And_Configuring_A_Remote_Server here.]
 === Preparing The Server ===

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	=== Prerequisites ===		=== Prerequisites ===
−	A remote server that has already been configured and secured should be used to host this TOR Bridge node, assistance in doing so can be found [http://~~198~~.74.59.~~177~~/wiki/index.php/Creating_And_Configuring_A_Remote_Server here.]	+	A remote server that has already been configured and secured should be used to host this TOR Bridge node, assistance in doing so can be found [http://172.234.213.117/wiki/index.php/Creating_And_Configuring_A_Remote_Server here.]

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 To configure when the server should begin totaling it's networking bandwidth usage, and for how long, add:
-<nowiki> AccountingStart [DAY] [TIME (24H formatted as HH:MM)]</nowiki>
+ <nowiki> AccountingStart [DAY] [TIME (24H formatted as HH:MM)]</nowiki>
 To configure what the MAXIMUM bandwidth the server should use in that term is, add:
-<nowiki>AccountingMax [NUMBER] [UNITS (GBytes, MBytes, KBytes, Bytes)] </nowiki>
+ <nowiki>AccountingMax [NUMBER] [UNITS (GBytes, MBytes, KBytes, Bytes)] </nowiki>
 To configure the AVERAGE bandwidth rate the server should adhere to for that term, add:
-<nowiki> RelayBandwidthRate [NUMBER] [UNITS (GBytes, MBytes, KBytes, Bytes)]</nowiki>
+ <nowiki> RelayBandwidthRate [NUMBER] [UNITS (GBytes, MBytes, KBytes, Bytes)]</nowiki>
 To configure the MAXIMUM BURST of bandwidth the server may use, while still adhering to it's average speed over the set term, add:
-<nowiki>RelayBandwidthBurst [NUMBER] [UNITS (GBytes, MBytes, KBytes, Bytes)]</nowiki>
+ <nowiki>RelayBandwidthBurst [NUMBER] [UNITS (GBytes, MBytes, KBytes, Bytes)]</nowiki>
 === Tor Services ===

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	A connectivity test is provided by the TOR Project, and can be found [https://bridges.torproject.org/scan/ here.]		A connectivity test is provided by the TOR Project, and can be found [https://bridges.torproject.org/scan/ here.]
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		+	==== Configuring Bandwidth Limits ====
		+	Use the following options in the '/etc/tor/torrc' file to configure bandwidth rate limits, burst limits, accounting limits, and accounting terms.
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		+	To configure when the server should begin totaling it's networking bandwidth usage, and for how long, add:
		+	<nowiki> AccountingStart [DAY] [TIME (24H formatted as HH:MM)]</nowiki>
		+
		+	To configure what the MAXIMUM bandwidth the server should use in that term is, add:
		+	<nowiki>AccountingMax [NUMBER] [UNITS (GBytes, MBytes, KBytes, Bytes)] </nowiki>
		+
		+	To configure the AVERAGE bandwidth rate the server should adhere to for that term, add:
		+	<nowiki> RelayBandwidthRate [NUMBER] [UNITS (GBytes, MBytes, KBytes, Bytes)]</nowiki>
		+
		+	To configure the MAXIMUM BURST of bandwidth the server may use, while still adhering to it's average speed over the set term, add:
		+	<nowiki>RelayBandwidthBurst [NUMBER] [UNITS (GBytes, MBytes, KBytes, Bytes)]</nowiki>

	=== Tor Services ===		=== Tor Services ===

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 go install gitlab.com/yawning/obfs4.git/obfs4proxy@latest
 sudo cp /home/EXAMPLE_USER/go/bin/obfs4proxy /usr/local/bin/
-chcon --reference=/usr/bin/tor /usr/local/bin/obfs4proxy</nowiki>
+sudo chcon --reference=/usr/bin/tor /usr/local/bin/obfs4proxy</nowiki>
 === Configuring TOR ===

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 Build the binaries that have been installed:
-  <nowiki>export GOPATH='mktemp -d'
+  <nowiki>export GOPATH='/home/EXAMPLE_USER/go'
-go get gitlab.com/yawning/obfs4.git/obfs4proxy
+go install gitlab.com/yawning/obfs4.git/obfs4proxy@latest
-sudo cp $GOPATH/bin/obfs4proxy /usr/local/bin/
+sudo cp /home/EXAMPLE_USER/go/bin/obfs4proxy /usr/local/bin/
 chcon --reference=/usr/bin/tor /usr/local/bin/obfs4proxy</nowiki>

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 Install dependencies via:
-  <nowiki>sudo dnf install git goland policycoreutils-python-utils</nowiki>
+  <nowiki>sudo dnf install git golang policycoreutils-python-utils</nowiki>
 Build the binaries that have been installed:
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 sudo cp $GOPATH/bin/obfs4proxy /usr/local/bin/
 chcon --reference=/usr/bin/tor /usr/local/bin/obfs4proxy</nowiki>
 === Configuring TOR ===