

If your relay is now running, check out the post-install notes. If you are having trouble setting up your relay, have a look at our help section. Restart the tor daemon, so your configuration changes take effect: # systemctl restart Final Notes ORPort 443 # You might use a different port, should you want to Put the configuration file /etc/tor/torrc in place Nickname myNiceRelay # Change "myNiceRelay" to something you likeĬontactInfo # Write your e-mail and be aware it will be published Package installationĮnsure you update the packages database before installing the package, than call apt to install it: # apt update Please follow those instructions before proceeding. Configure Tor Project's RepositoryĬonfiguring the Tor Project's package repository for Debian/Ubuntu is documented here. Now you can run tor as src/app/tor (0.4.3.x and later), or you can run make install (as root if necessary) to install it into /usr/local/, and then you can start it just by running tor.One of the most important things to keep your relay secure is to install security updates timely and ideally automatically so you can not forget about it.įollow the instructions to enable automatic software updates for your operating system. If you're building from source, first install libevent, and make sure you have openssl and zlib (including the -devel packages if applicable). The latest release of Tor can be found on the download page.

That means you could be missing stability and security fixes.Įnable the Torproject package repository by following the instructions.Īdd the following to /etc//tor.repo and then install the tor package. In the past they have not reliably been updated. If you are using Macports in a Terminal window, run: $ sudo port install torĭo not use the packages in Ubuntu's universe. If you are using Homebrew in a Terminal window, run: # brew install tor To install Macports follow the instructions on /install.php. To install Homebrew follow the instructions on brew.sh. You can use the package manager of your choice. There are two package manager on OS X: Homebrew and Macports. Note that sudo asks for your user password, while su expects the root password of your system. To open a root terminal you have several options: sudo su, or sudo -i, or su -i. Traffic flowing down the circuit is decrypted at each relay, which reveals the. Clients choose a source-routed path through a set of relays, and negotiate a 'virtual circuit' through the network, in which each relay knows its predecessor and successor, but no others. Admin access: To install Tor you need root privileges.īelow all commands that need to be run as root user like apt and dpkg are prepended with '#', while commands to be run as user with '$' resembling the standard prompt in a terminal. Tor is a connection-based low-latency anonymous communication system.
