Hello all, I have a problem with a Tor Exit.
Tor will not start correctly, but there is nothing in the logs. Here is the info I got.
tor --version Tor version 0.4.6.8. Tor is running on Linux with Libevent 2.1.8-stable, OpenSSL 1.1.1d, Zlib 1.2.11, Liblzma 5.2.4, Libzstd 1.3.8 and Glibc 2.28 as libc. Tor compiled with GCC version 8.3.0
journalctl -u tor --since="14 hours ago" -- Logs begin at Tue 2021-12-14 04:28:56 CET, end at Tue 2021-12-14 10:19:59 CET. -- Dec 14 04:28:59 tor.piratenpartei-nrw.de systemd[1]: Starting Anonymizing overlay network for TCP (multi-instance-master)... Dec 14 04:28:59 tor.piratenpartei-nrw.de systemd[1]: Started Anonymizing overlay network for TCP (multi-instance-master). Dec 14 10:12:00 tor.piratenpartei-nrw.de systemd[1]: tor.service: Succeeded. Dec 14 10:12:00 tor.piratenpartei-nrw.de systemd[1]: Stopped Anonymizing overlay network for TCP (multi-instance-master). Dec 14 10:12:00 tor.piratenpartei-nrw.de systemd[1]: Stopping Anonymizing overlay network for TCP (multi-instance-master)... Dec 14 10:12:00 tor.piratenpartei-nrw.de systemd[1]: Starting Anonymizing overlay network for TCP (multi-instance-master)... Dec 14 10:12:00 tor.piratenpartei-nrw.de systemd[1]: Started Anonymizing overlay network for TCP (multi-instance-master).
In the tor log I have: Dec 14 00:22:25.000 [notice] General overload -> DNS timeouts (162) fraction 1.0484% is above threshold of 1.0000% Dec 14 00:32:25.000 [notice] General overload -> DNS timeouts (154) fraction 1.0664% is above threshold of 1.0000% Dec 14 00:42:25.000 [notice] General overload -> DNS timeouts (140) fraction 1.0721% is above threshold of 1.0000% Dec 14 01:32:57.000 [notice] Interrupt: we have stopped accepting new connections, and will shut down in 30 seconds. Interrupt again to exit now. Dec 14 01:32:58.000 [notice] Delaying directory fetches: We are hibernating or shutting down. Dec 14 01:33:27.000 [notice] Clean shutdown finished. Exiting. Dec 14 10:12:01.000 [notice] Tor 0.4.6.8 opening log file. Dec 14 10:12:01.103 [notice] We compiled with OpenSSL 1010104f: OpenSSL 1.1.1d 10 Sep 2019 and we are running with OpenSSL 1010104f: 1.1.1d. These two versions should be binary compatible. Dec 14 10:12:01.104 [notice] Tor 0.4.6.8 running on Linux with Libevent 2.1.8-stable, OpenSSL 1.1.1d, Zlib 1.2.11, Liblzma 5.2.4, Libzstd 1.3.8 and Glibc 2.28 as libc. Dec 14 10:12:01.104 [notice] Tor can't help you if you use it wrong! Learn how to be safe at https://www.torproject.org/download/download#warning
You can see the start was at 04:28:59 but it only started when I did "systemctl restart tor" at 10:12:01.103.
I have this issue for some weeks, maybe since the late summer. I do not restart the Exit that often, so just 3 restarts due to some updates of Debian.
Any idea how to troubleshoot this and what to look for?
Thanks yl