Re: [tor-relays] Tor Cloud/AWS relay set up but no Tor installed - tor-relays

28 Apr 2015

      Hi there,
After a long month of not having time for this, I've got it working thanks to
Sina's help. I've attached patches to the ec2-prep.sh script that should make
it work again (nothing extensive, basically just what Sina pointed out plus
something about ExtORPort I saw it complaining about in the log.
Bridge is now up. :)
Best wishes,
allicoder
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Tor Cloud/AWS relay set up but no Tor installed
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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2015 03:10:53 +0000
From: aredocilla@gmail.com
To: tor-relays@lists.torproject.org
Subject: [tor-relays] Tor Cloud/AWS relay set up but no Tor installed
Message-ID: 20150322031053.GB5948@MadHatter
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Hello,
I've been trying to set up a tor relay on AWS using the free tier using the
instructions in various places (e.g. https://cloud.torproject.org/,
https://www.fak3r.com/2012/08/11/howto-run-a-tor-node-in-the-cloud-for-free/).
But sshing in from my PC shows clearly that not only is tor not running, it's
not even installed!
ubuntu@ip-172-31-28-207:~$ aptitude show tor
Package: tor                      
State: not installed
Version: 0.2.5.11-1~precise+1
Priority: optional
Section: net
...
ubuntu@ip-172-31-28-207:~$ ps -ely | grep tor
ubuntu@ip-172-31-28-207:~$ ls /var/log
alternatives.log  auth.log  btmp            dist-upgrade  dmesg.0     dmesg.2.gz  fsck      landscape  mail.err  news    udev     unattended-upgrades  wtmp
apt               boot.log  cloud-init.log  dmesg         dmesg.1.gz  dpkg.log    kern.log  lastlog    mail.log  syslog  ufw.log  upstart
Has something changed, and the images no longer include tor on start-up (I made
sure I followed the gist of the cloud.torproject.org steps, given that the
interface has changed significantly; even went to the previous page from the
linked one to check that the AMI thing mentioned tor)? I've noticed various
people have posted online saying it's not safe to run Tor on cloud services -
has the image been deleted because of this? I wanted to try it anyway because
the main torproject website still says in several places that running a relay
on AWS is A Good Thing.
Or did I just do something wrong?
Best wishes,
allicoder.
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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2015 04:52:34 +0000 (UTC)
From: SiNA Rabbani sina@redteam.net
To: tor-relays@lists.torproject.org
Subject: Re: [tor-relays] Tor Cloud/AWS relay set up but no Tor
   installed
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   1101716784.98280.1426999954497.JavaMail.zimbra@redteam.net
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Hi allicoder,
The images on Tor Cloud website have not been updated for a while. The project is lacking someone
that can keep it up to date. I tried to take on the responsibility but so far I have failed to dedicate
the necessary time. Sorry for the bad experience.
As far as the specific problem with the Cloud image itself, there is a script that is supposed to install the relay
on first boot. See /etc/rc.local.
You can also find that script here: https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor-cloud.git/plain/ec2-prep.sh
There are a couple of issues with the script itself that I noticed immediately:

the harcoded pgp key is expired
the debian experimental repository is returning a 404

W: Failed to fetch http://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org/dists/experimental-precise/main/bin...  404  Not Found [IP: 38.229.72.16 80]
If you wish to do some trouble-shooting, try to get these commands to run without any errors:
sudo apt-get -y update
sudo apt-get -y upgrade
sudo bash /etc/ec2-prep.sh bridge
Finally, now that you have a running image and ssh access, you can just follow the Tor relay installations here:
https://www.torproject.org/docs/debian.html.en
I apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for running a relay.
All the best,
Sina
"Be the change that you wish to see in the world." - Mahatma Gandhi
----- On Mar 21, 2015, at 11:10 PM,  aredocilla@gmail.com wrote:
...
Hello,
I've been trying to set up a tor relay on AWS using the free tier using the
instructions in various places (e.g. https://cloud.torproject.org/,
https://www.fak3r.com/2012/08/11/howto-run-a-tor-node-in-the-cloud-for-free/).
But sshing in from my PC shows clearly that not only is tor not running, it's
not even installed!
ubuntu@ip-172-31-28-207:~$ aptitude show tor
Package: tor
State: not installed
Version: 0.2.5.11-1~precise+1
Priority: optional
Section: net
...
ubuntu@ip-172-31-28-207:~$ ps -ely | grep tor
ubuntu@ip-172-31-28-207:~$ ls /var/log
alternatives.log  auth.log  btmp            dist-upgrade  dmesg.0     dmesg.2.gz
fsck      landscape  mail.err  news    udev     unattended-upgrades  wtmp
apt               boot.log  cloud-init.log  dmesg         dmesg.1.gz  dpkg.log
kern.log  lastlog    mail.log  syslog  ufw.log  upstart
Has something changed, and the images no longer include tor on start-up (I made
sure I followed the gist of the cloud.torproject.org steps, given that the
interface has changed significantly; even went to the previous page from the
linked one to check that the AMI thing mentioned tor)? I've noticed various
people have posted online saying it's not safe to run Tor on cloud services -
has the image been deleted because of this? I wanted to try it anyway because
the main torproject website still says in several places that running a relay
on AWS is A Good Thing.
Or did I just do something wrong?
Best wishes,
allicoder.
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