[tor-relays] Overloaded relay - need help with how to debug using MetricsPort

2022-01-09 Thread nottryingtobelame via tor-relays
The page linked to by the "overloaded" alert on my relay's Relay Search page mentions using MetricsPort for troubleshooting, but it provides no information on how to actually use it. I posted about this issue on Reddit and no one has replied with a viable guide to help me out, though one user

Re: [tor-relays] Error from LZMA encoder

2020-07-21 Thread nottryingtobelame
This bridge is on Digital Ocean, so I checked my logs and it doesn't appear that my memory usage ever maxed. It hovers right around 80 with the highest spike at about 87%. Is that insufficient? Thank you for the reply.___ tor-relays mailing list

[tor-relays] Error from LZMA encoder: Unable to allocate memory; NULL stream while compressing

2020-07-19 Thread nottryingtobelame
My bridge was running fine, then started throwing the same error over and over. See my last two days of logs here: https://pastebin.com/7FNXC6PZ. Function doesn't seem to be affected as the heartbeats still show users. Can or should I do anything about

[tor-relays] Bridge log indicates missing geoipdb

2020-05-27 Thread nottryingtobelame
>If you use Raspbian, that's still a 32-bit OS Insert shocked Pikachu meme. I guess I had to learn that some how, but I have to beat myself up a little for not catching that sooner. I will upgrade. Thank you.___ tor-relays mailing list

[tor-relays] Bridge log indicates missing geoipdb

2020-05-26 Thread nottryingtobelame
Thank you for the reply. I have one on a Raspberry Pi 3B+ and one on a Raspberry Pi 4. I believe both are 64-bit ARM.___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

[tor-relays] Bridge log indicates missing geoipdb

2020-05-26 Thread nottryingtobelame
Had the following log entries for my bridge: May 25 11:49:50.000 [warn] Failed to open GEOIP file /usr/share/tor/geoip. May 25 11:49:50.000 [warn] We've been configured to see which countries can access us as a bridge, and we need GEOIP information to tell which countries clients are in. Tried

[tor-relays] Trouble with opening ports for a new bridge

2020-05-21 Thread nottryingtobelame
Hello, I have two low-traffic websites hosted on Digital Ocean. Each one is its own Droplet. I setup a Tor bridge on one and it has been running successfully (20-80 clients / 6 hours or so average) so I know this is possible. Now I am trying to setup a bridge on the second Droplet. I have Tor

[tor-relays] Feature request to aide bridge operators

2020-05-01 Thread nottryingtobelame
I brought up a new bridge and thought everything was fine according to the logs (OR port accessible, check, server descriptor published, check, etc.). I didn't see any activity on it after awhile, so I tried to test it and was unable to connect. Turns out, I forgot to open the randomized server

[tor-relays] When will my relay gain the stable flag again?

2020-03-19 Thread nottryingtobelame
Disregard - the relay picked up the stable flag tonight.___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

[tor-relays] When will my relay gain the stable flag again?

2020-03-18 Thread nottryingtobelame
My relay (903CA67D0DEB74CFBB01432840A26CB8C6C18FDF) is ~2 years old. Recently, I had a series of network issues that took my relay offline for unexpectedly long times. When it has gone offline before and lost the stable flag, it usually took only a couple days to pick it back up again. It is

[tor-relays] Multiple Tor instances

2019-11-03 Thread nottryingtobelame
I have read that it is possible to run multiple bridges on the same IP using different ports and multiple instances of Tor. If this is the case, is there a guide, or can anyone provide instructions, for how to setup multiple instances of Tor on the same machine? Thanks in

[tor-relays] DDNS with Relays and/or Bridges?

2019-10-20 Thread nottryingtobelame
Forgive me if this is a dumb or newbie question, but can DDNS be used with either relays or bridges? I was considering setting up DDNS with FreeDNS mostly for my bridge so that if the IP changes (I have chosen not to subscribe to a static IP with my ISP), my clients can still access the bridge,

[tor-relays] Bridge stats always in multiples of 8

2019-09-22 Thread nottryingtobelame
I'm just curious as to why, in the bridge stats, all the country codes show a multiple of 8. Thanks for your time!___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

[tor-relays] Sudden bridge activity from Russia and Iran, strange?

2019-09-17 Thread nottryingtobelame
Hello, my new bridge sat for a few weeks with 0 clients. I understand it takes time to begin seeing clients, but all of a sudden within the span of one 6-hour heartbeat period, I picked up 346 clients. Since then, it has been 20-50 every 6 hours. But when I pull the bridge-stats file, it shows

Re: [tor-relays] Running on a Raspberry Pi

2019-09-13 Thread nottryingtobelame
If you're having any heat issues with the Pi 4, may I suggest the aluminum heatsink case from flirc.tv? It took my average temps down about 10°C. Beautiful case, great price for what it does. Original Message On Sep 13, 2019, 8:00 AM, wrote: > Send tor-relays mailing list

Re: [tor-relays] Running on a Raspberry Pi

2019-09-10 Thread nottryingtobelame
My primary relay runs on a Pi 3B. 903CA67D0DEB74CFBB01432840A26CB8C6C18FDF. According to the logs, it's sending and receiving a total of about 130 GB per day. A Pi 4 should definitely be able to handle it. Pi Zeroes had a conflict with the name of the CPU architecture and so Tor apparently

Re: [tor-relays] Status of "new" defect #30767 Custom obfs4 bridge does not work on Tor Browser for Android

2019-09-02 Thread nottryingtobelame
Ah, thank you for the reply. Well, I will continue to donate to and support the tor project whenever I can.___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

[tor-relays] Status of "new" defect #30767 Custom obfs4 bridge does not work on Tor Browser for Android

2019-09-02 Thread nottryingtobelame
I hate to be that guy, but I was wondering if there is any progress on resolving this defect? I'm sure it's not a front burner type of problem, but it would be nice to be able to use the Android app as intended. Using Orbot/Orfox as a backup feels like a poor workaround when there's an official

[tor-relays] Testing the accessibility of my obfs4 bridge

2019-07-06 Thread nottryingtobelame
I plugged my bridgeline into Tor Browser on Windows, and connected successfully. I put it into Orbot on Android and also connected successfully. But when I put it into the new Tor Browser for Android, I am unable to connect. The logs from Tor Browser are pasted here:

Re: [tor-relays] Call for setting up new obfs4 bridges

2019-07-04 Thread nottryingtobelame
Hello, I successfully ran an obfs4 bridge about a year ago that saw moderate traffic. After a few months, the traffic died off until I was consistently seeing 0 clients. I wiped the keys, got a new IP address, and started a new bridge. The 2nd bridge saw 0 clients, over several months. I

[tor-relays] Obfs4 Bridge Advertised Bandwidth

2018-05-18 Thread nottryingtobelame
Hello, I am running a bridge and I have my RelayBandwidthRate set to 1024 KB (8 Mbps). However, the Relay Search page never shows the full Advertised Bandwidth. Right now it is showing 259 KiB/s. Sometimes it creeps higher but not by much. Just wondering what the reason for that big of a

[tor-relays] "Received http status code 404 ("Consensus is too old")" keeps popping up in my logs

2018-03-13 Thread nottryingtobelame
I'm just wondering if there is anything I can do to resolve this. The relay is running ntpd and consistently keeps the right time, and I'm not getting this from any other server (it's the same IP address every time). Is this of concern or should I just ignore it? Will it hinder the relay's