Re: [tor-relays] Tor automatic restart

2021-10-11 Thread Keifer Bly
No. I have no other processes running on the vps. The OS Debian Linux is running the newest version, it seems something is causing the tor process to get hung up once a month. Will take a look at that, thanks. --Keifer On Sun, Oct 10, 2021 at 10:04 AM Tor Manager wrote: > On Sunday, October

Re: [tor-relays] Restarting Tor

2021-10-11 Thread John Csuti via tor-relays
Hello, I cant comment on how long a relay needs to be down before you loose flags could be a day or longer. As for needing to upgrade and reboot just go ahead and do it. The network will keep your current flags through the reboot and upgrade. Being down for both a reboot and or a upgrade is

Re: [tor-relays] Restarting Tor

2021-10-11 Thread Tor Manager
Greetings! Thanks for running your relays! On Sunday, October 10, 2021 at 4:49:16 AM UTC-4 sysmanager7 via tor-relays wrote: > Greetings All, I have three relays that are in need of an upgrade and > reboot. > What is the best way to restart these relays without loosing flags or time? > We

Re: [tor-relays] Tor automatic restart

2021-10-11 Thread Gary C. New via tor-relays
Keifer, When you say, "periodically go down once a month" do you mean the Tor service dies, becomes defunct, circuits bleed off, Internet connectivity issues, power goes out, etc? Anything in the torlog that might provide a clue? From your metrics, you can definitely tell your relay goes down

Re: [tor-relays] Tor automatic restart

2021-10-11 Thread Tor Manager
On Sunday, October 10, 2021 at 4:48:47 AM UTC-4 Keifer Bly wrote: > I am wondering, is there a way configure tor (via the torrc file) to > restart automatically once a month? Thank you. > Before you implement a time-based service restart, you may wish to check that your OS and hardware (eg.

Re: [tor-relays] Updating from Ubuntu 20.04 using apt-secure

2021-10-11 Thread Peter Gerber
Hi, unfortunately, there is some software that wasn't well prepared for the expiration of the Let's Encrypt root certificate [1]. Ubuntu ships a fix/workaround [2] for the issue. Just update Ubuntu first, then try to update Tor again. Peter [1]:

Re: [tor-relays] Tor automatic restart

2021-10-11 Thread theintern via tor-relays
As far as I know the only way to do what you want is via Cron. On 2021-10-09 15:40, Keifer Bly wrote: Hi, So my relay at https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/79E3B585803DE805CCBC00C1EF36B1E74372861D Seems to periodically go down once a month or so. I am wondering, is there a way

Re: [tor-relays] Tor automatic restart

2021-10-11 Thread John Csuti via tor-relays
Hello, First i would recommend updating your tor version then worrying about your issue. Your current tor version is not recommended by the directory authority's. Thanks, John Csuti +1 (216) 633-1279 On 2021-10-09 06:40 PM, Keifer Bly wrote: Hi, So my relay at

Re: [tor-relays] Restarting Tor

2021-10-11 Thread lists
On Sunday, October 10, 2021 5:07:54 AM CEST sysmanager7 via tor-relays wrote: > Greetings All, I have three relays that are in need of an upgrade and > reboot. What is the best way to restart these relays without loosing flags > or time? That depends on your OS and the init daemon. Example for

Re: [tor-relays] Tor automatic restart

2021-10-11 Thread lists
On Sunday, October 10, 2021 12:40:22 AM CEST Keifer Bly wrote: > So my relay at > https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/79E3B585803DE805CCBC00C1EF > 36B1E74372861D > > > Seems to periodically go down once a month or so. I am wondering, is there a > way configure tor (via the torrc

[tor-relays] Updating from Ubuntu 20.04 using apt-secure

2021-10-11 Thread John Csuti via tor-relays
Hello all, I recently went to update and upgrade my system and found that the certificate for deb.torproject.org is expired and no longer trusted? Is anyone else having this issue and is there a way to fix this. I also added the repo to a fresh install of ubuntu 20.04 and got the same error.

Re: [tor-relays] Updating from Ubuntu 20.04 using apt-secure

2021-10-11 Thread John Csuti via tor-relays
Peter, Thanks for the response that did the trick and got the system updated fully. Thanks, John Csuti +1 (216) 633-1279 On 2021-10-11 03:41 AM, Peter Gerber wrote: Hi, unfortunately, there is some software that wasn't well prepared for the expiration of the Let's Encrypt root certificate