> On 22 Dec 2017, at 21:08, Gary Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello. > > I use AWS to test the alpha release, on the free tier. If you dont mind me > asking, I am interested to know what you are doing to avoid a bill Amazon > bill at the end of the month. > > I think I had about 30GB data transfer or so & a few other things and they > sent me a bill for USD 0.70 ish (not at lot I know lol), but potentially it > could be in the thousands of dollars or more if you are not careful. Is there > a region that is "best" to use? AWS' internet is pretty fast, I transfered a > file from 12GB file from Google Drive using Chrome in the VM in about 15 or > so seconds.
I use AccountingMax, and set it about 1GB below the limit. Make sure you choose the right AccountingRule for AWS. (Some providers use max upload or download, and some use sum.) T > Also I noted that there are many entries in /var/log/auth.log that many > people try to connect via SSH (username byebye is a popular one for some > reason), more connection attempts than my home internet connection gets > perhaps > > Many Thanks. > > On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 2:35 PM, Conrad Rockenhaus <[email protected]> > wrote: > > >> On Dec 20, 2017, at 5:01 AM, teor <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> On 20 Dec 2017, at 20:59, Conrad Rockenhaus <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> ConradsAWSRelay was started back up on a new AWS instance running Amazon >>> Linux and it’s hash is now 9F7F05699131E1E2A22F70B83E8CBB4671F5FEE2. I have >>> upgraded to Tor 0.3.1.9…. I had issues with getting the libevent >>> development header dependencies resolved on Amazon Linux so I just compiled >>> it on Red Hat and brought it over. More than likely I overlooked something >>> and caused a cascade of failures from there, anyway, it’s up. >>> >>> Additionally, I brought up ConradsAWSExit, >>> 1B47E33F9D422CC97BD2DDA1F082BFF2FC58E79A, to help out with that area. I may >>> bandwidth limit this one depending on load, I will have to wait and see >>> how much traffic it gets since I don’t have unlimited $$$ to allocate to my >>> new hobby :). >> >> Yes, running nodes at AWS can be expensive. >> I'm also interested to see what abuse complaints you get. > > I’m mainly running this stuff on AWS because AWS is my playground for the new > Cloud based solution I’m working on, just because I can start instances up > with Amazon Linux, FreeBSD, Debian, etc. I am interested to see what the > abuse process is as well. I will ensure that the costs are controlled so I’m > not out of pocket too much. > > Eventually the permanent home will be moved to the new cabinet I’m going to > be renting at a datacenter near my home. > >> >>> If someone could take another look and provide me any feedback/constructive >>> criticism about these two nodes, I would greatly appreciate it. >> >> Since you control multiple relays, please set MyFamily on all of them: >> >> MyFamily fingerprint1,fingerprint2 >> >> This is important because they are in different IPv4 /16s. >> (It will be even more important if one has the Guard flag, and the other >> has the Exit flag.) > > Done, should see it in atlas within the hour. > >> >> Does AWS have native IPv6 yet? >> >> If so, please set on both relays: >> >> ORPort [IPv6]:Port >> >> And on the Exit: >> >> IPv6Exit 1 >> >> You could connect to IPv6 using a nearby free tunnel service >> (Hurricane Electric is good, and has good peering with AWS), >> but this is not as fast or reliable as native IPv6. >> >> But as a learning experience, it's a good way to get IPv6. >> > > I see that AWS does have native IPv6, but I have to get it enabled on my VPC > before I can get these two instances up on IPv6. I will let y’all know when > that’s done. > > >>> Thank you for everyone’s advise! I also appreciate the input regarding the >>> revitalization of the Cloud project again. Another person has also >>> volunteered to assist in the project so hopefully things should start >>> moving here pretty soon! >> >> That's exciting. >> It would be great for people to be able to choose between multiple >> providers. Free VPSs are a great way to learn how to set up a relay. >> >> The biggest issue with the cloud image was that it wasn't kept up >> to date. I wonder if there's a way of doing that automatically. >> >> I also wonder if there's a way of giving people a BSD image option >> as well. > > My intent with the new cloud image architecture is to provide a multi-arch, > portable, fast, and secure solution that will deploy tor relays. Another > person has volunteered to assist me with this so with three people working on > this I do hope that we will be able to keep things up to date, but my main > goal is to have that somewhat automated. > > Speaking of which, I do wonder what the thoughts are on this idea. I would > like to have two derivatives of the cloud package, one for novices and one > for those who do not consider themselves novices. The novice package will be > centrally managed by Puppet, so all the user has to do is spin up an > instance, updates will be handled by the master. > > The non-novice package will be managed by chef. My main question is what are > the thoughts on using Puppet? Would that be an acceptable solution for a > non-novice solution or is that too much of a risk? > > Thanks, > > Conrad > >> >> T >> _______________________________________________ >> tor-relays mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays > > > _______________________________________________ > tor-relays mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays > > > _______________________________________________ > tor-relays mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays T -- Tim Wilson-Brown (teor) teor2345 at gmail dot com PGP C855 6CED 5D90 A0C5 29F6 4D43 450C BA7F 968F 094B ricochet:ekmygaiu4rzgsk6n xmpp: teor at torproject dot org ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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