# How to launch a Tor proxy server?

**URL:** https://forum.torproject.org/t/how-to-launch-a-tor-proxy-server/7981
**Category:** Core Tor
**Tags:** tor-browser
**Created:** [June 13, 2023, 11:38am UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/how-to-launch-a-tor-proxy-server/7981 "2023-06-13T11:38:23Z")
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### Author: ![Vort](https://forum.torproject.org/user_avatar/forum.torproject.org/vort/32/63_2.png) [@Vort](https://forum.torproject.org/u/Vort)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2023, 2:45pm UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/how-to-launch-a-tor-proxy-server/7981/2 "2023-06-13T14:45:44Z")

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I expect that your server may not have public IP address available.  
Other possibility is that something between client and server is blocking access.

What you may try is configuring simpler service (like web server) in the same way. If it will work, then problem is Tor-specific, if not, then access is just blocked somehow.

Also, I think that `SocksListenAddress` and `SocksPolicy` lines are not needed. `SocksPort 0.0.0.0:9050` should be enough.

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