[tor-relays] Moving Bridges

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One of my bridges has just taken on a slew of new connections. Over the last few days it's gone from an average of around 15 users to over 300 (according to tor metrics. The logs show over 1,000 unique clients for the same period). Unfortunately with the VPS provider I'm using, this isn't sustainable as I'll probably blow my bandwidth allowance in a matter of days and the excess charges are crazy.

So I'm looking to move both my bridges to a new VPS, which unfortunately is probably going to p!ss off the 300 plus folks who have just found my bridge only for it to promptly disappear, as I'm certain that there's no way to "move" them to the new location and have a couple of questions.

I'm guessing that the only advantage in copying over the keys directory is that the historical statistics will remain.

Is there any reason to copy over the pt_state directory, to retain the same bridgeline information.

Cheers.

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Eddie,

You should be able to copy the donor tor directory (preserving user, group, permissions) to the transplant server (including keys) and be back online with the same fingerprint (new ip address).

I recommend using the same version of tor and ensure the transplanted tor directory’s user and group are appropriate for the transplant server.

I hope that makes sense.

Respectfully,

Gary

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On Tuesday, March 8, 2022, 1:00:01 PM MST, Eddie stunnel@attglobal.net wrote:

One of my bridges has just taken on a slew of new connections. Over the

last few days it’s gone from an average of around 15 users to over 300

(according to tor metrics. The logs show over 1,000 unique clients for

the same period). Unfortunately with the VPS provider I’m using, this

isn’t sustainable as I’ll probably blow my bandwidth allowance in a

matter of days and the excess charges are crazy.

So I’m looking to move both my bridges to a new VPS, which unfortunately

is probably going to p!ss off the 300 plus folks who have just found my

bridge only for it to promptly disappear, as I’m certain that there’s no

way to “move” them to the new location and have a couple of questions.

I’m guessing that the only advantage in copying over the keys directory

is that the historical statistics will remain.

Is there any reason to copy over the pt_state directory, to retain the

same bridgeline information.

Cheers.

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Yes.

And that's why I do wonder why you want to "continue" the stats ?

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On 3/8/22 19:48, Eddie wrote:

as I'm certain that there's no way to "move" them to the new location

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Toralf,

It’s to allow a Tor Relay to continue to build on an established reputation and avoid the ramp-up cycle of a new Tor Relay.

Respectfully,

Gary

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On Friday, March 11, 2022, 11:44:12 AM MST, Toralf Förster toralf.foerster@gmx.de wrote:

On 3/8/22 19:48, Eddie wrote:

as I’m certain that there’s no way to “move” them to the new location

Yes.

And that’s why I do wonder why you want to “continue” the stats ?

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Bridges don't have a ramp up phase.
After a few hours they are in the Bridge DB :wink:

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On Friday, March 11, 2022 9:39:14 PM CET Gary C. New via tor-relays wrote:

It's to allow a Tor Relay to continue to build on an established reputation
and avoid the ramp-up cycle of a new Tor Relay. Respectfully,

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Marco,

You are absolutely correct.

I had relays on my mind.

Thank you for the correction.

Respectfully,

Gary

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On Friday, March 11, 2022, 2:52:30 PM MST, lists@for-privacy.net lists@for-privacy.net wrote:

On Friday, March 11, 2022 9:39:14 PM CET Gary C. New via tor-relays wrote:

It’s to allow a Tor Relay to continue to build on an established reputation
and avoid the ramp-up cycle of a new Tor Relay. Respectfully,

Bridges don’t have a ramp up phase.
After a few hours they are in the Bridge DB :wink:

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