[tor-relays] Problem with relay and ovh??

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Hi,

So my relay at

https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/79E3B585803DE805CCBC00C1EF36B1E74372861D

Goes offline at sporadic times. Upon checking the tor log file, there does not appear to be anything written causing tor to crash:

Feb 18 00:36:34.000 [notice] Tor 0.4.8.10 opening new log file.
Feb 18 00:36:34.630 [notice] We compiled with OpenSSL 101010ef: OpenSSL 1.1.1n 15 Mar 2022 and we are running with OpenSSL 101010ef: 1.1.1n. These two versions should be binary compatible.
Feb 18 00:36:34.634 [notice] Tor 0.4.8.10 running on Linux with Libevent 2.1.8-stable, OpenSSL 1.1.1n, Zlib 1.2.11, Liblzma 5.2.4, Libzstd 1.3.8 and Glibc 2.28 as libc.
Feb 18 00:36:34.634 [notice] Tor can’t help you if you use it wrong! Learn how to be safe at Am I totally anonymous if I use Tor? | Tor Project | Support
Feb 18 00:36:34.636 [notice] Read configuration file “/etc/tor/torrc”.
Feb 18 00:36:34.637 [notice] Based on detected system memory, MaxMemInQueues is set to 1462 MB. You can override this by setting MaxMemInQueues by hand.
Feb 18 00:36:34.640 [notice] Opening OR listener on 0.0.0.0:9001
Feb 18 00:36:34.640 [notice] Opened OR listener connection (ready) on 0.0.0.0:9001
Feb 18 00:36:34.640 [notice] Opening OR listener on [::]:9001
Feb 18 00:36:34.640 [notice] Opened OR listener connection (ready) on [::]:9001
Feb 18 00:36:34.640 [notice] Opening Directory listener on 0.0.0.0:9030
Feb 18 00:36:34.640 [notice] Opened Directory listener connection (ready) on 0.0.0.0:9030
Feb 18 00:36:35.000 [notice] Configured to measure directory request statistics, but no GeoIP database found. Please specify a GeoIP database using the GeoIPFile option.
Feb 18 00:36:35.000 [warn] You are running Tor as root. You don’t need to, and you probably shouldn’t.
Feb 18 00:36:35.000 [notice] Your Tor server’s identity key fingerprint is ‘udeserveprivacy 79E3B585803DE805CCBC00C1EF36B1E74372861D’
Feb 18 00:36:35.000 [notice] Your Tor server’s identity key ed25519 fingerprint is ‘udeserveprivacy b7n+DkH5IsJHJexEqilhQ5tC0LRd9Td888RZpYkxEvc’
Feb 18 00:36:35.000 [notice] Bootstrapped 0% (starting): Starting
Feb 18 00:36:49.000 [notice] Starting with guard context “default”
Feb 18 00:36:50.000 [notice] Unable to find IPv6 address for ORPort 9001. You might want to specify IPv4Only to it or set an explicit address or set Address.
Feb 18 00:36:50.000 [notice] Bootstrapped 5% (conn): Connecting to a relay
Feb 18 00:36:50.000 [notice] Bootstrapped 10% (conn_done): Connected to a relay

Unless the old file is being overwritten when tor restarts. But is there a known problem with OVH that causes this?

Thanks.

Oddly there is no definite time when this happens, sometimes the relay operates no problem for weeks on end and then it happens, other times it only makes it a day or two.

¡¡¡

–Keifer

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Every few months the same question with the same log messages :frowning:

00:36:35.000 [warn] You are running Tor as root. You don't need to, and you
probably shouldn't.

^^Still not fixed.

Feb 18 00:36:34.640 [notice] Opening OR listener on [::]:9001
Feb 18 00:36:34.640 [notice] Opened OR listener connection (ready) on [::]9001

IPv6 is not configured in torrc.
If anything is unclear, 'man torrc' helps. Search|grep 'Address' & 'ORPort'

Feb 18 00:36:50.000 [notice] Unable to find IPv6 address for ORPort 9001.
You might want to specify IPv4Only to it or set an explicit address or set or set Address.

The error message is clear and precise.

¡¡¡

On Sonntag, 18. Februar 2024 01:42:30 CET Keifer Bly wrote:

--
╰_╯ Ciao Marco!

Debian GNU/Linux

It's free software and it gives you freedom!

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lists@for-privacy.net wrote:

Every few months the same question with the same log messages :frowning:

00:36:35.000 [warn] You are running Tor as root. You don't need to, and you
probably shouldn't.

^^Still not fixed.

Feb 18 00:36:34.640 [notice] Opening OR listener on [::]:9001
Feb 18 00:36:34.640 [notice] Opened OR listener connection (ready) on [::]9001

IPv6 is not configured in torrc.
If anything is unclear, 'man torrc' helps. Search|grep 'Address' & 'ORPort'

Feb 18 00:36:50.000 [notice] Unable to find IPv6 address for ORPort 9001.
You might want to specify IPv4Only to it or set an explicit address or set or set Address.

The error message is clear and precise.

You need to have an IPv6 assigned to your server (ovh provides it, but you need to configure it manually IIRC) -- can you ping -6 any address?

If you don't have an IPv6, do not bind to [::] as this wildcard means bind to ALL IPv4 and IPv6 interfaces, instead if you only want IPv4 (no reason to want just this, if you also have IPv6) either configure:

ORPort <ipv4>:port

or

ORPort 0.0.0.0:port

¡¡¡

On Sonntag, 18. Februar 2024 01:42:30 CET Keifer Bly wrote:

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ORPort [::]:port IPv4Only

---
But better just try to configure IPv6 for your server, as you most probably have it, just need to add it manually and then it'll work and you'll also have a dual-stacked relay which is better than an IPv4 only relay.

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Thanks. How in torrc to configure no ipv6? Thanks.

–Keifer

¡¡¡

On Sat, Feb 17, 2024, 4:42 PM Keifer Bly <keifer.bly@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi,

So my relay at

https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/79E3B585803DE805CCBC00C1EF36B1E74372861D

Goes offline at sporadic times. Upon checking the tor log file, there does not appear to be anything written causing tor to crash:

Feb 18 00:36:34.000 [notice] Tor 0.4.8.10 opening new log file.
Feb 18 00:36:34.630 [notice] We compiled with OpenSSL 101010ef: OpenSSL 1.1.1n 15 Mar 2022 and we are running with OpenSSL 101010ef: 1.1.1n. These two versions should be binary compatible.
Feb 18 00:36:34.634 [notice] Tor 0.4.8.10 running on Linux with Libevent 2.1.8-stable, OpenSSL 1.1.1n, Zlib 1.2.11, Liblzma 5.2.4, Libzstd 1.3.8 and Glibc 2.28 as libc.
Feb 18 00:36:34.634 [notice] Tor can’t help you if you use it wrong! Learn how to be safe at https://support.torproject.org/faq/staying-anonymous/
Feb 18 00:36:34.636 [notice] Read configuration file “/etc/tor/torrc”.
Feb 18 00:36:34.637 [notice] Based on detected system memory, MaxMemInQueues is set to 1462 MB. You can override this by setting MaxMemInQueues by hand.
Feb 18 00:36:34.640 [notice] Opening OR listener on 0.0.0.0:9001
Feb 18 00:36:34.640 [notice] Opened OR listener connection (ready) on 0.0.0.0:9001
Feb 18 00:36:34.640 [notice] Opening OR listener on [::]:9001
Feb 18 00:36:34.640 [notice] Opened OR listener connection (ready) on [::]:9001
Feb 18 00:36:34.640 [notice] Opening Directory listener on 0.0.0.0:9030
Feb 18 00:36:34.640 [notice] Opened Directory listener connection (ready) on 0.0.0.0:9030
Feb 18 00:36:35.000 [notice] Configured to measure directory request statistics, but no GeoIP database found. Please specify a GeoIP database using the GeoIPFile option.
Feb 18 00:36:35.000 [warn] You are running Tor as root. You don’t need to, and you probably shouldn’t.
Feb 18 00:36:35.000 [notice] Your Tor server’s identity key fingerprint is ‘udeserveprivacy 79E3B585803DE805CCBC00C1EF36B1E74372861D’
Feb 18 00:36:35.000 [notice] Your Tor server’s identity key ed25519 fingerprint is ‘udeserveprivacy b7n+DkH5IsJHJexEqilhQ5tC0LRd9Td888RZpYkxEvc’
Feb 18 00:36:35.000 [notice] Bootstrapped 0% (starting): Starting
Feb 18 00:36:49.000 [notice] Starting with guard context “default”
Feb 18 00:36:50.000 [notice] Unable to find IPv6 address for ORPort 9001. You might want to specify IPv4Only to it or set an explicit address or set Address.
Feb 18 00:36:50.000 [notice] Bootstrapped 5% (conn): Connecting to a relay
Feb 18 00:36:50.000 [notice] Bootstrapped 10% (conn_done): Connected to a relay

Unless the old file is being overwritten when tor restarts. But is there a known problem with OVH that causes this?

Thanks.

Oddly there is no definite time when this happens, sometimes the relay operates no problem for weeks on end and then it happens, other times it only makes it a day or two.

–Keifer

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Of course, did so and problem still got occurs? Thanks.

–Keifer

¡¡¡

On Tue, Feb 20, 2024, 8:09 PM Keifer Bly <keifer.bly@gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks. How in torrc to configure no ipv6? Thanks.

–Keifer

On Sat, Feb 17, 2024, 4:42 PM Keifer Bly <keifer.bly@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi,

So my relay at

https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/79E3B585803DE805CCBC00C1EF36B1E74372861D

Goes offline at sporadic times. Upon checking the tor log file, there does not appear to be anything written causing tor to crash:

Feb 18 00:36:34.000 [notice] Tor 0.4.8.10 opening new log file.
Feb 18 00:36:34.630 [notice] We compiled with OpenSSL 101010ef: OpenSSL 1.1.1n 15 Mar 2022 and we are running with OpenSSL 101010ef: 1.1.1n. These two versions should be binary compatible.
Feb 18 00:36:34.634 [notice] Tor 0.4.8.10 running on Linux with Libevent 2.1.8-stable, OpenSSL 1.1.1n, Zlib 1.2.11, Liblzma 5.2.4, Libzstd 1.3.8 and Glibc 2.28 as libc.
Feb 18 00:36:34.634 [notice] Tor can’t help you if you use it wrong! Learn how to be safe at https://support.torproject.org/faq/staying-anonymous/
Feb 18 00:36:34.636 [notice] Read configuration file “/etc/tor/torrc”.
Feb 18 00:36:34.637 [notice] Based on detected system memory, MaxMemInQueues is set to 1462 MB. You can override this by setting MaxMemInQueues by hand.
Feb 18 00:36:34.640 [notice] Opening OR listener on 0.0.0.0:9001
Feb 18 00:36:34.640 [notice] Opened OR listener connection (ready) on 0.0.0.0:9001
Feb 18 00:36:34.640 [notice] Opening OR listener on [::]:9001
Feb 18 00:36:34.640 [notice] Opened OR listener connection (ready) on [::]:9001
Feb 18 00:36:34.640 [notice] Opening Directory listener on 0.0.0.0:9030
Feb 18 00:36:34.640 [notice] Opened Directory listener connection (ready) on 0.0.0.0:9030
Feb 18 00:36:35.000 [notice] Configured to measure directory request statistics, but no GeoIP database found. Please specify a GeoIP database using the GeoIPFile option.
Feb 18 00:36:35.000 [warn] You are running Tor as root. You don’t need to, and you probably shouldn’t.
Feb 18 00:36:35.000 [notice] Your Tor server’s identity key fingerprint is ‘udeserveprivacy 79E3B585803DE805CCBC00C1EF36B1E74372861D’
Feb 18 00:36:35.000 [notice] Your Tor server’s identity key ed25519 fingerprint is ‘udeserveprivacy b7n+DkH5IsJHJexEqilhQ5tC0LRd9Td888RZpYkxEvc’
Feb 18 00:36:35.000 [notice] Bootstrapped 0% (starting): Starting
Feb 18 00:36:49.000 [notice] Starting with guard context “default”
Feb 18 00:36:50.000 [notice] Unable to find IPv6 address for ORPort 9001. You might want to specify IPv4Only to it or set an explicit address or set Address.
Feb 18 00:36:50.000 [notice] Bootstrapped 5% (conn): Connecting to a relay
Feb 18 00:36:50.000 [notice] Bootstrapped 10% (conn_done): Connected to a relay

Unless the old file is being overwritten when tor restarts. But is there a known problem with OVH that causes this?

Thanks.

Oddly there is no definite time when this happens, sometimes the relay operates no problem for weeks on end and then it happens, other times it only makes it a day or two.

–Keifer