[tor-relays] Cloud question

[Arisbe]

Gentlemen / Ladies,

Simple question:  Do Tor middle relays and bridges work on cloud systems?

Thanks for the intelligence.

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Re: [tor-relays] Cloud question

[Gary]

Hello,


On 10 March 2018 at 04:48, Arisbe  wrote:
>
> Simple question:  Do Tor middle relays and bridges work on cloud systems?
>

I use AWS, I and it is fine, they also have a fat internet connection :-).
Amazon have EC2 and Lightsail. EC2 is more for hosting many servers/VM's,
Lightsail is basically the same thing but a bit easier to use. AWS have a
years free trial, but I think its limited to 30GB data transfer a month.

I have never received any abuse emails relating to tor, and looking through
Atlas/Relay Search there appears to be others using AWS as well.

One thing to watch out for Data Usage, make sure you set accountingmax in
torrc. They get many SSH login attempts - On EC2 take the time to set up
Security Groups correctly and on Lightsail you can simply disable access to
port 22, re enabling it only when you want to connect.

I have tried the other big cloud providers. Microsoft Azure plays better
with Linux then you might expect but is far from perfect. Google Cloud is
just far too complicated for running one or two VM's, but all three have
free trial periods. Make the most of these to find a service you like,
remembering to set accountingmax in torrc to avoid getting a fat data bill
at the end of the month.

There are also other providers, of course they vary from very tor friendly
to not at all and from cheap expensive.

Hope this helps.
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Re: [tor-relays] Cloud question

[Arisbe]

  
  
Thank you for the information.  It's very helpful.


On 3/10/2018 5:41 AM, Gary wrote:


  
Hello,



  On 10 March 2018 at 04:48, Arisbe 
wrote:

  Simple question:  Do Tor middle relays and bridges work on
  cloud systems?



I use AWS, I and it is fine, they also have a fat
  internet connection :-). Amazon have EC2 and Lightsail.
  EC2 is more for hosting many servers/VM's, Lightsail is
  basically the same thing but a bit easier to use. AWS have
  a years free trial, but I think its limited to 30GB data
  transfer a month.


I have never received any abuse emails relating to tor,
  and looking through Atlas/Relay Search there appears to be
  others using AWS as well.


One thing to watch out for Data Usage, make sure you
  set accountingmax in torrc. They get many SSH login
  attempts - On EC2 take the time to set up Security Groups
  correctly and on Lightsail you can simply disable access
  to port 22, re enabling it only when you want to connect.


I have tried the other big cloud providers. Microsoft
  Azure plays better with Linux then you might expect but is
  far from perfect. Google Cloud is just far too complicated
  for running one or two VM's, but all three have free trial
  periods. Make the most of these to find a service you
  like, remembering to set accountingmax in torrc to avoid
  getting a fat data bill at the end of the month.


There are also other providers, of course they vary
  from very tor friendly to not at all and from cheap
  expensive.


Hope this helps. 






  

  
  
  
  
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