Merge pull request #6947

19d1b3590 add a convenience script to start monero with inbound tor (moneromooo-monero)

2 files changed, 96 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5d6734803..79261c8c7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -687,6 +687,9 @@ Example command line to start monerod through Tor:
 DNS_PUBLIC=tcp torsocks monerod --p2p-bind-ip 127.0.0.1 --no-igd
 ```
 
+A helper script is in contrib/tor/monero-over-tor.sh. It assumes Tor is installed
+already, and runs Tor and Monero with the right configuration.
+
 ### Using Tor on Tails
 
 TAILS ships with a very restrictive set of firewall rules. Therefore, you need
diff --git a/contrib/tor/monero-over-tor.sh b/contrib/tor/monero-over-tor.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..9fb4cdd36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/tor/monero-over-tor.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+DIR=$(realpath $(dirname $0))
+
+echo "Checking monerod..."
+monerod=""
+for dir in \
+  . \
+  "$DIR" \
+  "$DIR/../.." \
+  "$DIR/build/release/bin" \
+  "$DIR/../../build/release/bin" \
+  "$DIR/build/Linux/master/release/bin" \
+  "$DIR/../../build/Linux/master/release/bin" \
+  "$DIR/build/Windows/master/release/bin" \
+  "$DIR/../../build/Windows/master/release/bin"
+do
+  if test -x "$dir/monerod"
+  then
+    monerod="$dir/monerod"
+    break
+  fi
+done
+if test -z "$monerod"
+then
+  echo "monerod not found"
+  exit 1
+fi
+echo "Found: $monerod"
+
+TORDIR="$DIR/monero-over-tor"
+TORRC="$TORDIR/torrc"
+HOSTNAMEFILE="$TORDIR/hostname"
+echo "Creating configuration..."
+mkdir -p "$TORDIR"
+chmod 700 "$TORDIR"
+rm -f "$TORRC"
+cat << EOF > "$TORRC"
+ControlSocket $TORDIR/control
+ControlSocketsGroupWritable 1
+CookieAuthentication 1
+CookieAuthFile $TORDIR/control.authcookie
+CookieAuthFileGroupReadable 1
+HiddenServiceDir $TORDIR
+HiddenServicePort 18083 127.0.0.1:18083
+EOF
+
+echo "Starting Tor..."
+nohup tor -f "$TORRC" 2> "$TORDIR/tor.stderr" 1> "$TORDIR/tor.stdout" &
+ready=0
+for i in `seq 10`
+do
+  sleep 1
+  if test -f "$HOSTNAMEFILE"
+  then
+    ready=1
+    break
+  fi
+done
+if test "$ready" = 0
+then
+  echo "Error starting Tor"
+  cat "$TORDIR/tor.stdout"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "Starting monerod..."
+HOSTNAME=$(cat "$HOSTNAMEFILE")
+"$monerod" \
+  --anonymous-inbound "$HOSTNAME":18083,127.0.0.1:18083,25 --tx-proxy tor,127.0.0.1:9050,10 \
+  --add-priority-node zbjkbsxc5munw3qusl7j2hpcmikhqocdf4pqhnhtpzw5nt5jrmofptid.onion:18083 \
+  --add-priority-node 2xmrnode5itf65lz.onion:18083 \
+  --detach
+ready=0
+for i in `seq 10`
+do
+  sleep 1
+  status=$("$monerod" status)
+  echo "$status" | grep -q "Height:"
+  if test $? = 0
+  then
+    ready=1
+    break
+  fi
+done
+if test "$ready" = 0
+then
+  echo "Error starting monerod"
+  tail -n 400 "$HOME/.bitmonero/bitmonero.log" | grep -Ev stacktrace\|"Error: Couldn't connect to daemon:"\|"src/daemon/main.cpp:.*Monero\ \'" | tail -n 20
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "Ready. Your Tor hidden service is $HOSTNAME"