Raspberry Pi TOR Server

Raspberry Pi Tor server - Middle relay.

Be a part of the TOR network! This is a tutorial for a TOR middle relay server. NOT A EXIT NODE. Middle relay server just speed up the TOR netwerk.  Your IP ADRESS will not show up as the source of the traffic.

First step, Update your pi:

sudo apt-get update
[ENTER]
sudo apt-get upgrade
[enter]

Step 2, make a new user named '"tor"

sudo adduser tor
[enter]Enter a secure password![enter]Enter the password again[enter]

Now press the enter key for a few times, the questions are stupid :)

Now we have to to add the tor user account to the list of sudoers:

sudo nano /etc/sudoers
[enter]
Add the following line at the bottom of the page: tor ALL=(ALL) ALL

control + x to close/save the file.


Step 3: Install TOR!

sudo apt-get install tor
[enter]sudo nano /etc/tor/torrc[enter]

Edit / change and uncomment (#) the following settings:

SocksPort 0

Log notice file /var/log/tor/notices.log

RunAsDaemon 1

ORPort 9001

DirPort 9030

ExitPolicy reject *:*

Nickname some-nickname-here (you can chose whatever you like)

RelayBandwidthRate 100 KB  # Throttle traffic to 100KB/s (800Kbps)

RelayBandwidthBurst 200 KB # But allow bursts up to 200KB/s (1600Kbps)


Control + x to close / save the file.

Step 4:
Open port 9030 /  9001 in your modem/router/firewall. Otherwise there will be no connection.

Step5:
After changing the settings you have to restart TOR. Open a terminal and type:

sudo /etc/init.d/tor restart

Open /var/log/tor/log, if the tor server works correct you will find a entry like:

"Tor has successfully opened a circuit. Looks like client functionality is working.
at the end."

Your Raspberry Pi TOR server is  ready now! 

Now you have the option to install a Tor monitor program to watch the status of your tor node.

(this is not a screenshot of my own tor server)

sudo apt-get install tor-arm
[enter]

To start Tor-arm Use the following command:

sudo -u debian-tor arm
[enter]