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How to set up a TOR hidden service

I had no idea setting up a .onion TOR hidden service is so easy. If you want to do it on a raspberry pi, it’s:

1. sudo apt install nginx
2. sudo nano /var/www/html/index.nginx-debian.html
   • Paste your index.html contents
3. sudo service nginx restart
4. sudo apt install tor
5. sudo nano /etc/tor/torrc
   • Uncomment:
     • RunAsDaemon 1
     • DataDirectory /var/lib/tor
     • HiddenServiceDir /var/lib/tor/http_hs/
     • HiddenServicePort 80 127.0.0.1:80
6. sudo service tor restart
7. Get the onion link
   • sudo cat /var/lib/tor/hidden_service/hostname

(I’m not saying this is safe or secure - I don’t know - I’m just surprised it’s this easy)

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