Re: [tor-dev] Tor Exit Images -> software to manage tor on unix without unix-skills

["Fabio Pietrosanti (naif)" <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 3/24/13 11:16 PM, Fabio Pietrosanti (naif) wrote:

On 3/24/13 11:11 PM, Griffin Boyce wrote:

Fabio Pietrosanti (naif) <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

To fix that need it would be nice to make a sort of "hosting provider"

(using existing tool for customer management, payments,
server/application deployment & maintenance) to host Tor Exit.

This would definitely be cool, though honestly I was thinking more pre-configured bundles for common ISP(s).

Well, it would still need to have some kind of "Web management" software to let the non-unix-skilled person carry on regular maintenace procedure without a unix terminal such as:

- Configure Tor (nickname, bandwidth, etc)
- Check if there's an upgrade & upgrade Tor when needed
- See if Tor is running / ability to shutdown / restart it

That's something that should need to be pre-installed to facilitate the regular maintenance operations for that non-unix-skilled persons.

Does something like that still exists ?

Got an idea of an alternative solution to the problem "Let someone without unix-skills to setup and maintain it's own Tor Exit on their favorite server provider".

We can make a "GUI Application" that let this kind of user to:
- Configure Tor (nickname, bandwidth, etc)
- Check if there's an upgrade & upgrade Tor when needed
- See if Tor is running / ability to shutdown / restart it

That kind of application automate via SSH/SCP the procedure explained below.
The procedure would be finely tuned for all the different main unix operating systems available (that are the one ready-made on the vps/server provider of installable list).

The user experience would be:
- Start the application
- Select operating system version (Ubuntu 12.04, Debian 6, CentOS X, etc, etc)
- Insert hostname, root's username, password
- Configure visually on the UI:
 - Nickname
 - Bandwidth
 - Exit Policy
- Click "Deploy Tor"

Et voilà, the tor intance would be installed and configured on the remote server trough SSH/SCP for that specific OS version.

Other options provided to the end-user by the UI would complete the maintenance operation required:
- Check for upgrade
- Upgrade
- Start / Stop / Restart

With such approach you would still had made possible for non-unix users to deploy and maintain tor on unix's vps of all the provider.

Fabio

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