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[tor-relays] sysctl tweaks for tiny relays
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- Subject: [tor-relays] sysctl tweaks for tiny relays
- From: Toralf Förster via tor-relays <tor-relays@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2026 20:51:57 +0100
- Cc: Toralf Förster <toralf.foerster@xxxxxx>
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I made good experiences by tweaking sysctl values at tiny relays (1 GB
RAM, 1 vCPU) and do wonder about your opion/experiences:
$ ssh i30 cat /etc/sysctl.d/21firewall.conf
# maintained by Ansible
net.ipv4.tcp_fin_timeout = 10
net.ipv4.tcp_keepalive_time = 120
net.ipv4.tcp_max_syn_backlog = 8192
net.ipv4.tcp_mem = 2000 4000 8000
net.ipv4.tcp_synack_retries = 2
net.ipv4.tcp_syncookies = 1
net.ipv4.tcp_tw_reuse = 1
net.ipv6.ip_nonlocal_bind = 1
net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_tcp_timeout_close_wait = 10
net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_tcp_timeout_established = 600
net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_tcp_timeout_time_wait = 10
net.core.netdev_max_backlog = 131072
net.core.somaxconn = 16384
net.ipv4.tcp_max_syn_backlog = 131072
net.ipv4.tcp_notsent_lowat = 131072
net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_buckets = 131072
net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_max = 131072
--
Toralf
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