Setup Tor Hidden Service on CentOS 7
Tor is provided by EPEL repository on CentOS 7. Install EPEL repo with command
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yum install epel-release |
Install tor
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yum install tor |
Edit tor config file
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vi /etc/tor/torrc |
Uncomment or add following lines
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HiddenServiceDir /var/lib/tor/hidden_service/ HiddenServicePort 80 127.0.0.1:80 |
Restart tor with command
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systemctl restart tor |
Now your tor hidden service is ready to use. You need to run your web application on 127.0.0.1:80
To see URL of your tor hidden service, run
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cat /var/lib/tor/hidden_service/hostname |
Make sure to make a backup of folder “/var/lib/tor/hidden_service/” as it comtains keys for this .onion domain. If you lost it, you will lose your domain name. So it is very important you keep the files safe.
To stop/start tor, run
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systemctl stop tor systemctl start tor |
See tor