MobilePenBerry/hidden service.md

run a hidden service.

Get yourself tor and a webserver like NGNIX sudo apt install nginx tor -y

Enable and start the nginx service. Check if it runs correct

sudo systemctl enable nginx
sudo systemctl start nginx
sudo systemctl status nginx

It should promt "active". Do the same with tor

sudo systemctl enable tor
sudo systemctl start tor
sudo systemctl status tor

Create a html file at /var/www/html. More details are in Static Server. Restart NGNIX sudo systemctl restart nginx

link website to tor

The torrc file describes the behavior of tor and has everything in it to run a hidden service. Open it with a text editor: sudo nano /etc/tor/torrc and uncomment the following lines

HiddenServiceDir /var/lib/tor/hidden_service/
HiddenServicePort 80 127.0.0.1:80

Restart tor sudo systemctl restart tor

Now tor will host your webpage. To get your current onion address call

sudo cat /var/lib/tor/hidden_service/hostname

With the given url you can access your page from tor browser.

Read onion addresses to create your own address.

Sources and more

torproject.org