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author | 2016-11-22 15:17:27 -0400 | |
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committer | 2016-11-22 15:29:30 -0400 | |
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docs for stuff not fully implemented yet
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diff --git a/doc/tips/peer_to_peer_network_with_tor.mdwn b/doc/tips/peer_to_peer_network_with_tor.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..d7461a1e4 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/tips/peer_to_peer_network_with_tor.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,101 @@ +git-annex has recently gotten support for running as a +[Tor](http://http://torproject.org/) hidden service. This is a great, and +very secure way to connect repositories between computers in different +locations, without needing any central server. + +## the first peer + +First, you need to get Tor installed and running. See +[their website](http://http://torproject.org/), or try a command like: + + sudo apt-get install tor + +To make git-annex use Tor, run these commands in your git-annex repository: + + sudo git annex enable-tor + git annex remotedaemon + git annex p2p --gen-address + +The p2p-auth command will output a long address, such as: + + tor-annex::eeaytkuhaupbarfi.onion:4412:7f53c5b65b8957ef626fd461ceaae8056e3dbc459ae715e4 + +At this point, git-annex is running as a tor hidden service, but +it will only talk to peers who know that address. + +## adding additional peers + +To add a peer, get tor installed and running on it. + + sudo apt-get install tor + +You need a git-annex repository on the new peer. It's fine to start +with a new empty repository: + + git init annex + cd annex + git annex init + +And make git-annex use Tor, by running these commands in the git-annex +repository: + + sudo git annex enable-tor + git annex remotedaemon + +Now, tell the new peer about the address of the first peer: + + git annex p2p --link-remote peer1 tor-annnex::eeaytkuhaupbarfi.onion:4412:7f53c5b65b8957ef626fd461ceaae8056e3dbc459ae715e4 + +(Of course, you should paste in the address you generated earlier, +not the example one shown above.) + +Now this git-annex repository will have a remote named "peer1" +which connects, through Tor, to the repository on the other peer. +You can run any commands you normally would to sync with that remote: + + git annex sync --content peer1 + +You can also generate an address for this new peer, by running +`git annex p2p --gen`, and add that address to other peers using `git annex +p2p --link-remote`. It's often useful to link peers up in both directions, +so peer1 is a remote of peer2 and peer2 is a remote of peer1. + +Any number of peers can be connected this way, within reason. + +## git-annex remotedaemon + +Notice the `git annex remotedaemon` being run in the above examples. +That command runs the Tor hidden service so that other peers +can connect to your repository over Tor. + +So, you may want to arrange for the remotedaemon to be started on boot. +You can do that with a simple cron job: + + @reboot cd myannexrepo && git annex remotedaemon + +If you use the git-annex assistant, and have it auto-starting on boot, it +will take care of starting the remotedaemon for you. + +## onion addresses and authentication + +You don't need to know about this, but it might be helpful to understand +how it works. + +git-annex's Tor support uses onion address as the address of a git remote. +You can `git pull`, push, etc with those onion addresses: + + git pull tor-annnex::eeaytkuhaupbarfi.onion:4412 + git remote add peer1 tor-annnex::eeaytkuhaupbarfi.onion:4412 + +Onion addresses are semi-public. When you add a remote, they appear in your +`.git/config` file. So, there's a second level of authentication that +git-annex uses to make sure that only people you want to can access your +repository over Tor. That takes the form of a long string of numbers and +letters, like "7f53c5b65b8957ef626fd461ceaae8056e3dbc459ae715e4". + +The addresses generated by `git annex peer --gen-address` +combine the onion address with the authentication data. + +When you run `git annex peer --link-remote`, it sets up a git remote using +the onion address, and it stashes the authentication data away in a file in +`.git/annex/creds/` |