RetroShare

[Like Ra]

Some info on RetroShare. I might create a tutorial (step-by-step 😉 )

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RetroShare    - RS on Wiki
https://retroshare.cc/ - official site
https://retroshare.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ - official documentation
http://retroshare.sourceforge.net/wiki/i..._Questions - official FAQ
https://adorabilis.wordpress.com/ - RetroShare news in Russian

Tutorial for Windows: https://www.likera.com/forum/mybb/Thread...9#pid43869

1. Download RetroShare:
   https://retroshare.cc/downloads.html
   If you are on Windows, install portable version with Tor included.
   
   
2. Download and start Tor-Browser (if Tor is not included):
   
   https://2019.www.torproject.org/projects...er.html.en
   
   
3. First steps (creating a profile)
   https://retroshare.readthedocs.io/en/lat...rst-steps/
   
   
4. Second steps (Tor)
   https://retroshare.readthedocs.io/en/lat...n-rs-node/
   - If you use tor-browser and completed the first steps, skip to the "Network Configuration" section
   
   - The tor config is here: Preferences -> Network -> Hidder Service Config
   SOCKSPort
   - If you are using Tor browser, most likely the Tor Socks Proxy will be 127.0.0.1 and the port 9150.
   The default Tor port (if Tor is installed separately, not as a part of Tor browser) is 9050 (check SOCKSPort parameter in torrc) . This is when the things might go wrong.
   
   - In any case, "Tor outgoing Okay" should be green
   
   
5. To use RS you need friends. To add friends you add their certificates: Home -> Add friends certificates, or click the link with certs.
   
   
6. To get certificates, check these pages:
   https://www.likera.com/forum/mybb/showth...p?tid=2552
   https://8ch.net/hypno/res/58562.html
   Just add all cert from the page to begin with.
   
   
7. Also, you can check Forums. Subscribe to:
       Retroshare 06 - TOR Key Exchange
       RetroShare Key Exchange
   and similar forums, and make friends:
   - post you cert online (Right Click -> Reply or New thread, then  Right Click -> Paste my certificate link)
   or
   - Right click on the post -> Show author in people tab -> Send invite
   
   
8. People can be added directly:
   - Network -> Keyring
   - Click on "Last used" to sort for the online appearance
   - Right- Click on the users who were recently online
   - Profile details -> Accept connections
   - User will receive a notification and might add you back (or not 😉 )
   
   
9. You need to share something, at least you download directory
   - Files -> My Files -> Configure shared directories -> Add new
   - Set visible name and Access. Click on the icons in the Access column. Make sure that all three icons (per  shared directory) are shown. At least two left icons (directory can be searched, files can be accessed).
   
      
   
   - Apply and Close
   
   

Quick check.

Network -> Network Graph -> Friendship level: 1 and 2? What graph do you see?

   

Can you search for files in Files -> Search?

Can you subscribe to forums?

How to use RetroShare with i2pd: https://i2pd.readthedocs.io/en/latest/tu...etroshare/
How RetroShare forums work: https://retroshareteam.wordpress.com/201...re-forums/

[kor faeron]

I've just wrote a quite detailed guide to setup retroshare, but seems like images is broken, how I should paste them?

Ok, I`ve posted images to imgur 
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For windows

Go to https://www.likera.com/forum/mybb/Thread-RetroShare and click this link 
https://imgur.com/dClsmoY

Then on site click on this link (Retroshare (Portable, Tor executable included) Qt5, Portable)
https://imgur.com/xtosrKi
You've downloaded archive like this
https://imgur.com/gldpalM
Create foldere somewhere and extract archive to it
Then in this folder find and execute this file (retroshare)
https://imgur.com/ZX0x9NI
You should get next window
https://imgur.com/eCnV3LY
Change Node Type to Hidden Node (over Tor)
https://imgur.com/hAjy8Wd
Fill your name and passwords
https://imgur.com/AHWgiff
Then move your mouse in this window until you get 4th checked. Press the button 
https://imgur.com/HneCQef
Wait until you see this window
https://imgur.com/l80p6hb
Go to preferences, then network and check this light
https://imgur.com/M09mqSp
It should be green
Next step is go to home and copy your certificate
https://imgur.com/9Air4c9
Post it here https://www.likera.com/forum/mybb/Thread...hare-certs
And then most anoying step, you should add as many as possible certificates from that thread, copy certificate, press Add friends certificate
https://imgur.com/ZefBx4W
Paste cert
https://imgur.com/p4ZRXdH
Press button Next > , then Finish
https://imgur.com/7zetnQW
Sometimes it sad that you must turn on Discover mod, I just ignore that.


P.S. you should not only add others certs but wait for someone to add your cert and vice versa

[Like Ra]

I need to create a separate RS thread with FAQ...

[krinlyc]

How many people do use this retroshare?

Was unknown to me ...

[Like Ra]

How many people do use this retroshare?

Many, but never enough 😁 Interesting thing. Buggy, but it works. And you can talk to the developers.

[krinlyc]

Let's see where we get... 😉

[krinlyc]

NO-OP cert. YOu should be able to connect to it without posting your own cert.

does not work. my brwoers just try to open a search

why dont you just post that cert as we did?

[Like Ra]

does not work. my brwoers just try to open a search

If you are on UNIX, you should be promoted for the app to start
Under Win7 it works only if RS is started with administrator privileges
Or: create a private chat and does not include anybody. Paste the link into the chat and send it. Click on the appeared link.

why dont you just post that cert as we did?

It's a link to the cert posted in a RS forum. And it's encoded differently. No idea how to extract the cert out of it.

[krinlyc]

Okay, that worked.

Does anyone have forums, channels in his app ? They are all 0 ?...

[Like Ra]

Does anyone have forums, channels in his app ? They are all 0 ?...

o- You have to subscribe to them
o- You have to set a reasonable sync/save time (at least 6 months)
o- You must have friends, whose friends are subscribed to the forums.
o- You, your friends and friends of your friends must be simultaneously online to download the related info.

In short: you must have good friends 😉

BTW, I do not see you in the People tab. Can you see anybody at all?