06 May 2020, 02:31
I'm trying to get things working but I'm not sure I have the setup quite right. I downloaded the newest version of Retroshare portable with tor for Windows and created a new standard node. I've posted my certificate and have added some others from this site. I see all of those certificates under "Network", but no nodes appear to be online. I also have an empty contact list, no files from other users available, and no forums. I know it is expected that I won't see anything here until other users have added my certificate (https://www.likera.com/forum/mybb/Thread...4#pid42484), so it could be that just nobody has done that yet.
In the bottom toolbar, I see "Trusted nodes: 0/31 | NAT (green) | DHT (green)".
For my network configuration, I am using a manually forwarded port which I have opened and directed correctly in my router configuration. "Local network" and "External ip address finder" are green. However, I don't have the hidden service aspect configured correctly. If I just start Retroshare, both "Tor outgoing ok" and "incoming ok" are black. If I manually run tor.exe in the same directory as Retroshare, "Tor outgoing ok" turns green, but incoming remains black (as just running tor.exe does not appear to create a hidden service). This is suboptimal as it keeps tor.exe open as a persistent console application, and also doesn't appear to be respecting the portable installation, instead setting up configuration in C😕Users\(me)\AppData\Roaming\tor\. I know I could install tor as a windows service that is always running, but I'd rather not do that, and instead only have tor running when Retroshare is open. Searching for info about how to get the hidden service up and running suggests that I need to install and configure a webserver which I definitely did not need to do in the past.
When I previously used Retroshare a year or so ago, I remember the portable version would automatically start tor and create a hidden service for me (which also kept all of its configuration in the portable installation) before opening the Retroshare application, and I don't remember needing to do any of this additional configuration, but I can't find how to get that working. Can anyone advise? Thanks in advance.
In the bottom toolbar, I see "Trusted nodes: 0/31 | NAT (green) | DHT (green)".
For my network configuration, I am using a manually forwarded port which I have opened and directed correctly in my router configuration. "Local network" and "External ip address finder" are green. However, I don't have the hidden service aspect configured correctly. If I just start Retroshare, both "Tor outgoing ok" and "incoming ok" are black. If I manually run tor.exe in the same directory as Retroshare, "Tor outgoing ok" turns green, but incoming remains black (as just running tor.exe does not appear to create a hidden service). This is suboptimal as it keeps tor.exe open as a persistent console application, and also doesn't appear to be respecting the portable installation, instead setting up configuration in C😕Users\(me)\AppData\Roaming\tor\. I know I could install tor as a windows service that is always running, but I'd rather not do that, and instead only have tor running when Retroshare is open. Searching for info about how to get the hidden service up and running suggests that I need to install and configure a webserver which I definitely did not need to do in the past.
When I previously used Retroshare a year or so ago, I remember the portable version would automatically start tor and create a hidden service for me (which also kept all of its configuration in the portable installation) before opening the Retroshare application, and I don't remember needing to do any of this additional configuration, but I can't find how to get that working. Can anyone advise? Thanks in advance.
