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I am newbie, first time I try whonix, I didn't find in workstation hidden_service in torrc file and gateway station show me /etc/tor/torrc but there is nothing, I added two lines: HiddenServiceDir /var/lib/tor/hidden_service/ HiddenServicePort 80 192.168.0.11:80

so, I don't know how to install Tor hidden service, I followed https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Hidden_Services I installed also lighttpd in workstation but it failed to start, maybe because port 80 is already occupied. in gateway, cd var/lib/tor says permission denied. maybe there is hidden_service folder? I see, owner is debian-tor and I am user in whonix.

what should I do to install testing website as Tor hidden service? I just want to try it and without success.

I did chmod and added index.html beside private_key and hostname but when I try to use Tor browser bundle to connect, no success.

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In the gateway VM, your hidden service specification goes in /etc/tor/torrc. By default, it's largely empty, and the default configuration has been moved to /usr/share/tor/tor-service-defaults-torrc. In /etc/tor/torrc, add something like this for a webserver:

HiddenServiceDir /var/lib/tor/my_hidden_website/
HiddenServicePort 80 192.168.0.11:80

You need to restart Tor to generate the hidden service key and hostname:

user@host:~$ sudo service tor restart

Then get the hostname:

user@host:~$ sudo cat /var/lib/tor/my_hidden_website/hostname

Now, working in the workstation VM, install lighttpd. Once installed, it starts at bootup. Your website root directory is /var/www/ on the workstation VM. It is NOT /var/lib/tor/my_hidden_website/ on the gateway VM. That would be a very bad thing, especially if you somehow made it work!

Using another machine running Tor Browser Bundle, browse your hidden-service hostname: http://mynewthshostname.onion. You should see the lighttpd's default page. Once you have that working, you can replace the lighttpd default with your website.

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  • How do I know what the IP of my workstation vm should be here?
    – user23093
    Sep 16, 2018 at 4:26
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I didn't find in workstation hidden_service in torrc file and gateway station show me /etc/tor/torrc but there is nothing

There little non-nothingness in /etc/tor/torrc worth reading. It says Please see /etc/tor/torrc.examples for help, options, comments etc.

Having a look at /etc/tor/torrc.examples as well.

cd /var/lib/tor says permission denied

You need to be root (or debian-tor) to get into that folder.

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  • Yes, adrelanos and associates have locked down Whonix ;)
    – mirimir
    Oct 22, 2013 at 5:29
  • This particular move shipping an almost empty torrc isn't about lock down. Also permissions of /var/lib/tor come with upstream Tor, no changes there. There move to ship an almost empty /etc/tor/torrc was made to leave that file untouched when Whonix is updated. The goal is users not to prompt with an interactive dpkg conflict resolution dialog. /usr/share/tor/tor-service-defaults-torrc and /etc/tor/torrc.examples can be updated in further Whonix versions without conflicting with user changes in /etc/tor/torrc.
    – adrelanos
    Oct 22, 2013 at 9:10
  • Ah, I get it :)
    – mirimir
    Oct 22, 2013 at 23:45

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