Final haveno-with-external-tor.sh PR

[XMRZombie]

Helps to externally using Tor for Haveno and configuring Haveno with an external Tor process
For launching: $ chmod +x haveno-with-external-tor.sh && ./haveno-with-external-tor.sh

• Solves Tor's ControlPort AUTO setting by saving the control port --ControlPortWriteToFile $TORHOME/.tor/control.port and getting it for launching haveno --torControlPort=$(cat $TORHOME/.tor/control.port | sed 's/.*:\([0-9]\+\)/\1/')
• Bypasses Tor's DisableNetwork 1 config (crashing Haveno at startup) with --DisableNetwork 0

[woodser]

Please rename this file to haveno-with-external-tor-monerod.sh for consistency with the other script.

[woodser]

Maybe @boldsuck has any feedback on these 2 scripts?

[boldsuck]

I can test it tomorrow. Generally, though, the script needs to be rerun every time Haveno starts.
Useful for Tails. On Debian/Ubuntu, Fedora, and other distros, I find DirectBindTor easier.

[XMRZombie]

@woodser renaming done. For the script, one it is marked as an executable is really makes a 'flawless' launch of all processes and everything is configured correctly

[woodser]

For the script, one it is marked as an executable

Thinking to add a comment at the top of the scripts instructing to launch:

In haveno-with-external-tor.sh:
chmod +x haveno-with-external-tor.sh && ./haveno-with-external-tor.sh

In haveno-with-external-tor-monerod.sh:
chmod +x haveno-with-external-tor-monerod.sh && ./haveno-with-external-tor.sh

That will help make it clear for newcomers.

[boldsuck]

I have testet haveno-with-external-tor.sh on Debian. With a completely empty Haveno folder I have error:

user@t520:~$ /home/user/.local/share/Haveno/haveno-with-external-tor.sh
Apr 07 15:29:29.920 [notice] Tor 0.4.8.16 running on Linux with Libevent 2.1.12-stable, OpenSSL 3.0.15, Zlib 1.2.13, Liblzma 5.4.1, Libzstd 1.5.4 and Glibc 2.36 as libc.
Apr 07 15:29:29.920 [notice] Tor can't help you if you use it wrong! Learn how to be safe at https://support.torproject.org/faq/staying-anonymous/
Apr 07 15:29:29.920 [warn] Unable to open configuration file "/home/user/.local/share/Haveno/xmr_stagenet/tor/torrc".
Apr 07 15:29:29.920 [err] Reading config failed--see warnings above.
cat: /home/user/.local/share/Haveno/xmr_stagenet/tor/.tor/control.port: No such file or directory
haveno.common.config.ConfigException: problem parsing option 'torControlPort': java.lang.NumberFormatException: For input string: ""
        at haveno.common.config.Config.<init>(Config.java:761)
        at haveno.core.app.HavenoExecutable.execute(HavenoExecutable.java:118)
        at haveno.desktop.app.HavenoAppMain.main(HavenoAppMain.java:65)
error: problem parsing option 'torControlPort': java.lang.NumberFormatException: For input string: ""
cat: /home/user/.local/share/Haveno/xmr_stagenet/tor/pid: No such file or directory
/home/user/.local/share/Haveno/haveno-with-external-tor.sh: 5: kill: Usage: kill [-s sigspec | -signum | -sigspec] [pid | job]... or
kill -l [exitstatus]

On the second start, after I had previously started Haveno with /opt/haveno/bin/Haveno
Haveno is running and Tor has ControlPort: 42411. A query via the Stem interface then shows me a double config:

Tor Configuration File (/home/user/.local/share/Haveno/xmr_stagenet/tor/torrc):
 1 SafeSocks 0
 2 HiddenServiceStatistics 0
 3 ControlPort auto
 4 CookieAuthentication 1
 5 DisableNetwork 1
 6 AvoidDiskWrites 1
 7 RunAsDaemon 1
 8 SOCKSPort auto
 9
10
11 CookieAuthFile /home/user/.local/share/Haveno/xmr_stagenet/tor/.tor/control_auth_cookie
12 DataDirectory /home/user/.local/share/Haveno/xmr_stagenet/tor
13 GeoIPFile /home/user/.local/share/Haveno/xmr_stagenet/tor/geoip
14 PidFile /home/user/.local/share/Haveno/xmr_stagenet/tor/pid
15 GeoIPv6File /home/user/.local/share/Haveno/xmr_stagenet/tor/geoip6
16
17 ## fteproxy configuration
18 ClientTransportPlugin fte exec ./PluggableTransports/fteproxy.bin --managed
19
20 ## obfs4proxy configuration
21 ClientTransportPlugin obfs4 exec ./PluggableTransports/lyrebird
22
23 ## meek configuration
24 ClientTransportPlugin meek exec ./PluggableTransports/meek-client

I also have a second /home/user/.local/share/Haveno/xmr_stagenet/tor/state file with a different guard set than the system tor.

Back when we didn't have DirectBindTor, I just started Haveno like Bisq with:
/opt/haveno/bin/Haveno --torControlPort=9051 --torControlCookieFile=/var/run/tor/control.authcookie --torControlUseSafeCookieAuth to use ExternalTor.

[XMRZombie]

@boldsuck yes, Tor and haveno will crash if theres no user data as the script uses user data's tor data and configuration to launch Tor. And what you see ( /home/user/.local/share/Haveno/xmr_stagenet/tor/torrc ) isnt a "double" but the default Tor's haveno torrc config, the script i made is using additional flags to make it externally usable

[boldsuck]

But why is the state file created and updated and consenus & certs? And 4 guards are used instead of 2. It may be different on Tails.
Why don't you use the default Tor ControlPort: 9051

With DirectBindTor my entire ~/.local/share/Haveno-reto/xmr_mainnet/tor/ folder remains empty.

[XMRZombie]

@boldsuck idk about the state file. for the controlport, please read the script and haveno's torrc to understand why i did this. and yes since you externaly use a hidden service your tor folder is empty but thats because you use a sophisticated setup

[woodser]

So this will crash on first startup without doing some setup first?

[XMRZombie]

Yes, user needs to launch haveno one time to init the tor files and after this the script can be used

[boldsuck]

I just don't understand what's wrong with DirectBindTor. Haveno can do it, Bisq can't.

echo "HiddenServiceDir /var/lib/tor/haveno-service/" >> /etc/tor/torrc
echo "HiddenServicePort 9999 127.0.0.1:9999" >> /etc/tor/torrc

service tor reload or systemctl reload tor

HSAddress=$(cat /var/lib/tor/haveno-service/hostname)

/opt/haveno/bin/Haveno --hiddenServiceAddress=$HSAddress