[tahoe-lafs-trac-stream] [Tahoe-LAFS] #2815: document manual server-on-.onion Tor setup process

[Tahoe-LAFS]

#2815: document manual server-on-.onion Tor setup process
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     Reporter:  warner        |      Owner:  Brian Warner <warner@…>
         Type:  task          |     Status:  closed
     Priority:  normal        |  Milestone:  1.12.0
    Component:  code-network  |    Version:  1.11.0
   Resolution:  fixed         |   Keywords:  anonymity tor
Launchpad Bug:                |
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Changes (by Brian Warner <warner@…>):

 * owner:   => Brian Warner <warner@…>
 * status:  new => closed
 * resolution:   => fixed


Comment:

 In [changeset:"327bef338305703f1a30cf40ec493efaef5d96f4/trunk"
 327bef3/trunk]:
 {{{
 #!CommitTicketReference repository="trunk"
 revision="327bef338305703f1a30cf40ec493efaef5d96f4"
 update tor/i2p docs to match current config syntax

 This removes the section that describes automatic configuration using
 transport-agnostic endpoint-centric tub.port strings. That was the
 approach where tub.port used "onion:80:hiddenServiceDir=PATH", and
 Foolscap was able to query the generated Listener to find out what
 address it was supposed to advertise. We considered this for a long
 time, but in the end decided to use a more static approach, where
 foolscap/tahoe never try to guess it's location: Tahoe always requires
 tub.location= to be set.

 When we get automatic configuration implemented, it'll be a simple CLI
 argument, something like "tahoe create-server --listen=tor".

 Instead, this document now explains how to configure Tor to create the
 hidden service, then how to copy the generated .onion address into the
 tahoe config.

 This also removes a lot of other text that seems irrelevant now, and
 refers the user to the tahoe.cfg docs (configuration.rst) instead of
 including all the `[tor]`/`[i2p]` docs inline.

 Closes ticket:2815
 }}}

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