On NixOS tor is run with a torrc
directly in /nix/store
, but git-annex
enable-tor
attempts to both read and modify /etc/tor/torrc
.
This behavior can be accomodated by making a copy:
torrc=$( ps -ef | egrep -o '(\S*?torrc)$' )
sudo mkdir -p /etc/tor
sudo cp $torrc /etc/tor/torrc
This should allow you to run:
git-annex enable-tor
without seeing an error, but the edited torrc
will have no effect so
git-annex will keep waiting for the hidden service to come online. While it
does that, check what lines were added:
diff -u $torrc /etc/tor/torrc
and then add a hidden service to your configuration.nix
:
# add a service for the repository
services.tor.relay.onionServices.git-annex-5e77c94c-5907-4f43-96bf-282ae233b240 = {
# this is where git annex configures it, which works fine, but doesn't
# actually seem necessary, so it could be left empty
path = "/var/lib/tor/tor-annex_1000_5e77c94c-5907-4f43-96bf-282ae233b240";
# the HiddenServicePort directive requires both tor and git-annex # remotedaemon
# to be able to access the socket which is why git annex places it in a separate
# directory, but this also needs to be made visible to tor
map = [ {
port = 12345;
target.unix = "/var/lib/tor-annex/1000_5e77c94c-5907-4f43-96bf-282ae233b240/s";
} ];
};
# make the sockets directory visible to the otherwise sandboxed tor daemon
systemd.services.tor.serviceConfig.BindPaths = [ "/var/lib/tor-annex" ];
Note that without the BindPaths
the tor daemon will not be able to access the
sockets and connections will be rejected (can be diagnosed by sending tor a
SIGUSR2
to enable debug logging).
You should now be able to run nixos-rebuild switch
and git-annex will
detect that the hidden service is running.