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6 onionbalance-config - tool for generating onionbalance config files and
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10 The onionbalance-config tool is the fastest way to generate the neces‐
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13 $ onionbalance-config
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15 When called without any arguments, the config generator will run in an
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18 The master directory should be stored on the management server while
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23 onionbalance-config
24 onionbalance distributes the requests for a Tor hidden services across
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27 usage: onionbalance-config [-h] [-i IP] [-p PORT] [-s SOCKET] [-c CONFIG]
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33 -i <ip>, --ip <ip>
34 Tor controller IP address
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37 Tor controller port
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40 Tor unix domain control socket location
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42 -c <config>, --config <config>
43 Config file location
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45 -v <verbosity>, --verbosity <verbosity>
46 Minimum verbosity level for logging. Available in ascending
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55 This is the configuration file that is used my the OnionBalance
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58 master/<ONION_ADDRESS>.key
59 The private key which will become the public address and iden‐
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64 A sample Tor configuration file which can be used with the Tor
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68 A sample Tor config file which contains the Tor HiddenService*
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72 Directory containing the private key for you backend hidden ser‐
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77 Full documentation for the OnionBalance software is available at
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81 Donncha O'Cearbhaill <donncha@donncha.is>
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