From dc8a591222f249da81c7eef8aa5961f8d7dd1e23 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jon Atack Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2020 12:35:36 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] doc: add tor.md section on how to get tor info via bitcoind --- doc/tor.md | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/tor.md b/doc/tor.md index 8fe87bdde63..ccf8a226eec 100644 --- a/doc/tor.md +++ b/doc/tor.md @@ -5,6 +5,16 @@ It is possible to run Bitcoin Core as a Tor onion service, and connect to such s The following directions assume you have a Tor proxy running on port 9050. Many distributions default to having a SOCKS proxy listening on port 9050, but others may not. In particular, the Tor Browser Bundle defaults to listening on port 9150. See [Tor Project FAQ:TBBSocksPort](https://www.torproject.org/docs/faq.html.en#TBBSocksPort) for how to properly configure Tor. +## How to see information about your Tor configuration via Bitcoin Core + +There are several ways to see your local onion address in Bitcoin Core: +- in the debug log (grep for "tor:" or "AddLocal") +- in the output of RPC `getnetworkinfo` in the "localaddresses" section +- in the output of the CLI `-netinfo` peer connections dashboard + +You may set the `-debug=tor` config logging option to have additional +information in the debug log about your Tor configuration. + ## 1. Run Bitcoin Core behind a Tor proxy