NAME

       tor-instance-create - Set up a new tor instance

SYNOPSIS

       tor-instance-create instance_name

DESCRIPTION

       The Tor Debian package supports running multiple instances of the Tor daemon. This can be
       useful if you want to run multiple relays or bridge relays on a single system, of if you
       want to provide a hidden service in addition to running a relay.

       tor-instance-create is the tool that creates a new instance of Tor on a Debian system. In
       particular, it creates a new UNIX user with a home directory and a mostly empty tor
       configuration file.

       The new user and group are named _tor-instance_name. The user’s home directory, which is
       also the DataDirectory of the new tor instance, is /var/lib/tor-instances/instance_name.
       The configuration file for that instance is /etc/tor/instances/instance_name/torrc. Logs
       go to syslog by default.

       To start this new service, use systemctl start tor@instance_name. Stopping, restarting,
       and reloading the config works accordingly. Stopping/Starting/.. the tor service should
       affect all instances. The "main" instance which lives in /var/lib/tor and has
       /etc/tor/torrc as its configuration file is known to systemd as tor@default.

       There currently is no tor-instance-remove script. To remove an instance, delete the user
       and its homedirectory once you are convinced there are no files or processes on your
       system still owned by that user. Then also remove the corresponding directory tree in
       /etc/tor/instances.

SEE ALSO

       tor(1)

AUTHORS

           Peter Palfrader

AUTHOR

       Peter Palfrader
           Author.