[tor-dev] Best way to reload config on Windows?

[Holmes Wilson]

Thanks, this is helpful!

We were changing the .torrc file programmatically to add and remove hidden services and then sending a SIGHUP to get Tor to recognize the changes. We’ll try using the control port instead. 

Thanks again,

-H

> On Feb 18, 2021, at 1:04 PM, Roger Dingledine <arma at torproject.org> wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Feb 18, 2021 at 10:59:34AM -0500, Holmes Wilson wrote:
>> We???re building a Ricochet-inspired chat app, and there are situations where we want to create a new hidden service URL. On macOS and Linux we can send a SIGHUP to make Tor reload its config. What???s the best way to do this on Windows? 
> 
> Your best bet is to connect over the controlport and issue a 'signal
> reload' command.
> 
> My guess is that you will already be wanting a controller connection,
> for example to learn about Tor's bootstrap state or other warnings that
> Tor wants to give you, so hopefully this is an easy answer. :)
> 
> That said, how did you get into the situation where you want Tor to reload
> its config file? To me that sounds like you've made some weird UX choices
> like asking the user to go edit their torrc file, and maybe there are
> better choices -- for example, you could use setconf and saveconf over
> the control port to configure the onion service.
> 
> https://spec.torproject.org/control-spec
> 
> Hope that helps,
> --Roger
> 
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