[tor-relays] tor-instance-create vs. /etc/tor/torrc

[nusenu]

Igor Mitrofanov:
> Hi,
> 
> I use tor-instance-create to spawn a number of relay instances.
> However, there seems to be one extra instance running - the default
> one that reads /etc/tor/torrc (and not
> /etc/tor/instances/INSTANCE/torrc).
> 
> How do I disable that default tor relay? It opens port 9050 and does
> who else knows what by default. I can delete /etc/tor/torrc and it
> seems to do the trick, however, I am not sure how permanent this
> change will be with automatic package updates.

to solve the same issue in ansible-relayor I mask the default instance.

you would do something like:
systemctl mask tor at default

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