[tor-relays] Decommissioning a FallbackDir node (punki)

[George Hartley]

Yes, you can do this, you need to back up the following two files:

> secret_id_key
> ed25519_master_id_secret_key

But the problem I think is that while you can move your node, the old IP and port is still hardcoded into the Tor codebase.

-GH

On Thursday, October 3rd, 2024 at 9:24 PM, boldsuck via tor-relays <tor-relays at lists.torproject.org> wrote:

> On Thursday, 3 October 2024 18:59 Osservatorio Nessuno via tor-relays wrote:
> 

> > We are writing this email in advance, since the node is in
> > the FallbackDir list and embedded in Tor. The cluster will be powered
> > off on 25th November.
> 

> 

> FallbackDir have been selected 'automatically' for some time now and 'punki'
> is then delisted when offline.
> 

> But:
> FallbackDir can also move to another provider/host. Simply copy the Tor keys
> of the instance to the new host. I've done that several times.
> 

> --
> ╰_╯ Ciao Marco!
> 

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