ZeroNet
From ZeroNet gives access to "open, free and uncensorable websites, using Bitcoin cryptography and BitTorrent network".
Installation
Install the zeronetAUR package.
The latest development version is also available in the zeronet-gitAUR package
Configuration
Starting
To start ZeroNet start/enable zeronet.service
.
Tor
By default, ZeroNet uses clearnet and Tor if available. To enable Tor support you first neet to install Tor via tor. Then, give ZeroNet access to control Tor using the following instructions.
# usermod -a -G tor zeronet # mkdir -m 750 /var/lib/tor-auth # chown tor:tor /var/lib/tor-auth
Append the following lines to /etc/tor/torrc
:
CookieAuthentication 1 CookieAuthFileGroupReadable 1 CookieAuthFile /var/lib/tor-auth/control_auth_cookie
Creating ZeroNet sites
All operations, including editing ZeroNet site files, should be done as user zeronet
and configuration must be passed for data directory to be selected to /var/lib/zeronet
. For example:
$ sudo -u zeronet python2 zeronet.py --config_file /etc/zeronet.conf
Or
$ sudo su - zeronet $ cd /opt/zeronet $ python2 zeronet.py --config_file /etc/zeronet.conf
All zites you create will have their initial data folder setup in /var/lib/zeronet/[address]. For more information on how to create a Zite, please follow the guidelines on the Zeronet FAQ.