Move bridge to an interim faster server
Background: [tor-project] More resources required for Snowflake bridge
I have or have been offered access to a faster server for the snowflake bridge. I anticipate being able to change DNS and start using the faster server on Wednesday, 2022-03-16.
The current situation is: I have control right now of a suitable paid server, and I have an offer of a suitable free server that I am supposed to get control of on Tuesday, 2022-03-15. I will prefer to switch to the free server, but if there are any unforeseen problems with that deal, the paid server will be ready as a backup.
I expect to have to move the bridge again, to a more permanent home, but not before 2022-03-21 (#40111 (closed)). The purpose of the migration in this ticket is to improve service until that other server is ready, and to mitigate any possible delays.
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install new bridge (installation guide), try 8 tor instances to start -
copy user accounts #40091 (comment 2768855) -
copy identity and onion keys from existing bridge -
copy HTTPS TLS keys and certificates from existing bridge -
test tor bootstrap on new bridge using local broker and proxy, and /etc/hosts domain name record #40095 (comment 2773365) -
make DNS for snowflake.torproject.net point to the new bridge tpo/tpa/team#40664 (closed) -
monitor for a day, be ready to switch DNS back if connections fail
Cc @art