# Tor-socks-proxy  [](https://travis-ci.com/PeterDaveHello/tor-socks-proxy) [](https://hub.docker.com/r/peterdavehello/tor-socks-proxy/) [](https://microbadger.com/images/peterdavehello/tor-socks-proxy/) [](https://hub.docker.com/r/peterdavehello/tor-socks-proxy/tags/) [](https://hub.docker.com/r/peterdavehello/tor-socks-proxy/) The super easy way to setup a [Tor](https://www.torproject.org) [SOCKS5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOCKS#SOCKS5) [proxy server](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_server) inside a [Docker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Docker_(software)) [container](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Container_(virtualization)) without relay/exit feature. ## Usage 1. Setup the proxy server at the **first time** ```sh $ docker run -d --name tor_socks_proxy -p 127.0.0.1:9150:9150 peterdavehello/tor-socks-proxy:latest ``` - Use `127.0.0.1` to limit the connections from localhost, do not change it unless you know you're going to expose it to a local network or to the Internet. - Change to first `9150` to any valid and free port you want, please note that port `9050`/`9150` may already taken if you are also running other Tor client, like TorBrowser. - Do not touch the second `9150` as it's the port inside the docker container unless you're going to change the port in Dockerfile. If you already setup the instance before *(not the first time)*, just start it: ```sh $ docker start tor_socks_proxy ``` 2. Make sure it's running, it'll take a short time to bootstrap ```sh $ docker logs tor_socks_proxy . . . Jan 10 01:06:59.000 [notice] Bootstrapped 85%: Finishing handshake with first hop Jan 10 01:07:00.000 [notice] Bootstrapped 90%: Establishing a Tor circuit Jan 10 01:07:02.000 [notice] Tor has successfully opened a circuit. Looks like client functionality is working. Jan 10 01:07:02.000 [notice] Bootstrapped 100%: Done ``` 3. Configure your client to use it, target on `127.0.0.1` port `9150`(Or the other port you setup in step 1) Take `curl` as an example, checkout what's your IP address via Tor network: ```sh $ curl --socks5-hostname 127.0.0.1:9150 https://ipinfo.tw/ip $ curl --socks5-hostname 127.0.0.1:9150 https://ipinfo.io/ip $ curl --socks5-hostname 127.0.0.1:9150 https://icanhazip.com $ curl --socks5-hostname 127.0.0.1:9150 https://ipecho.net/plain ``` Take `ssh` and `nc` as an example, connect to a host via Tor: ```sh $ ssh -o ProxyCommand='nc -x 127.0.0.1:9150 %h %p' target.hostname.blah ``` 4. After using it, you can turn it off ```sh $ docker stop tor_socks_proxy ``` ## IP renewal - Tor changes circuit automatically every 10 minutes by default, which usually bring you the new IP address, it's affected by `MaxCircuitDirtiness` config, you can override it with your own `torrc`. See the official [manual](https://www.torproject.org/docs/tor-manual.html.en) for more details. - To manually renew the IP that Tor gives you, simply restart your docker container to open a new circuit: ```sh $ docker restart tor_socks_proxy ``` Just note that all the connections will be terminated and need to be reestablished. ## Note **For the Tor project sustainability, I strongly encourage you to help [setup Tor bridge/exit nodes](https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/TorRelayGuide)([**script**](https://github.com/PeterDaveHello/ubuntu-tor-simply-setup)) and [donate](https://donate.torproject.org/) money to the Tor project *(Not this proxy project)* when you have the ability/capacity!**