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@@ -20604,11 +20604,22 @@ Spawn a proxy server listening to TLS connections on the specified port.
@cindex Tor
@defvar tor-service-type
-This is the type for a service that runs the @uref{https://torproject.org,
-Tor} anonymous networking daemon. The service is configured using a
+Type for a service that runs the @uref{https://torproject.org, Tor}
+anonymous networking daemon. The service is configured using a
@code{<tor-configuration>} record. By default, the Tor daemon runs as the
@code{tor} unprivileged user, which is a member of the @code{tor} group.
+@cindex onion services, for Tor
+Services of this type can be extended by other services to specify
+@dfn{onion services} (in addition to those already specified in
+@code{tor-configuration}) as in this example:
+
+@lisp
+(simple-service 'my-extra-onion-service tor-service-type
+ (list (tor-onion-service-configuration
+ (name "extra-onion-service")
+ (mapping '((80 . "127.0.0.1:8080"))))))
+@end lisp
@end defvar
@deftp {Data Type} tor-configuration
@@ -20627,11 +20638,10 @@ file-like objects}). See @code{man tor} for details on the configuration file
syntax.
@item @code{hidden-services} (default: @code{'()})
-The list of @code{<hidden-service>} records to use. For any hidden service
-you include in this list, appropriate configuration to enable the hidden
-service will be automatically added to the default configuration file. You
-may conveniently create @code{<hidden-service>} records using the
-@code{tor-hidden-service} procedure described below.
+The list of @code{<tor-onion-service-configuration>} records to use.
+For any onion service you include in this list, appropriate
+configuration to enable the onion service will be automatically added to
+the default configuration file.
@item @code{socks-socket-type} (default: @code{'tcp})
The default socket type that Tor should use for its SOCKS socket. This must
@@ -20656,26 +20666,30 @@ If @code{#t}, Tor will listen for control commands on the UNIX domain socket
@end table
@end deftp
-@cindex hidden service
-@deffn {Scheme Procedure} tor-hidden-service @var{name} @var{mapping}
-Define a new Tor @dfn{hidden service} called @var{name} and implementing
-@var{mapping}. @var{mapping} is a list of port/host tuples, such as:
-
-@example
- '((22 "127.0.0.1:22")
- (80 "127.0.0.1:8080"))
-@end example
+@cindex onion service, tor
+@deftp {Data Type} tor-onion-service-configuration
+Data Type representing a Tor @dfn{Onion Service} configuration.
+See @url{https://community.torproject.org/onion-services/, the Tor
+project's documentation} for more information.
+Available @code{tor-onion-service-configuration} fields are:
-In this example, port 22 of the hidden service is mapped to local port 22, and
-port 80 is mapped to local port 8080.
+@table @asis
+@item @code{name} (type: string)
+Name for this Onion Service. This creates a
+@file{/var/lib/tor/hidden-services/@var{name}} directory, where the
+@file{hostname} file contains the @indicateurl{.onion} host name for this Onion
+Service.
-This creates a @file{/var/lib/tor/hidden-services/@var{name}} directory, where
-the @file{hostname} file contains the @code{.onion} host name for the hidden
-service.
+@item @code{mapping} (type: alist)
+Association list of port to address mappings. The following example:
+@lisp
+'((22 . "127.0.0.1:22")
+ (80 . "127.0.0.1:8080"))
+@end lisp
+maps ports 22 and 80 of the Onion Service to the local ports 22 and 8080.
-See @uref{https://www.torproject.org/docs/tor-hidden-service.html.en, the Tor
-project's documentation} for more information.
-@end deffn
+@end table
+@end deftp
The @code{(gnu services rsync)} module provides the following services: