Question about bandwidth and accounting max

[DigitalFriends]

Hi, i'm currently trying to figure out how to properly configure per instance bandwidth rates and accounting max but i cannot seem to be able to format the .csv file in a working manner.

I cannot find any examples of the supported format, could you point me in the right direction?

[nusenu]

Hi Paulo, thanks for using relayor. What would you like to do? a) setting _one_ bw limit across all your relays b) setting a specific bw limit per server (all tor instances on the server get the same value) c) setting a specific bw limit per instance (different settings for across multiple tor instances on the _same_ server)

[DigitalFriends]

Hi,

Thank you so much for taking your time to get back to me, your work is pure awesomeness.

I would like to specify specific accounting limits and bw limits per host (got different vps providers with diff reqs) so i would say scenario C) will fit my needs the most.

Thank you again.

[nusenu]

If you would like to have per host limits than it is (b) and that is very easy to setup. I'll give you an example. Let's say you have two VPSes with the names: my-fast-relay and my-slow-relay Let's also assume you want to limit every tor instances on 'my-fast-relay' to 100 Mbit/s and my-slow-relay to 20 Mbits/s. The easiest way to do this would be via host_vars: the file: host_vars/my-fast-relay contains the line: tor_RelayBandwidthRate 100 MBits host_vars/my-slow-relay contains the line: tor_RelayBandwidthRate 20 MBits the "host_vars" folder can be located in the folder where your inventory file or playbook file is

[DigitalFriends]

Thanks for the explanation!
Could i also add accounting limits in the same way?

Just to make sure, i'll create a file named the same as said host and then state the host specific settings inside that file, right?

[nusenu]

Paulo Aras wrote:

Could i also add accounting limits in the same way?

yes, accounting related settings can be specified using the following variables: tor_AccountingMax tor_AccountingRule tor_AccountingStart

Just to make sure, i'll create a file named the same as said host and then state the host specific settings inside that file, right?

correct, just make sure the filename matches the hostname as used in your ansible inventory file.

[DigitalFriends]

`ansiblemaster:~/relayor$ ansible-playbook playbook.yml -i hosts

PLAY [relays] **********************************************************************************************************************************

TASK [Gathering Facts] *************************************************************************************************************************
ERROR! failed to combine variables, expected dicts but got a 'dict' and a 'AnsibleUnicode':
{}
"tor_RelayBandwidthRate 100 MBits"`

I guess i have to start the file with ---?

[nusenu]

sorry I was missing the ":" nusenu-github@riseup.net:

the file: host_vars/my-fast-relay contains the line: tor_RelayBandwidthRate 100 MBits

correction: tor_RelayBandwidthRate: 100 MBits

contains the line: tor_RelayBandwidthRate 20 MBits

tor_RelayBandwidthRate: 20 MBits

[DigitalFriends]

Okay great, i understand now. It's working!

Is there any nifty way to confirm that the changes were made? Maybe run with --check?

[DigitalFriends]

I see now, the changes were made :)

TASK [nusenu.relayor : Ensure torrc configuration file(s) are in place] ************************************************************************
changed: [my-fast-relay] => (item=[{u'ipv4': u'my-fast-relay.local', u'ipv6': u''}, {u'orport': 9000, u'dirport': 9001}])
changed: [my-fast-relay] => (item=[{u'ipv4': u'1my-fast-relay.local', u'ipv6': u''}, {u'orport': 9100, u'dirport': 9101}])