Mirror your site over I2P

- Now you have a website, why not offer it in a private alternative such as the Invisible Internet? -

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Setting up I2P

- There are 2 main I2P implementations, I2P and i2pd, we are using i2pd in this - guide because it's easier to use in servers. -

Installing I2P

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- i2pd is in most repos, in debian/ubuntu you can install it simply - with

apt install i2pd

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Enabling I2P

- We are going to create a user for i2pd, because i2pd finds the configuration - files in its home directory. And it's easier (and more tidy) to have it in a separate user: -

useradd -m i2p -s /bin/bash
-su -l i2p
-mkdir ~/.i2pd
-cd ~/.i2pd

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- Now that you're in ~/.i2pd, you have to create a file named - "tunnels.conf". Which is the config file for every hidden service you're - offering over I2P, the content should be like this: -

[example]
-type = http
-host = 127.0.0.1
-port = 8080
-keys = example.dat

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Getting your I2P Hostname

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- Then, run /usr/sbin/i2pd --daemon to start i2pd and we can retreive our I2P hostname. -

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- This can be done in lynx or a command-line browser by going to http://127.0.0.1:7070/?page=i2p_tunnels to get your I2P hostname. -

- You - can also run these commands to find your hostname: -

printf "%s.b32.i2p\n" $(head -c 391 /home/i2p/.i2pd/example.dat |sha256sum|xxd -r -p | base32 |sed s/=//g | tr A-Z a-z)

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Adding the Nginx Config

- From here, the steps are almost identical to setting up a normal website configuration file. - Follow the steps as if you were making a new website on the webserver - tutorial up until the server block of code. Instead, paste this: -

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server {
-listen 127.0.0.1:8080 ;
-root /var/www/example ;
-index index.html ;
-}

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- From here we are almost done, all we have to do is enable the site and reload nginx which is also covered in the webserver tutorial. -

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Update regularly!

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Make sure to update I2P on a regular basis by running:

apt update && apt install i2pd

Contributor - qorg11

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