Make your own .onion domain name in few steps
Note : The following guidelines are verified on Ubuntu 18.04
First install tor and nginx using the following commands:
sudo apt install tor
sudo apt install nginx
sudo ufw allow Nginx Full
Open Terminal and enter : vi /etc/tor/torrc command press i to go in INSERT mode.
then search for
############### This section is just for location-hidden services ###
Un-comment the following 2 lines by removing “#” symbol.
HiddenServiceDir /var/lib/tor/hidden_service/
HiddenServicePort 80 127.0.0.1:80
to exit vi press Esc then enter :wq to save the changes and exit.
Try to restart the tor and nginx services by the following two commands:
sudo service tor restart
sudo systemctl restart nginx
On entering the command : sudo ls /var/lib/tor/hidden_service/
you will find filename such as hostname and private key.
Enter : sudo cat /var/lib/tor/hidden_service/hostname
use will find .onion address.
Check it on the Tor browser.
“Congrats you got your own new domain.”
This post may contain error. Please bring it to the notice to help others. By connecting Mrinal Raj