Access Gateway Port From Host
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Access Whonix-Gateway Port From Host[edit]
This is very esoteric and you probably don't need it! Advanced users only!
Only tested with Whonix 0.5.6. Will need changes for later versions.
Example: Make port 9050 accessible from the host.[edit]
On the host...
In the Whonix-Gateway VM network settings. Set up Port Forwarding: within the "Adapter 1" tab click "Advanced", then Port Forwarding. Insert a new rule as follows.
Name: 9050 Protocol: TCP Host IP: 127.0.0.1 Host Port: 9050 Guest IP: leave blank Guest Port: 9050
Or the same as command line.
VBoxManage modifyvm "Whonix-Gateway" --natpf1 "9050",tcp,127.0.0.1,9050,,9050
Inside Whonix-Gateway...
Add to /usr/local/etc/torrc.d/50_user.conf.
## 10.0.2.15 is usually obtained from VirtualBox's DHCP server. ## Hope this always works, otherwise you have to edit network config. ## and use a static virtual LAN IP. SocksPort 10.0.2.15:9050 ## The next line is not strictly required, neat for debugging. SocksPort 127.0.0.1:9050
Reload Tor.
After editing /usr/local/etc/torrc.d/50_user.conf, Tor must be reloaded for changes to take effect.
Note: If Tor does not connect after completing all these steps, then a user mistake is the most likely explanation. Recheck /usr/local/etc/torrc.d/50_user.conf and repeat the steps outlined in the sections above. If Tor then connects successfully, all the necessary changes have been made.
If you are using Qubes-Whonix, complete the following steps.
Qubes App Launcher (blue/grey "Q") -> Whonix-Gateway ProxyVM (commonly named 'sys-whonix') -> Reload Tor
If you are using a graphical Whonix-Gateway, complete the following steps.
Start Menu -> Applications -> Settings -> Reload Tor
If you are using a terminal-only Whonix-Gateway, press on Expand on the right.
Complete the following steps.
Reload Tor.
sudo service tor@default reload
Check Tor's daemon status.
sudo service tor@default status
It should include a a message saying.
Active: active (running) since ...
In case of issues, try the following debugging steps.
Check Tor's config.
sudo -u debian-tor tor --verify-config
The output should be similar to the following.
Sep 17 17:40:41.416 [notice] Read configuration file "/usr/local/etc/torrc.d/50_user.conf". Configuration was valid
Look at /etc/whonix_firewall.d/30_default.conf.
GATEWAY_ALLOW_INCOMING_FLASHPROXY=1 FLASHPROXY_PORT=9050
Debugging[edit]
Inside Whonix-Gateway...
Switch to clearnet user.
su clearnet
 | Default username: user Default password: changeme |
Test if the port you want to make available on the host is available from inside Whonix-Workstation. (If that's not the case, something is fundamentally wrong and you need to fix this first.)
Circumventing uwt curl wrapper.
/usr/bin/curl 127.0.0.1:9050
Circumventing uwt curl wrapper.
/usr/bin/curl 10.0.2.15:9050
It should answer "Tor is not a http proxy".
Testing[edit]
On the host...
/usr/bin/curl 127.0.0.1:9050
Forwarding that port to LAN[edit]
On the host...
This is untested, but should work.
You can use something like socat or systemd-socket-proxyd to redirect that port 127.0.0.1:9050 to a different network interface. Otherwise you could experiment with the Whonix-Gateway VM network settings.
See Also[edit]
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