docker-rotating-proxy (tor bridge)

Enable the functionality of Tor bridge that may resolve Tor network blocked because your ISP do blocks the connections, for more about Bridge Relay

               Docker Container
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                        <-> Polipo 1 <-> Tor Proxy 1 (Bridge setting) 
Client <---->  HAproxy  <-> Polipo 2 <-> Tor Proxy 2 (Bridge setting)
                        <-> Polipo n <-> Tor Proxy n (Bridge setting)

Why: Lots of IP addresses. One single endpoint for your client. Load-balancing by HAproxy.

Usage

# build docker container
docker build -t mkjiau/rotating-proxy-bridge:latest .

# ... or pull docker container (no bridge setting)
docker pull mattes/rotating-proxy:latest

# start docker container
docker run -d -p 5566:5566 -p 1936:1936 --env tors=25 mkjiau/rotating-proxy-bridge

# test with ...
curl --proxy 127.0.0.1:5566 http://echoip.com

# monitor
http://127.0.0.1:1936/haproxy?stats

Further Readings

• Tor Manual
• Tor Control
• HAProxy Manual
• Polipo
• Bridge Relay

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Please note: Tor offers a SOCKS Proxy only. In order to allow communication from HAproxy to Tor, Polipo is used to translate from HTTP proxy to SOCKS proxy. HAproxy is able to talk to HTTP proxies only.