ZeroNet

[robi]

@Kubernetes it's not a client app, it's a backend sync server, and your browser is the app. Hence the perfect Cloudron app.

The default way of using it as a local server+your browser; browsing locally on 127.0.0.1, but with a few config tweaks it can be a public proxy to the ZeroNet network for anyone else too (or designated networks/IPs), just like https://proxy.zeronet.dev/ is.

Both are useful as personal PCs aren't always on to be updated with the latest info, and a VPS approach would be.

Self-hosting on steroids with a beautiful UI and decentralized via BT.

[Kubernetes]

@robi Thank you for the explaination. Understood now. I will have a look to package it.

How do I find the source? There is mentioned to download it from 1Updateu2YsWPfPyESJ5CEnXfbtCAmPyH/"core"

How does it work?

Hmm... I have a bad feeling to package this. The md5 Hash of the downloaded zip even match and it feels like using the dark side of internet.

I'm sorry, but I will not create a package for this application.

[robi]

@Kubernetes said in ZeroNet:

@robi Thank you for the explaination. Understood now. I will have a look to package it.

Of course. Just grab the linux .zip and make note of the files/dirs that need linking to /app/data, mainly log, data, .conf and trackers.txt file.

[robi]

@Kubernetes said in ZeroNet:

Hmm... I have a bad feeling to package this. The md5 Hash of the downloaded zip even match and it feels like using the dark side of internet.

I'm sorry, but I will not create a package for this application.

I don't understand, isn't that a good thing?

It's what you make of it.. like WP, depends what you put up is what makes it dark or not.

[robi]

@girish need some help figuring out how to set up nginx to properly proxy this app (source) with a websocket too.

Not sure if the LAMP existing config interferes, since it's having trouble loading basic assets.

[LoudLemur]

Thanks for the update, @robi

[girish]

There's no git repo, is it? What is the error though? Proxying does not work at all? I have no idea really about the app.

[robi]

@girish no it's entirely maintained "off clearnet", locally and within ZeroNet ecosystem. There are other unmaintained forks with repos, but they're old and buggy.

If installed on rw filesystem is can also self-update from there. It's really cool.

Not sure how to handle that yet, however the code itself checks it's own version bumps, so you can get notified of that. It might be good to run most of it from /app/data

If tor is added, it can also use it to have a tor onion service presence or just browse. There is another bundle .zip with those added as of the end of Jan.

So for this src, unzip, pip install -r requirements.txt and set a zeronet.conf with ui_host = <app hostname> and ui_ip = * so it can use the internal network and localhost.

There is also an example Dockerfile in there that uses an alpine image.

Proxying works partially which is the frustraction, because some calls work and yet others don't so the beautiful pages don't load properly, missing assets, etc, and lots of 404s in the debug log.

I tried making all those locations as exceptions in nginx config, to no avail. So I must be missing something silly.

[robi]

New version dropped today: 0NetDWFsrc v10.02.24 Rev6008.zip

Linux bundle with latest tor binaries: 0NetDWFlinux v10.02.24 Rev6008.zip

Mac bundle with latest tor binaries: 0NetDWFmac v10.02.24 Rev6008.zip

Windows bundle with latest tor binaries: 0NetDWFwin v10.02.24 Rev6008.zip

How to run:
Unzip, chmod 755 <dir>
edit zeronet.conf & nginx.conf
cd <dir>
./ZeroNet.sh

[robi]

Here's an example of my zeronet.conf & nginx.conf trying to get it working for a few days now ;-/

I get 404s in the log/debug.log for / and the Websocket requests which breaks the page from loading with the message: UiServer Websocket was lost. Reconnecting.. immediately after it connects ;-/

https://paste.cloudron.io/dayaqeciho.properties

Not sure what's breaking it from the proxy perspective, as it works from a localhost install.

Additional hints from the original, now outdated version, https://zeronet.io/docs/faq/

[girish]

sorry, I am not installing crypt stuff

[robi]

@girish sorry? You're mistaken, it's not crypto/chain/coins stuff at all. Just python.

It only looks like it since it uses a library that makes those long addresses unique. That's it.

[girish]

@robi ah! I completely misread what this project is. I saw Bitcoin in the title and tuned out

[LoudLemur]

@girish said in ZeroNet:

sorry, I am not installing crypt stuff

Just curious why you don't like crypto...

[girish]

@LoudLemur nothing to dislike (or like), mostly I don't have much idea about it

[necrevistonnezr]

@LoudLemur said in ZeroNet:

@girish said in ZeroNet:

sorry, I am not installing crypt stuff

Just curious why you don't like crypto...

I personally don’t „like“ crypto because the bad far outweighs any good coming from it: It is the catalyst for the shitshow of cybercrime we find ourselves in today, where little assholes in Russia or Iran cripple and extort hospitals. It keeps North Korea alive. It fuels the Mafia. It enables scams. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. It’s just a general bad idea to deprive states and state unions from control over the money system.

[robi]

Works great from a desktop, eazy peasy.

However, after a week of trying all combinations, I am exhausted.
I still can't get the ZeroNet page to display all assets, just looks blank and loses its websocket connection, how infuriating!

Here's the two location directives I've tried for nginx.conf:

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://172.18.16.63:43110;
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_http_version 1.1;
        proxy_read_timeout 1h; # for long live websocket connetion
        proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
        proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;

        proxy_set_header X-Request-Start "t=${msec}";
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto "https";

        add_header X-Frame-Options "SAMEORIGIN";
        add_header X-XSS-Protection "1; mode=block";
        add_header X-Content-Type-Options "nosniff";

        if ($http_user_agent ~ CloudronHealth ) { 
                return 200;          #Healthcheck fix
        }
        proxy_redirect off;
    }

    location /ZeroNet-Internal/Websocket {
#        proxy_pass http://websocket;
        proxy_pass http://172.18.16.63:15441;
#        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_http_version 1.1;
        proxy_read_timeout 1h; #for long live websocket connetion
        proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
        proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;

        proxy_set_header X-Request-Start "t=${msec}";
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto "https";
        proxy_redirect off;
    }

I also tried running it from a Surfer app instead of LAMP app, same result. (But they are not websocket apps)

Here's a sample zeronet.conf

[global]
ui_host = zeronet.1heal.org
#fileserver_ip = 172.18.16.63
fileserver_port = 15441
ui_ip = *
# ui_port = 43110
tor = enable
tor_proxy = localhost:9050
tor_controller = localhost:9051

I hope one of you can figure out what is going wrong!

[robi]

A big thanks to @Kubernetes for the collaboration and assistance during his busy day!

The testing package is available here: https://git.cloudron.io/kubernetes/cloudron-zeronet

@staff @AppDev please take a look at how to solve the websocket issue and tor finding its linked libraries that are in the same directory.

tor starts successfully when the LD_LIBRARY_PATH is set to its location.

If you'd like to know more about how it works, see the FAQ page -> https://zeronet.io/docs/faq/

[LoudLemur]

Well done on advancing zeronet so far!
I just thought I would mention this other thread here for those who like zeronnet:

Lokinet
https://forum.cloudron.io/topic/5824/lokinet-on-cloudron?_=1707942770501

[Lanhild]

@robi said in ZeroNet:

please take a look at how to solve the websocket issue and tor finding its linked libraries that are in the same directory.

Thanks for the heads up. I don't have enough knowledge about this aspect to help though.

Next time, consider not mentioning staff or app devs groups, as it sends an email to each members by default. I'm sure the people that wish to contribute would regardless of a notification