Host your own private Tokumei site on Tor
The automated Tokumei installer is made for Debian/Ubuntu-based systems. Advanced users can inspect the install script and adapt it to most Unix-like environments.
Log in to your server and enter:
sudo -i
Enter your password again, then enter:
sed -i 's/^deb cdrom/# deb cdrom/' /etc/apt/sources.list
apt-get -y update
apt-get -y install ca-certificates
Next you will need to download and run the Tokumei installer. Enter:
wget https://tokumei.co/privtor.sh
chmod +x privtor.sh
./privtor.sh
This will download and run the Tokumei installer. It will prompt you for a few options (described below), and then automatically install and configure Tokumei for you.
WARNING: The Tokumei installer assumes your server is brand new and may modify or overwrite important configuration files. Do not run blindly on an existing server. Feel free to send us an email if you need help.
Attachment file size limit
The maximum size of users' posts' attachments on your site, in bytes.
Site title
Give your Tokumei site a name. This will appear in various places in your site's interface.
Site subtitle
This appears after your site title in page titles (the text that appears on your site's tab in web browsers). It may be used elsewhere in the future.
Site description
This usually appears under the name of your site in search engine results.
Trending interval
The interval over which posts and tags will be considered to be trending, in hours. Adjust based on how active your site is.
Post character limit
The maximum length of users' posts on your site.
Admin email address
This will appear publicly in your site's footer.
Bitcoin donation address
If you have a Bitcoin address for donations, enter it here and it will appear on your site's donation page.
PayPal donation business ID
If you have a PayPal account for donations, you can create a PayPal donation button and add it to your site's donation page.
PayPal donation location
PayPal donation name
PayPal donation currency
RSS feed description
This appears in feed readers as the description of your site. It should be a brief phrase or sentence.
RSS feed webmaster
This appears in feed readers as a contact address. The standard format is Email (Firstname Lastname). Feel free to omit your name or use a pseudonym.
Admin username
You will use this to log into your site and post.
Admin password
You will use this to log into your site and post. Your password is encrypted in transport and is stored hashed and salted.
All done!
After a few minutes, you should get a message that Tokumei has finished installing. This message will also tell you your domain (XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.onion), which you can use to access your site using Tor. We have instructions here.
You can log in using the Admin username and Admin password you set earlier at https://XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.onion/login.
Next steps
Email subscribe@tokumei.co to subscribe to our low-volume mailing list for Tokumei site hosts. We'll notify you of any security updates.
Check out our wiki for advanced site configuration not covered in the installer — or see our commercial services.
Updating Tokumei
You can update your Tokumei installation from time to time to get new features, fixes, and improvements.
Log in to your server, run sudo -i, enter your password, and run the following commands to update Tokumei:
apt-get -y update
apt-get -y upgrade
cd /var/www/OnionDomain
git pull
rm -r /tmp/fltr_cache
Where /var/www/OnionDomain is the path to your Tokumei installation. You should replace OnionDomain with the *.onion URL that was generated at installation.
git pull will fail if a local change, that either you or the Tokumei installer made, conflicts with a change the update wants to make. In this case, you will need to resolve the merge conflict.