# anonymousoverflow Setup 

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In this tutorial we're going to look at how to setup AnonymousOverflow, a privacy front-end for StackOverflow. 

## **Initial Setup**

First git-clone it and run it via docker-compose:
    
    
    [ nowhere.moe ] [ /dev/pts/1 ] [/srv]
    → git clone https://github.com/httpjamesm/AnonymousOverflow
    Cloning into 'AnonymousOverflow'...
    remote: Enumerating objects: 778, done.
    remote: Counting objects: 100% (287/287), done.
    remote: Compressing objects: 100% (92/92), done.
    remote: Total 778 (delta 197), reused 255 (delta 177), pack-reused 491
    Receiving objects: 100% (778/778), 133.76 KiB | 7.04 MiB/s, done.
    Resolving deltas: 100% (432/432), done.
    
    [ nowhere.moe ] [ /dev/pts/1 ] [/srv]
    → cd AnonymousOverflow
    
    [ nowhere.moe ] [ /dev/pts/1 ] [/srv/AnonymousOverflow]
    → ls
    config  docker-compose.example.yml  Dockerfile  env  go.mod  go.sum  LICENSE  main.go  public  README.md  src  templates
    
    [ nowhere.moe ] [ /dev/pts/1 ] [/srv/AnonymousOverflow]
    → cat docker-compose.yml
    version: '3'
    
    services:
      anonymousoverflow:
        container_name: 'app'
        build:
          context: .
        environment:
          - APP_URL=https://overflow.nowhere.moe
          - JWT_SIGNING_SECRET=nlkdwadwawwadwawa
        ports:
          - '8081:8080'
        restart: 'always'
    
    [ nowhere.moe ] [ /dev/pts/1 ] [/srv/AnonymousOverflow]
    → docker-compose up -d
    Recreating app ... done
    	
    [ nowhere.moe ] [ /dev/pts/1 ] [/srv/AnonymousOverflow]
    → docker container ls
    CONTAINER ID   IMAGE                                 COMMAND                  CREATED          STATUS                    PORTS                                       NAMES
    fd597c0798ca   anonymousoverflow_anonymousoverflow   "/anonymousoverflow"     16 seconds ago   Up 15 seconds             0.0.0.0:8081->8080/tcp, :::8081->8080/tcp   app
    
    

then we setup a reverse nginx proxy on it:
    
    
    [ nowhere.moe ] [ /dev/pts/1 ] [/etc/nginx/sites-available]
    → vim overflow.nowhere.moe.conf
    
    [ nowhere.moe ] [ /dev/pts/1 ] [/etc/nginx/sites-available]
    → cat overflow.nowhere.moe.conf
    server {
            listen 443 ssl;
            server_name overflow.nowhere.moe;
    
            ssl_certificate /etc/acme/certs/overflow.nowhere.moe/overflow.nowhere.moe.cer;
        ssl_certificate_key /etc/acme/certs/overflow.nowhere.moe/overflow.nowhere.moe.key;
    
        ######## TOR CHANGES ########
        listen 4443;
        listen [::]:4443;
        server_name overflow.daturab6drmkhyeia4ch5gvfc2f3wgo6bhjrv3pz6n7kxmvoznlkq4yd.onion;
        add_header Onion-Location "http://overflow.daturab6drmkhyeia4ch5gvfc2f3wgo6bhjrv3pz6n7kxmvoznlkq4yd.onion$request_uri" always;
        ######## TOR CHANGES ########
    
       location / {
                    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $remote_addr;
                    proxy_pass http://localhost:8081;
        }
    
    }
    
    [ nowhere.moe ] [ /dev/pts/1 ] [/etc/nginx/sites-available]
    → ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/overflow.nowhere.moe.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled
    
    [ nowhere.moe ] [ /dev/pts/1 ] [/etc/nginx/sites-available]
    → nginx -t
    2023/07/16 00:10:22 [warn] 200694#200694: "ssl_stapling" ignored, issuer certificate not found for certificate "/etc/acme/certs/nitter.nowhere.moe/nitter.nowhere.moe.cer"
    2023/07/16 00:10:22 [emerg] 200694#200694: cannot load certificate "/etc/acme/certs/overflow.nowhere.moe/overflow.nowhere.moe.cer": BIO_new_file() failed (SSL: error:80000002:system library::No such file or directory:calling fopen(/etc/acme/certs/overflow.nowhere.moe/overflow.nowhere.moe.cer, r) error:10000080:BIO routines::no such file)
    nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test failed
    
    [ nowhere.moe ] [ /dev/pts/1 ] [/etc/nginx/sites-available]
    → systemctl stop nginx
    
    [ nowhere.moe ] [ /dev/pts/1 ] [/etc/nginx/sites-available]
    → bash
    root@Datura /etc/nginx/sites-available # history | grep acme | tail -n2
      299  acme.sh --issue --standalone -d whoogle.nowhere.moe -k 4096
      315  history | grep acme | tail -n2
    root@Datura /etc/nginx/sites-available # acme.sh --issue --standalone -d overflow.nowhere.moe -k 4096
    
    root@Datura /etc/nginx/sites-available # nginx -t
    nginx: the configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf syntax is ok
    nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test is successful
    	
    root@Datura /etc/nginx/sites-available # systemctl start nginx
    
    

Then check if your instance is accessible:

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Then contribute to the project by [listing your instance for other users](https://github.com/httpjamesm/AnonymousOverflow#clearnet-instances) like [so](https://github.com/httpjamesm/AnonymousOverflow/issues/43)