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Run a Signal Proxy for those who can't reach Signal. Help the oppressed!
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I have already set up a proxy. Please email me at
contact@nabilridhwan.comprivately!
Read more here: https://signal.org/blog/run-a-proxy/
This article uses DigitalOcean Droplets and a Domain name from Cloudflare to run a Signal Proxy and focuses on being as user-friendly as possible.
A record with the name which points to the IP address you copied.
Note, you can follow the instructions written by Signal: https://signal.org/blog/run-a-proxy/
root and click on launch droplet console.
If you didn't follow the article, you could follow what I did.
sudo apt update && sudo apt install docker docker-compose git
git clone https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-TLS-Proxy.git and change directory to the newly cloned repo by running cd Signal-TLS-Proxy.
sudo ./init-certificate.sh. At some point, you'll be asked to enter your domain name. Enter the domain name you configured.
sudo docker-compose up --build -d
You're done! Share your Proxy with the world. A recommendation is not to share your proxy URL in public since they can just add your IP to a blacklist. Instead Signal encourages people to DM each other!
Signal for having an easy-to-follow article: https://signal.org/blog/run-a-proxy/
Sorry if this article is not explained in detail on the background information. It's just a simple article to get users with resources to join and help!