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How to set up a Telegram Proxy (MTProxy)

This tutorial will teach you how to set up a Telegram MTProxy on an Ubuntu 22.04 sever using AWS Lightsail, although you can use any other Linux distribution and cloud provider.

Using a Telegram proxy is a safe, easy and effective way of overcoming Telegram bans. It's useful, for example, to keep using Telegram under tyrannical regimes, or to circumvent judges' decisions to block Telegram.

Telegram proxies are a built-in feature in all Telegram apps (both mobile and desktop). It allows Telegram users to connect to a proxy in just one or two clicks / taps.

Telegram proxies are safe: Telegram sends messages using their own MTProto secure protocol, and the proxy can only see encrypted traffic – there's no way for a proxy to decrypt the traffic and read the messages. The proxy does not even know which Telegram users are using the proxy, all the proxy sees is just a list of IPs.

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# This file goes in /opt/bitnami/nginx/conf/server_blocks as mail.example.com.conf (make sure to replace the filename with your actual subdomain)
# This Nginx config file assumes we're runing a Bitnami image (thus the non-standard /opt/bitnami paths)
# FULL TUTORIAL to set up Listmonk on AWS Lightsail here: https://rameerez.com/free-mailchimp-alternative-email-marketing-service#listmonk-tutorial

server {
    listen 443 ssl;
    server_name mail.example.com;
    server_tokens off;

    ssl_certificate /opt/bitnami/letsencrypt/certificates/mail.example.com.crt;

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# Meant to be ran inside a `download.ipynb` notebook inside
# the `/workspace/stable-diffusion-webui/extensions/sd-webui-controlnet/models/` folder
# of an Automatic1111 installation

# !pip install requests

import requests
import os

# List of file names to download

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#!/bin/bash

/usr/bin/env curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com | sh

sudo usermod -aG docker ${USER}

mkdir -p /letsencrypt &&
  touch /letsencrypt/acme.json &&
  chmod 600 /letsencrypt/acme.json
  

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#!/bin/bash

# This scrips takes a clean AWS Amazon Linux 2023 AMI and installs and configures
# everything needed to deploy a Rails app to it using Kamal.
# The resulting state is a clean instance ready to accept Kamal (Dockerized) apps.


# --- AESTHETICS ---

# Define the color code for green for echo messages

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Rails Webmaster's Handbook

Snippets and commands I need to use constantly but that I forget every single time when doing server admin work.

This is an opinionated handbook for Ubuntu Server only

Linux

Change machine name

Goal: make the prompt say ubuntu@easily-identifiable-machine-name instead of the deafult EC2 names like ubuntu@ip-172-168-1-41

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#!/bin/bash

# This scrips takes a clean Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS AMI and installs and configures
# everything needed to deploy a Rails app to it. The resulting state is a clean
# instance that can be used to build a base AMI in AWS.


# --- AESTHETICS ---

# Define the color code for green for echo messages

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#!/bin/bash

# Ensure the script is run as root
if [ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ]; then
    echo -e "${RED}ERROR: This script must be run as root.${NC}"
    exit 1
fi

# Define aesthetics
RED='\033[0;31m'

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#!/bin/bash

# Ensure the script is run as root
if [ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ]; then
    echo -e "\e[31mERROR: This script must be run as root.\e[0m"
    exit 1
fi

# Define aesthetics
GREEN='\033[0;32m'

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#!/bin/bash

# Ensure the script is run as root
if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then
   echo "This script must be run as root"
   exit 1
fi

# Define aesthetics
GREEN='\033[0;32m'