# Tor monitoring with Netdata Connects to the Tor control port to collect traffic statistics. ## Requirements - `tor` program - `stem` python package It produces only one chart: 1. **Traffic** - read - write ## Configuration Edit the `python.d/tor.conf` configuration file using `edit-config` from the Netdata [config directory](/docs/configure/nodes.md), which is typically at `/etc/netdata`. ```bash cd /etc/netdata # Replace this path with your Netdata config directory, if different sudo ./edit-config python.d/tor.conf ``` Needs only `control_port`. Here is an example for local server: ```yaml update_every : 1 priority : 60000 local_tcp: name: 'local' control_port: 9051 local_socket: name: 'local' control_port: '/var/run/tor/control' ``` ### prerequisite Add to `/etc/tor/torrc`: ``` ControlPort 9051 ``` For more options please read the manual. Without configuration, module attempts to connect to `127.0.0.1:9051`. --- [](<>)