Setting up Shadowsocks-libev on Linux Server

Preparation#

You need to prepare the following content for setup

A non-blocked server
An SSH client

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Debian 8 or higher, including oldoldstable (jessie), old stable (stretch), stable (buster), testing (bullseye), and unstable (sid)
Ubuntu 16.10 or higher

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Setup Tutorial#

Installation#

First, log in to your server using an SSH client
Enter the following code to install Shadowsocks-libev

sudo apt update
sudo apt install shadowsocks-libev

If you encounter a prompt similar to the following, enter Y and press Enter

Do you want to continue? [Y/n]

Configuration#

First, you need to stop Shadowsocks-libev to proceed with the following operations

systemctl stop shadowsocks-libev

Next, open /etc/shadowsocks-libev/config.json for configuration

# Use Vim editor
vim /etc/shadowsocks-libev/config.json

# Use Nano editor
nano /etc/shadowsocks-libev/config.json

Replace the file content with the following text

{
    "server":["::", "0.0.0.0"],
    "mode":"tcp",
    "server_port":8388,
    "local_port":1080,
    "password":"password",
    "timeout":86400,
    "method":"chacha20-ietf-poly1305"
}

Note! Please replace the password field in the text with your own password

Start#

Next, use the following command to start Shadowsocks-libev

systemctl start shadowsocks-libev

You can use systemctl status shadowsocks-libev to check the running status of Shadowsocks-libev