How to Make Your Very Own ShadowSocks Server Guide

[kclimac1022]

Attention: THIS is not FREE, you will have to pay atleast $5 to rent a Cloud VPS na pwede ninyong magamit for hosting a website, applications, VPN and Shadowsocks.

Tip lang: Gamitin nyong pang host ng wordpress site nyo ang Cloud VPS na to. Malaki ang kikitain sa pag blog at the same time may sariling VPN at Shadowsocks din kayo.

This tutorial will help you setup your very own Shadowsocks server on Vultr Cloud VPS.

Signing Up an Account in Vultr

If you don’t have a Vultr account, first you should sign up to get one. For new users, Vultr offers
a FREE $10 credit.

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Disclaimer: Links to vultr on this tutorial is my affiliate link.

If you sign-up under this link your $5 will become $10, so basically you will have 1 month free. Use this gift code "VULTRMATCH".

Lets Start!...



Create a Server at Vultr

1. After you have logged in your Vultr account,

Click on the blue “+” link on the right side of the interface.

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Then you will be asked to choose options to Deploy New Instance.

Suggested and recommended options

Server Location: Mas malapit mas OK

Server Type: Ubuntu 16.10

Choose a size: select $5/mo (or the bigger one if you decide to do so)

Leave steps 4, 5, 6, 7

Enter any server and label name of your choice

Then click on the “Deploy Now” button to create your instance.

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Once it’s done, you will be able to see your newly created instance listed under the Servers section of your

Vultr control panel.

Along with the name of the instance, you will also see a IP address for this.

Click your server to see your external IP address and your SSH Credentials

Connecting to Vultr Server to Setup Shadowsocks

Now that we have a Vultr server running, we need to connect to it and set up Shadowsocks.

You can connect to the server in two ways: using the web based access console provided by Vultr, or SSH to it using
a terminal on your local computer.

Now, let’s SSH to your Vultr server using command like this:

(If you are using the View Console Skip this Step and proceed immediately to 3rd Step)

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1.

ssh root@{your_instance_IP_address}

Once you have SSHed to the server, run the following commands:
First, if your login account is not root:

2.

$ sudo su

Then let’s update our machine:

3. Login Using Your Credentials as shown in the picture

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Once your logged in as root enter these commands:

$ apt-get update

Then let’s install shadowsocks using the following two commands:

4.

$ apt-get install python-pip 

$ pip install setuptools

$ pip install shadowsocks

Shadowsocks supports a number of encryption methods.

Below are the commands to setup the aes-256-cfb encryption:

5.

$ apt-get install python-m2crypto

$ apt-get install build-essential

$ wget https://github.com/jedisct1/libsodium/releases/download/1.0.10/libsodium-1.0.10.tar.gz

$ tar xf libsodium-1.0.10.tar.gz && cd libsodium-1.0.10

$ ./configure && make && make install

$ ldconfig

Now let’s create a config file for Shadowsocks, which should be created as “/etc/shadowsocks.json”. Let’s use the vi editor to do so:

6.

$ vi /etc/shadowsocks.json

(press “i” to edit and ESC then “:x” when your done to save the config)

Add the following contents to the shadowsocks config file:

7.1

{
    "server":"[COLOR="#FF0000"]your_server_IP_address[/COLOR]",
    "server_port":[COLOR="#FF0000"]8000[/COLOR],
    "local_port":1080,
    "password":"[COLOR="#FF0000"]your_password[/COLOR]",
    "timeout":600,
    "method":"aes-256-cfb"
}

Note that the configuration above only open up one port (8000) for your Shadowsocks server and it only supports one login.

If you want to set up multiple users each with a different passwords, you can do so by setting up multiple ports, each with a different password.

Below is a a config file example for doing that:

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{
    "server":"[COLOR="#FF0000"]your_server_address[/COLOR]",
    "port_password": {
        "443": "[COLOR="#FF0000"]password1[/COLOR]",
        "8000": "[COLOR="#FF0000"]password2[/COLOR]",
        "8383": "[COLOR="#FF0000"]password3[/COLOR]",
        "8384": "[COLOR="#FF0000"]password4[/COLOR]"
    },
    "local_port":1080,
    "timeout":600,
    "method":"aes-256-cfb"
}

(press “i” to edit and ESC then “:x” when your done to save the config)

Now we are pretty much ready. We can start our new Shadowsocks server using this command:

8.

$ ssserver -c /etc/shadowsocks.json -d start

If you want to double check if everything is OK, you can check on Shadowsocks’ log file:

9.

$ less /var/log/shadowsocks.log

If you don’t see any error message in the Shadowsocks log file, then you are fine.

In the future, if you want to stop the Shadowsocks server, use this command: “ssserver -c /etc/shadowsocks.json -d
stop”.

If you want to restart the Shadowsocks server, use this command: “ssserver -c /etc/shadowsocks.json -d restart”.

There’s one more thing we need to set up. We need to make sure every time the server reboots our Shadowsocks
server will be started automatically. To do so, let’s use vi to edit the following file:

10.

$ vi /etc/rc.local

In the file opened, add the following line to the bottom, before “exit 0”:

/usr/bin/python /usr/local/bin/ssserver -c /etc/shadowsocks.json -d start

Great. Now we have a Shadowsocks server running on Vultr!

If you want to stop here, it’s totally fine. You can now enjoy your newly created Shadowsocks server on Vultr
and use it as you wish.

But let’s continue with some tips for Shadowsocks server optimization.

Shadowsocks Server Optimization

By default, our Shadowsocks server might not be able handle a lot of traffic.

If you want it to be able to handle a large amount of concurrent connections, you need to increase the max number of open file descriptors. Now let’s do so:

11.

$ vi /etc/security/limits.conf

Add the following two lines to that file:

* soft nofile 51200
* hard nofile 51200

Note: Don’t skip the “*” symbols as they are parts of the lines. After that, let’s temporarily stop the Shadowsocks
server:

$ ssserver -c /etc/shadowsocks.json -d stop

And then set the ulimit:

$ ulimit -n 51200

Then let’s tune the kernel parameters by editing the /etc/sysctl.conf file:

$ vi /etc/sysctl.conf

Add the following lines to the end of that file:

fs.file-max = 51200

net.core.rmem_max = 67108864
net.core.wmem_max = 67108864
net.core.netdev_max_backlog = 250000
net.core.somaxconn = 4096

net.ipv4.tcp_syncookies = 1
net.ipv4.tcp_tw_reuse = 1
net.ipv4.tcp_tw_recycle = 0
net.ipv4.tcp_fin_timeout = 30
net.ipv4.tcp_keepalive_time = 1200
net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 10000 65000
net.ipv4.tcp_max_syn_backlog = 8192
net.ipv4.tcp_max_tw_buckets = 5000
net.ipv4.tcp_fastopen = 3
net.ipv4.tcp_mem = 25600 51200 102400
net.ipv4.tcp_rmem = 4096 87380 67108864
net.ipv4.tcp_wmem = 4096 65536 67108864
net.ipv4.tcp_mtu_probing = 1
net.ipv4.tcp_congestion_control = cubic

To make our changes take effect, run this command:

$ sysctl -p

Now it’s time to re-start the Shadowsocks server:

$ ssserver -c /etc/shadowsocks.json -d start

Hope This Helped you Somehow. I'll try to help you as much as I can and according to my time vacant time.​

meron akong sariling server, pero openvpn ang naka setup sakanya, pede ko parin b gamitin un for shadowsocks server? o need pa tlga bumili ng bagong vps?

 

[ExecuteCode]

pwede po bang dagdagan yung PORT? for example 7879 "password5"

 

[jom657]

same process lng ba ts kung windows ang vps?

 

[skretch_20]

meron akong sariling server, pero openvpn ang naka setup sakanya, pede ko parin b gamitin un for shadowsocks server? o need pa tlga bumili ng bagong vps?

Di ko pa nasubukan Sir, pero you can try. Then inform us kung pwede. Para malaman din ng lahat. Kasi sa akin, gamit ko ang isang server lang to host my shadowsocks at website.

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pwede po bang dagdagan yung PORT? for example 7879 "password5"

Pwedeng pwede po Sir.

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same process lng ba ts kung windows ang vps?

Iba na po ang mga commands pag windows Sir.

 

[roeljay111]

anong advantage sa Shadowsocks Server Optimization ts?

 

[skretch_20]

anong advantage sa Shadowsocks Server Optimization ts?

Improvement ng connection Sir at lessens disruption.

 

[roeljay111]

Improvement ng connection Sir at lessens disruption.

ahh ok pre, pero pwede pa gawin ko yan pero nakagawa na ako sa shadowsocks server..?:

 

[kclimac1022]

sir need ba naka off ung existing vps ko kapag nagiinstall ako ng shadowsocks, kasi nung step3 na ko, ito sinasabi nia
"could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open(11: resource temporarily unavaiable)
Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg), is another process using it?"

o dahil ba may naka install na openvpn sa VPS ko,?
dapat ba naka off ung VPS pag mag iinstall ng shadowsocks?

 

[gleonardo30]

wala sir bagong coupon codes promo?

 

[kclimac1022]

Sir thankyou sa TUTs mo nakagawa n ko, ANG kaso ayaw kumonek sa facebook?
moern po ba dpt gawin para maka konek sa facebook?

 

[chcknsld]

Thanks sa optimization tut ser. Under observation ko pa inaantay ko lang mag expire promo ko pero nag try ako magdownload sa Playstore diretso naman sya, di na putol putol.

 

[gleonardo30]

guys pde ba dito simultaneous connection or 1 user at a time lang pde?

 

[skretch_20]

Thanks sa optimization tut ser. Under observation ko pa inaantay ko lang mag expire promo ko pero nag try ako magdownload sa Playstore diretso naman sya, di na putol putol.

Your welcome Sir, test nyo lang po at observe.

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guys pde ba dito simultaneous connection or 1 user at a time lang pde?

pwede po simultaneous sir.

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ahh ok pre, pero pwede pa gawin ko yan pero nakagawa na ako sa shadowsocks server..?:

Yup, pwede nyo pa pong ihabol yang optimization Sir.

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sir need ba naka off ung existing vps ko kapag nagiinstall ako ng shadowsocks, kasi nung step3 na ko, ito sinasabi nia
"could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open(11: resource temporarily unavaiable)
Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg), is another process using it?"

o dahil ba may naka install na openvpn sa VPS ko,?
dapat ba naka off ung VPS pag mag iinstall ng shadowsocks?

Siguro nga dahil may VPN kna Sir, di ko pa din na try mna pagsabayin yan.

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wala sir bagong coupon codes promo?

wala pa po silang nilabas Sir.

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Sir thankyou sa TUTs mo nakagawa n ko, ANG kaso ayaw kumonek sa facebook?
moern po ba dpt gawin para maka konek sa facebook?

Ano gamit mo Sir? pc or mobile?

 

[jom657]

sir,, may tut din po ba kayo kung windows ang vps?

 

[skretch_20]

sir,, may tut din po ba kayo kung windows ang vps?

Unfortunately wala pa po Sir.

 

[c4rb0n]

Sir Skretch talaga po bang nag stop etong download neto every 5mb of data. Naka deploy na po ko ng server ko sa Singapore hehe and na optimize ko na rin po yun server. May tweak ba para dirediretso lang yun download sir? And ano po yun mga servers na madalas nyo gamit hehe salamat po sir

 

[skretch_20]

Sir Skretch talaga po bang nag stop etong download neto every 5mb of data. Naka deploy na po ko ng server ko sa Singapore hehe and na optimize ko na rin po yun server. May tweak ba para dirediretso lang yun download sir? And ano po yun mga servers na madalas nyo gamit hehe salamat po sir

Singapore at Germany po sa akin Sir. Tuloy tuloy po yan. SSCAP gamit mo? Set up mo ang IDM mo to use the port na gamit ng sscap mo.

 

[chachad123]

Matry po boss... newbie din po ako sa ganyan thanks....

 

[skretch_20]

Matry po boss... newbie din po ako sa ganyan thanks....

Sige po Sir go ahead, shoot me a message if you have questions.

 

[PHRyonin]

working pa po ba ito TS? tsaka maba-bypass kaya nya ung capping ng kahit anong network? Salamat. Sorry po newbie lang kasi ako hehe.