How to install Shadowsocks server side

In certain scenarios, I need a VPN to access Chinese websites from oversea, or the opposite. Installing Shadowsocks on a cloud server (e.g. AWS or Aliyun) provides a viable solution to meet this use case.

Prerequisite

• pip

Steps

1. install Shadowsocks

    pip install shadowsocks
   

2. create a config file

    vim /etc/shadowsocks.multiple.json
   

   with below content

    {
        "server":"0.0.0.0",
        "port_password":{
            "8384":"123456",
            "8385":"456788"
        }
    }
   

3. create a startup script

    vim /home/sya/ssserver.sh
   

   with below content

    sudo ssserver -c /etc/shadowsocks.multiple.json -d start
   

4. start Shadowsocks server

    sh /home/sya/ssserver.sh
   

These steps worked on CentOS. They didn’t work on Ubuntu until changing a Python config.