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Install SS on VPS

Install Python Package Management && Shadowsocks

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<!--Run shell with root privilege-->
sudo -s

<!--Install python package manage tools-->
apt-get update && apt-get install -y python-setuptools python-pip

<!--Install shadowsocks-->
pip install shadowsocks

Edit shadowsocks configuration

Create and edit config file

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vi ss.json

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{
    "server":"0.0.0.0",
    "method":"aes-256-cfb",
    "port_password":{
        "443":"imthebest",
        "5211":"getusedtoit"
    }
}

Launch shadowsocks on server(Useful command)

Basic command

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ssserver -c ss.json -d start
ssserver -c ss.json -d stop
ssserver -c ss.json -d restart

Set automatically boot

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//Insert the following command before the last line of file `/etc/rc.local`
sudo ssserver -c /home/ubuntu/ss.json -d start

Problems

python error

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locale.Error: unsupported locale setting

Solution

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export LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8"