Install shadowsocks server in CentOS 7

shadowsocks is an open-source encrypted proxy project,
usually use to pass GFA (Great Firewall of China)

  1. add repo to yum

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    cd /etc/yum.repos.d/
    curl -O https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/librehat/shadowsocks/repo/epel-7/librehat-shadowsocks-epel-7.repo
    yum install -y shadowsocks-libev

  2. edit config

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    $vim /etc/shadowsocks-libev/config.json

    {
        "server": "0.0.0.0",
        "server_port": 3389,
        "password": "login_password",
        "method":"aes-256-cfb",
        "mode": "tcp_and_udp",
        "timeout":3600
    }

  3. check config workfine

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    ss-server -c /etc/shadowsocks-libev/config.json

  4. start service
    systemctl restart shadowsocks-libev
    systemctl enable shadowsocks-libev

  5. check log

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    journalctl -u shadowsocks-libev
    tail -f /var/log/messages
    tail -f /var/log/secure
  • if get this message :
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    ss-local: error while loading shared libraries: libmbedcrypto.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

install “mbedtls-devel”

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$ yum install mbedtls-devel
$ cd /usr/lib64
$ ls |grep mbed
$ ln -sf libmbedcrypto.so.1 libmbedcrypto.so.0

reference:
https://zzz.buzz/zh/gfw/2017/08/14/install-shadowsocks-server-on-centos-7/
https://github.com/shadowsocks/shadowsocks-libev/issues/1966