Install Shadowsocks-libev as Client on Debian Linux

Install Shadowsocks-libev

# apt-get update

# apt-get install shadowsocks-libev

# vi /etc/shadowsocks-libev/config.json

 

{
    "server":"server_ip",
    "mode":"tcp_only",
    "server_port":8888,
    "local_port":1080,
    "password":"server_password",
    "timeout":60,
    "method":"aes-256-gcm"
}

 

You need to change server_ip, 8888, server_password to your owns.

Start shadowsocks-libev on boot

# cp /lib/systemd/system/shadowsocks-libev-local@.service  /lib/systemd/system/shadowsocks-libev-local.service 

# vi /lib/systemd/system/shadowsocks-libev-local.service

Modify /lib/systemd/system/shadowsocks-libev-local.service as following:

#ExecStart=/usr/bin/ss-local -c /etc/shadowsocks-libev/%i.json
ExecStart=/usr/bin/ss-local -c /etc/shadowsocks-libev/config.json

Enable shadowsocks-libev.service

# systemctl enable shadowsocks-libev-local.service

 

Start shadowsocks-libev

# systemctl start shadowsocks-libev-local.service

 

Check the status of shadowsocks-libev

# systemctl status shadowsocks-libev-local.service