setup shadowsocks server on ubuntu 16.04

install

sudo apt-get install software-properties-common -y
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:max-c-lv/shadowsocks-libev -y
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt install shadowsocks-libev

configure

sudo vim /etc/shadowsocks-libev/config.json
{
    "server":"10.128.0.2",
    "server_port":8911,
    "local_port":1008,
    "password":"jesusislove",
    "timeout":60,
    "method":"chacha20-ietf-poly1305"
}

start server

sudo systemctl start shadowsocks-libev

google compute engine

If the server are running on a google compute engine,
You need to setup a firewall rules for the server port(8911, written in config.json).
shadowsocks
Apply to all
IP ranges: 0.0.0.0/0
tcp:8911, udp:8911
Allow

client configuration

iOS
Android
Shadowsocks for Android / iOS also accepts BASE64 encoded URI format configs:

ss://BASE64-ENCODED-STRING-WITHOUT-PADDING#TAG 

Where the plain URI should be:

ss://method:password@hostname:port 

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