what is shadowsocks?
A secure socks5 proxy,
designed to protect your Internet traffic.

server installation

1- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

apt-get update
apt-get install python-pip python-m2crypto supervisor
pip install shadowsocks

2- On your server create a config file /etc/shadowsocks.json

{
    "server":"my_server_ip",
    "server_port":8388,
    "local_address": "127.0.0.1",
    "local_port":1080,
    "password":"mypassword",
    "timeout":300,
    "method":"aes-256-cfb",
    "fast_open": false,
    "workers": 1
}

3- Edit /etc/supervisor/conf.d/shadowsocks.conf

[program:shadowsocks]
command=ssserver -c /etc/shadowsocks.json
autorestart=true
user=nobody

4- Add the following line into /etc/default/supervisor

ulimit -n 51200

5- Run

service supervisor start
supervisorctl reload

Client Installation

1- Linuxmint 17

apt-get update
apt-get install python-pip python-m2crypto
pip install shadowsocks

2- On your server create a config file /etc/shadowsocks.json

{
    "server":"my_server_ip",
    "server_port":8388,
    "local_address": "127.0.0.1",
    "local_port":1080,
    "password":"mypassword",
    "timeout":300,
    "method":"aes-256-cfb",
    "fast_open": false,
    "workers": 1
}

3- Run Client

sslocal -c /etc/shadowsocks.json

if you want it to go background:

nohup sslocal -c /etc/shadowsocks.json > log &

4- For Firefox Install ProxySelector addon

Proxy Selector > Manage Proxies > Add

socks v5
127.0.0.1
port 1080

That’s all
You’re ready to use your new shadowsocks proxy.