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For Android and iOS, you may have to get the client from the US app store. Download the Shadowsocks client that is available on Android, iOS, Windows and macOS.If the port was not listened, restart ShadowSocks.

Verify if the ShadowSocks server is listening on the port, in this case 2000.

Note: The setup has configured Shadowsocks to automatically start with Ubuntu.

In the Azure portal, restart the Ubuntu server.

Press ESC, and then type :wq to save the file.

Set password to the password of your Ubuntu server.

Set server_port to the port you created in the _nsg resource.

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Update the following settings in the file:.

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

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Install ShadowSocks by running the following command:.Upon connection, an SSH client window opens. Use an SSH client to connect to the Ubuntu server using the public IP address, which you noted down earlier, for remote management.

Add an inbound security rule by providing a name and port, and leave the rest with the default value.It comes with a pre-configured inbound security rule to allow management through SSH on TCP port 22. This resource functions as the firewall for the server. Go to the resource group where the VM is hosted, find and open the _nsg resource.Once the server is created, note down the Public IP address.Ĭreate a port on the server for Shadowsocks connection.Create a new resource group to host the server.Set the Authenticate type to use Password.Proceed with the following configuration for the setup:.Select Ubuntu Server 17.04 in the list of matches, and start creating one with the Resource Manager deployment model.Click New, type Ubuntu, and then press Enter.

Open the Azure portal, and log in with your Azure account (Get a one month free trial of Azure with 200$ credit).

Create a port on the server for Shadowsocks connection.

To set up Shadowsocks in Azure, you need to: Note: The actual cost may vary over time and the geo region the VM sits in. Plus the VM cost, you get a total of 36.12$ for that month. Let’s say you used 105 GB incoming data in a month which turns out to be 13.8$.

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Bandwidth: Monthly cost of the first 5GB for free and 0.138$/GB onward for incoming traffic.Monthly cost of a Shadowsocks server in Azureīefore we start, let’s take a look at the cost of a Shadowsocks server in Azure. Follow the steps in the article and you will get there. Don’t worry if you barely have the knowledge in Azure or Ubuntu. But why Ubuntu? Simply because it demands less Azure resource from the cost-saving perspective than other available operating systems. With Microsoft Azure, you can quickly set up a Ubuntu virtual machine (VM) to host Shadowsocks. Shadowsocks is one of the techniques that you can use to set up your VPN equivalent server.

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