ShadowSocks Installation

Shadowsocks is a powerfull lightweight VPN solution that is quite hard to identify.
Official site
Source code for shadowsocks

Server-side installation via docker compose

Get yourself a decent linux box at some cloud provider where internet is not blocked.
Install docker and create a docker-compose.yml file.

version: "3.2"
services:
  shadowsocks:
    image: shadowsocks/shadowsocks-libev
    ports:
      - "8388:8388/tcp"
      - "8388:8388/udp"
    environment:
      - METHOD=aes-256-gcm
      - PASSWORD=<specify password here - you will use it to connect to server>
      - TIMEOUT=60
      - ARGS=--fast-open
    restart: always

You can also change the port to mimic HTTPS traffic. In this case the section with ports in docker-compose would look this:

    ports:
      - "443:8388/tcp"
      - "443:8388/udp"

Now fire docker-compose up -d and you are done with serverside installation.

Client setup

Android

Install an application
Provide server address, port and method (aes-256-gcm)
You are done.

Server URI

For apple devices outline app accepts a link with full details specification:
ss://method:password@hostname:port
Just one link and no need to fill in all the details.
You need to encode the link with BASE64 method.

For example, you have a server at myserver.com:8888 using aes-256-gcm encryption method and password FatPet123$
Then, with the plain URI ss://aes-256-gcm:[email protected]:8888, you can generate the BASE64 encoded URI.

To do so open JavaScript console in Chrome/Brave browser : F12 or menu View->Developer->JavaScript Console or Console

Paste the line below:
console.log( "ss://" + btoa("aes-256-gcm:[email protected]:8888") )
Press Enter.

You get an output like this:
ss://c3M6Ly9hZXMtMjU2LWdjbTpGYXRQZXQxMjMkQG15c2VydmVyLmNvbTo4ODg4 - this is your BASE64-encoded URI.

To help organize and identify these URIs, you can append a tag after the BASE64 encoded string: ss://c3M6Ly9hZXMtMjU2LWdjbTpGYXRQZXQxMjMkQG15c2VydmVyLmNvbTo4ODg4#My-awesome-VPN-server

MacOS

Install app
Paste the URI generated above.

iOS

Instal app
Paste the URI generated above.

Enjoy free internet and share it with your close-ones.

Windows

Instal app Unzip to any folder. Run 'Shadowsocks.exe' Provide server address, port and method. Right click on icon in tray : System proxy->Global Optionally: Start on Boot

Additional Clients

Shadowsocks clients