How to Install ASS on MXLinux Latest

ASS (Another ss-server) is an open-source SSR (ShadowsocksR) server implementation that is designed to be a simple and efficient alternative to the original Shadowsocks. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install and configure ASS on MXLinux Latest.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, make sure you have the following:

• A server or VPS running MXLinux Latest.
• A user account with sudo privileges.
• SSH access to your server.

Step 1: Install Required Packages

First, update the package list on your server:

sudo apt update

Then, install the following packages:

sudo apt install git build-essential automake libtool wget curl

Step 2: Download and Build ASS

Clone the ASS repository from GitHub using Git:

git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/tycrek/ass.git

Move into the ass directory:

cd ass

Build and install the ASS binaries with the following commands:

./autogen.sh
./configure --disable-documentation
make
sudo make install

Step 3: Configure ASS

Create the ASS configuration file with the following command:

sudo nano /usr/local/etc/ass.json

Then, copy and paste the following contents into the file:

{
    "server":"0.0.0.0",
    "server_port":12345,
    "password":"yourpassword",
    "timeout":600,
    "method":"chacha20-ietf-poly1305"
}

Note: Replace yourpassword with your own password.

Step 4: Run ASS

Start the ASS server with the following command:

sudo ass-server -c /usr/local/etc/ass.json

If everything is configured correctly, you should see output like this:

2021-08-20 08:13:32 INFO         ASS Server started successfully.
2021-08-20 08:13:32 INFO         Listening on: 0.0.0.0:12345

Step 5: Connect to ASS

Once your server is up and running, you can use your preferred ShadowsocksR client to connect to it using the following settings:

• Server: Your server's IP address.
• Port: The port you specified in ass.json.
• Password: The password you specified in ass.json.
• Encryption Method: The encryption method you specified in ass.json.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we showed you how to install and configure ASS on MXLinux Latest. Now you can use your own ShadowsocksR server to access the internet securely and anonymously.

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