{"id":46733,"date":"2024-06-12T16:53:43","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T16:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=46733"},"modified":"2024-06-12T16:53:43","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T16:53:43","slug":"lightweight-socks5-ubuntu-debian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2024\/06\/lightweight-socks5-ubuntu-debian\/","title":{"rendered":"Set up Lightweight Socks5 Proxy Server in Ubuntu 24.04 \/ Debian 12"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This is a step by step beginner’s guide shows how to install and set up a lightweight Socks5 proxy server in Ubuntu or Debian.<\/p>\n

Due to poor network connection, I decided to set up a proxy server on my remote VPS for playing an online game. However, the tutorials on the web are mostly using Dante, which consumes too much RAM, and makes my cheap VPS server frequently run out of memory.<\/p>\n

After digging around, I found a lightweight socks5 proxy server called Microsocks. And, here’s how to install & use it in Debian & Ubuntu.<\/p>\n

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Step 1: Install Microsocks<\/h3>\n

Microsocks<\/a> is a multi-threaded, small, efficient SOCKS5 server, that supports IPv4, IPv6, DNS, and use TCP protocol for network proxy. It’s easy to set up, and very lightweight that consume less than 4 MB memory in my server. Sadly, it does NOT support UDP as which requires almost double the existing code make it no longer “micro”.<\/p>\n

Debian bullseye, bookworm, as well as Ubuntu 24.04 and Ubuntu 22.04<\/b> include the software package in system repository. You can simply connect to your server and run command to install it:<\/p>\n

sudo apt install microsocks<\/pre>\n
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For old Ubuntu and Debian that don’t have the package in repository, or if you want to get the latest version,<\/b> do the following steps one by one to build from source.<\/p>\n
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  1. First, run command to install dependency libraries for building the source:\n
    sudo apt install build-essential debhelper<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
  2. Download the source tarball by command:\n
    wget http:\/\/ftp.barfooze.de\/pub\/sabotage\/tarballs\/microsocks-1.0.4.tar.xz<\/pre>\n
    As the time goes by, the link will be outdated! Go this github page<\/a> for the most recent download link, and use it to replace the one in the command above.<\/i><\/li>\n
  3. Once you downloaded the tarball, use command to extract (replace package name accordingly):\n
    tar -Jxf microsocks-1.0.4.tar.xz<\/pre>\n
    Replace -Jxf<\/code> in command if the file extension changed. -zxf<\/code> for .tar.gz or -jxf<\/code> for tar.bz2.<\/i><\/li>\n
  4. Finally, navigate to the extracted folder and run command to build & install:\n
    cd microsocks*<\/pre>\n
    make && sudo make install<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    Once successfully installed, you’ll see the executable file installed to \/usr\/local\/bin<\/code> directory:<\/p>\n
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    Step 2: Start Microsocks SOCKS5 Server<\/h3>\n
    Once installed the software package, just run the command below to start the proxy server:<\/p>\n
    microsocks -1 -q -i 100.111.122.123 -p 1234 -u JI -P abcde454<\/pre>\n
    In the command, all the arguments can be skipped.<\/p>\n