{"id":765,"date":"2022-08-26T00:52:19","date_gmt":"2022-08-25T16:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/blog\/?p=765"},"modified":"2025-12-24T10:24:48","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T02:24:48","slug":"setup-v2ray-on-a-virtual-server","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/blog\/tips-sharing\/setup-v2ray-on-a-virtual-server","title":{"rendered":"V2Ray on a Virtual Server: Easy Guide to Successfully Setup Your Own"},"content":{"rendered":"
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What is V2Ray?<\/h2>\n
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V2Ray on a Virtual Server is a powerful solution for setting up secure and flexible proxy connections. V2Ray, or the vmess protocol to be precise, is a sophisticated version of the famous Shadowsocks. At its core, V2Ray is also based on the SOCKS5 proxy. Normally, proxies lack encryption, which is what differentiates a VPN from a proxy. Shadowsocks is a SOCKS5 proxy with encryption, and vmess is the next-generation version of Shadowsocks.<\/p>\n

When using V2Ray on a Virtual Server, you can take advantage of two main protocols: vmess, V2Ray\u2019s own protocol, and Shadowsocks. Additionally, vmess offers several tunneling and obfuscation options to enhance privacy and bypass firewalls:<\/p>\n

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  1. \u00a0TCP<\/b> \u2013 It is the default connection.\u00a0\u201cTCP (Transmission Control Protocol) is a type of\u00a0protocol or standard to transfer information over the Internet, such as SSH, FTP, HTTP,\u00a0etc.\u201c<\/li>\n
  2. \u00a0<\/b>Websocket<\/b><\/b> \u2013 With WebSocket you can hide your VPS IP address behind a domain name, making it harder for the VPN-blocking firewall to blacklist the IP address.<\/li>\n
  3. mKCP<\/b> \u2013 An alternative to TCP, could be faster than TCP. Could be useful if you need a UDP-like protocol.<\/li>\n
  4. QUIC <\/b>\u2013 Google\u2019s alternative to TCP and UDP. Based on UDP. Could be faster than TCP.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    In addition, you can mask some of the above protocols and make them look like a Wireguard, WeChat video, torrent, VOIP, or DTLS traffic.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n
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    Choosing a VPS<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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    I recommend renting a cheap Linux VPS<\/a>. In case the IP address is blocked, you can open a new server. Find a less popular VPS provider because the firewalls could target the popular ones more often that the smaller ones.
    \nMainly, you can find two types of VPS, OpenVZ and KVM. Mostly KVM is preferable, because you can use the \u201cGoogle BBR\u201d command to increase the speed.<\/p>\n

    There is a way to check whether a VPS service has a working IP address before making a payment. Google \u201cvps looking glass\u201d, and you will find several looking glass pages of VPS services. If you can download the test files without using a VPN, then you can invest your money for the virtual server.<\/p>\n

    After renting a server, you can test the IP address before installing v2ray. Go to Putty (or an alternative) type in the IP address, if you do not encounter an error, then you are good to go. Alternatively you can ping their IP address using an app.
    \nAfter ensuring that VPS IPs address is not blocked, you can use a VPN when connecting to your server via Putty or an alternative to prevent the IP address blocking.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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    Setting up V2Ray<\/h2>\n
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    Update:<\/b>
    \n1) If you are interested in an advanced v2ray configuration websocket(ws)+tls+cdn with a multi-user management panel, please click here to check out the new tutorial. Also, you can check the <\/b><\/i>trojan GFW tutorial<\/i><\/b><\/a>.<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n

    2) If this script does not work for you, and you only need simple v2ray TCP, you can install the script described on the <\/b><\/i>v2ray +ws+tls+cdn tutorial<\/i><\/b>. You only need to do Part-1 (install the script), skip Part-2 (SSL, domain, CDN), and choose TCP on the web panel.<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

    Thanks to the one-command script by 233blog.com, you can install v2ray even if you are not familiar with Linux commands.<\/p>\n

    You need to have at least Ubuntu 16, Debian 8, or CentOS 7.<\/p>\n

    This guide will be for\u00a0Ubuntu.<\/p>\n

    1. First make updates and upgrades<\/p>\n

    \"ubuntu\"sudo apt-get update<\/b><\/p>\n

    sudo apt-get upgrade<\/b><\/p>\n

    2. Run the v2ray script<\/p>\n

    bash <(curl -s -L https:\/\/git.io\/v2ray.sh)<\/b><\/p>\n

    If you run into the error \u201ccurl command not found\u201d then run an apt-get update -y && apt-get install curl -y<\/em><\/p>\n

    3. The first question will ask you which version you choose. No major differences between 1 and 2. You can choose 1.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    4. Next you choose the protocol. For the sake of simplicity let\u2019s choose TCP.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    5. Now you choose the port. You can choose the\u00a0default value or change it. I choose port 23432.<\/p>\n

    6. Then you choose to install an ad-blocker or not. It is noted that performance may be affected if ad-blocker is activated. I chose not to install it.<\/p>\n

    7. You will be asked whether you also want to install Shadowsocks. If you type Y,\u00a0 then you will have to choose a Shadowsocks port, a password, and an encryption method. I will keep it simple and choose not to install Shadowsocks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    8. And lastly, you press Enter to proceed or Ctrl+C to cancel. After a while, the setup will be complete. Now you can get v2ray configuration by typing v2ray qr (for QR code) or v2ray link (for URL).<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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    Managing\u00a0 V2Ray<\/h2>\n

    V2ray commands<\/h3>\n

    v2ray info \u2013 View V2Ray configuration information
    \nv2ray config \u2013 Modify V2Ray configuration
    \nv2ray link \u2013 Generate V2Ray configuration file link
    \nv2ray infolink \u2013 Generate V2Ray configuration information link
    \nv2ray qr \u2013 Generate V2Ray configuration QR code link
    \nv2ray ss \u2013 Modify Shadowsocks configuration
    \nv2ray ssinfo \u2013 View Shadowsocks configuration information
    \nv2ray ssqr \u2013 Generate Shadowsocks Configure QR code link
    \nv2ray status \u2013 View V2Ray running status
    \nv2ray start \u2013 Start V2Ray
    \nv2ray stop \u2013 stop V2Ray
    \nv2ray restart \u2013 restart V2Ray
    \nv2ray log \u2013 View V2Ray Run log
    \nv2ray update \u2013 Update V2Ray
    \nv2ray update.sh \u2013 update V2Ray management script
    \nv2ray uninstall \u2013 Uninstall V2Ray<\/p>\n

    Adding multiple users on v2ray (Bonus)<\/h3>\n
    The v2ray script adds only one user as a\u00a0default, you can add multiple users by editing the config file. Normally, you would not need to add multiple users, since multiple users can use the same configuration. I have added this section as a bonus.
    \n1. First, generate multiple UUIDs on the\u00a0uuidgenerator.net
    \n2. Next, SSH into your VPS and type nano<\/b> \/etc\/v2ray\/config<\/b>.json<\/b> to edit the config file<\/div>\n
    3. Default configuration of users is given as following:
    \n\u201cusers\u201d: [
    \n{
    \n\u201cid\u201d: \u201cb831381d-6324-4d53-ad4f-8cda48b30811\u201d,
    \n\u201calterId\u201d: 233
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    \n4. You shoud edit the config as given below, note that I add a comma sign (,)\u00a0 and copy and paste the above user config in brackets and change the uuid:
    \n\u201cusers\u201d: [
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    \n\u201cid\u201d: \u201cb831381d-6324-4d53-ad4f-8cda48b30811\u201d,
    \n\u201calterId\u201d: 233
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    \n{
    \n\u201cid\u201d: \u201cz454362o-4324-8b12-gh1l-8zer71r59603\u201d,
    \n\u201calterId\u201d: 233<\/b>
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    5. You can add as many users as you want following the above guide. Just repeat the process. After adding users press<\/b> Ctrl+X <\/b>to exit the config, and press Y <\/b>to save the changes.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n
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    Installing V2Ray to Your Devices<\/h2>\n

    V2Ray apps for Android<\/h3>\n
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    You can use v2ray on several apps on Android, and all of them are available for free Google Play.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n