Configuration via Config File - WeiFei365/shadowsocks GitHub Wiki

You can use a configuration file instead of command line arguments.

Create a config file /etc/shadowsocks.json. Example:

{
    "server":"my_server_ip",
    "server_port":8388,
    "local_address": "127.0.0.1",
    "local_port":1080,
    "password":"mypassword",
    "timeout":300,
    "method":"aes-256-cfb",
    "fast_open": false
}

Explanation of the fields:

Name	Explanation
server	the address your server listens
server_port	server port
local_address	the address your local listens
local_port	local port
password	password used for encryption
timeout	in seconds
method	default: "aes-256-cfb", see Encryption
fast_open	use TCP_FASTOPEN, true / false
workers	number of workers, available on Unix/Linux

To run in the foreground:

ssserver -c /etc/shadowsocks.json

To run in the background:

ssserver -c /etc/shadowsocks.json -d start
ssserver -c /etc/shadowsocks.json -d stop