V2ray package - how to actually setup the proxy client on Manjaro and the server?

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#1

I am having small issue with shadowsocks-qt5 (no longer maintained) proxy software, memory usage seems high.
So i was checking for an alternative and seen @Twifty mentioned v2ray (platform for building proxies, may be faster than SS), installed the package using “pamac install v2ray”, found how to create .json config files per Install · Project V Official and include it as a -c parameter, but it does not seem to have GUI or not running as a service. So i guess i would have to manually setup cronjob/monitoring script or somehow discover how to setup the service and keep it always running. :-/
install instructions:
V2Ray - ArchWiki
Install · Project V Official
Installation | V2Ray Beginner's Guide
(not sure the difference between fly and ray, it is a mess)
there are some install scripts too:

  1. GitHub - v2fly/fhs-install-v2ray: Bash script for installing V2Ray in operating systems such as Debian / CentOS / Fedora / openSUSE that support systemd
  2. https://git.io/v2ray.sh (mentioned at How to Setup your own V2Ray – A Step by Step Guide – Privacy Melon )

so the questions is how to properly install Manjaro client and on Ubuntu or CentOS the server as a non stop running service. Anyone have opinion about this or even experience to share how to proceed?

As an alternative to shadowsocks/VPN i was also checking https://getoutline.org (in AUR i have found outline-client-appimage).

#3

The client and server are the same program. V2fly is a community version that is still maintained.
If you want to install the v2ray client, you can install
v2ray (maintained by v2fly), then configure config.json. Or you can use the GUI client: Qv2ray

#4

As mentioned above, both client and server are the same package. The community version includes the systemd files required for running the client/server as a service. You don’t really need a GUI, just follow the guides on https://www.v2fly.org and manually edit the .json config file.

Install with pacman -S v2ray, edit the config at /etc/v2ray/config.json, test the config file with v2ray -test -config /etc/v2ray/config.json. To start the service use systemctl enable v2ray && systemctl start v2ray.

I have my config set to open 6 local SOCKS5 servers, each of which is routed to a different VPN on my remote servers. I’ve also installed the ‘SmartProxy’ extension in firefox with which I am able to quickly switch between VPNs. Previously, I had configured a system wide proxy with dockodemodoor, but with system updates and torrenting, my servers bandwidth limit was quickly exceeded.

If you have any further/specific questions, please just ask them here.

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