shadowsocks/shadowsocks-manager
Shadowsocks Manager
Shadowsocks Manager is a set of management utilities for orchestrating proxy servers, centering on conversational control, traffic enforcement, and web-based credential distribution. It serves as a centralized system for issuing and controlling user accounts for shared proxy services.
The project distinguishes itself through a chat-based controller that allows administrators to update server ports and authentication details via a conversational messaging platform. It also functions as a distributed orchestrator that synchronizes configuration and security settings across multiple remote servers and provides a dedicated website for the automated provisioning and distribution of user access credentials.
The software covers a broad range of administrative capabilities, including real-time traffic flow monitoring, data usage enforcement, and server instance management. It replaces manual command-line editing with a web-based management dashboard and utilizes a centralized database to maintain state and synchronize settings across the network.
Administrative access is restricted through an authorization process that designates the first authenticated user as the primary manager.
Features
- Shadowsocks Server Managers - Provides a centralized management suite for deploying and administering Shadowsocks proxy servers and users.
- Proxy User Managers - Manages multiple proxy users with centralized database synchronization for configuration and traffic monitoring.
- Proxy Configuration Synchronization - Automates the synchronization of configurations and security settings across a distributed network of proxy servers.
- Bot Command Interfaces - Provides a chat-based interface for executing administrative commands to manage server settings and user access.
- Distributed Server Coordination - Implements a coordination layer to synchronize management settings across several remote proxy server instances.
- Chat-Based Controllers - Implements a bot interface for updating server ports and authentication details via a messaging platform.
- Distributed Orchestrators - Functions as a distributed orchestrator that synchronizes configuration and security settings across remote Shadowsocks servers.
- Web Management Dashboards - Provides a web dashboard for configuring servers and managing credentials without using the command line.
- Credential Distribution Portals - Provides a dedicated website for the automated provisioning and distribution of user access credentials for the proxy service.
- Web-Based Configuration Dashboards - Offers a browser-based management console for visual administration of proxy settings and credential distribution.
- Chat-Bot Server Administration - Allows administrators to update proxy server ports and authentication details via a conversational bot interface.
- Centralized State Synchronization - Utilizes a centralized database to maintain and synchronize user accounts and traffic quotas across distributed proxy servers.
- Remote Server Automation - Synchronizes security policies and port settings across multiple remote server instances automatically.
- Proxy Account Managers - Centralizes the creation, monitoring, and limitation of user proxy accounts with traffic caps.
- User Traffic Accounting - Tracks per-user data consumption and enforces traffic quotas to ensure fair resource distribution.
- Credential Distribution Portals - Provides a dedicated self-service website for users to automatically obtain and share proxy access credentials.
- Traffic Control Systems - Monitors real-time data flow and enforces traffic limits across multiple Shadowsocks proxy instances.
- Web Management Dashboards - Provides a browser-based dashboard for monitoring and configuring the state and settings of proxy services.
- Traffic Summarizers - Collects and summarizes network flow data from proxy servers to report usage statistics via bot commands.
- Real-Time Traffic Monitoring - Retrieves real-time traffic statistics and flow data over specified intervals via bot commands.
