If you see a lot of error: too many open files in your log, you should optimize your system. This tutorial applies to all shadowsocks servers (Python, libev, etc).
On Debian 7:
Create /etc/sysctl.d/local.conf with the following content:
# max open files fs.file-max = 51200 # max read buffer net.core.rmem_max = 67108864 # max write buffer net.core.wmem_max = 67108864 # default read buffer net.core.rmem_default = 65536 # default write buffer net.core.wmem_default = 65536 # max processor input queue net.core.netdev_max_backlog = 4096 # max backlog net.core.somaxconn = 4096 # resist SYN flood attacks net.ipv4.tcp_syncookies = 1 # reuse timewait sockets when safe net.ipv4.tcp_tw_reuse = 1 # turn off fast timewait sockets recycling net.ipv4.tcp_tw_recycle = 0 # short FIN timeout net.ipv4.tcp_fin_timeout = 30 # short keepalive time net.ipv4.tcp_keepalive_time = 1200 # outbound port range net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 10000 65000 # max SYN backlog net.ipv4.tcp_max_syn_backlog = 4096 # max timewait sockets held by system simultaneously net.ipv4.tcp_max_tw_buckets = 5000 # turn on TCP Fast Open on both client and server side net.ipv4.tcp_fastopen = 3 # TCP receive buffer net.ipv4.tcp_rmem = 4096 87380 67108864 # TCP write buffer net.ipv4.tcp_wmem = 4096 65536 67108864 # turn on path MTU discovery net.ipv4.tcp_mtu_probing = 1 # for high-latency network net.ipv4.tcp_congestion_control = hybla # for low-latency network, use cubic instead # net.ipv4.tcp_congestion_control = cubic
Then:
sysctl --system
Older system:
sysctl -p /etc/sysctl.d/local.conf
Warning: DO NOT ENABLE net.ipv4.tcp_tw_recycle!!! See this article.