Run clash over ssh

Clash operates as a proxy tool. There are many GUI wrapper over the core.

But when remote developing a server via ssh, it would be useful to find an elegant method to run the proxy.

Clash would open a web server and allow users to control the program via web api.

The goal of this tutorial is to set up a clash core on cli and use ssh to run reverse proxy to control the core via web app.

1. Use ssh to access the target machine.
2. Install mihomo(wget LINK; dpkg -i FILE.deb)
3. Use mihomo to run the program.
4. (Optional) Manually download the geoip database and put it in the same directory as the core.
5. Add a valid external-controller in the config file. (e.g. external-controller:9090)
6. Write/Copy a valid config file and rerun the program. The config file would be stored at ~/.config/mihomo/config.yaml. The file would be auto created if not found.
7. Add export http(s)_proxy=http://127.0.0.1:PORT to the shell profile(.bashrc) and reload the shell.
8. Use ssh -L 9090:127.0.0.1:9090 -N target to run the reverse proxy. (The first 9090 is the local port, 127.0.0.1:9090 is the core’s web port set by external-controller in config.yaml) (target is the ssh config target)(You can also use 0.0.0.0 to listen from all addresses)
9. Use a web dashboard(e.g. metacube) to control the core.
   • The server hosted dashboard seems to be unable to access the core’s web api via ip address, so the reverse proxy is needed.