Requirements: debian/ubuntu vm

Steps:

• create admin user
• configure sshd
• install and configure firewall (ufw)
• install mtproxy

HowTo:

1. create vm (with debian/ubuntu distro)
2. clone repo

git clone https://github.com/cimon-io/mtproxy-playbook.git
cd mtproxy-playbook

3. download roles

ansible-galaxy install -r requirements.yml

4. configure

• set ansible_host options in inventory/production/host_vars/mtproxy-01

• copy your public ssh key to files/public_keys/your_name.pub

  # cp ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub files/public_keys/$USER.pub

• edit vars/users.yml file: replace your_name with your users name

  # sed -i "s/your_name/$USER/g" vars/users.yml

• add mtproxy_mtproto_secret variable to vars/proxy.yml

  # echo "mtproxy_mtproto_secret: \"$(head -c 16 /dev/urandom | xxd -ps)\"" >> vars/proxy.yml

5. run playbook

if python is not installed, run: ansible-playbook -i production prepare.yml -e ansible_user=root

ansible_user: root, if you use AWS EC2 with ubuntu - user wil be 'ubuntu'

specify --private-key=path-to-private-key if necessary

ansible-playbook -i production main.yml -e ansible_user=root

6. register your proxy with @MTProxybot on Telegram
7. Add mtproxy_proxy_tag variable with your tag to vars/proxy.yml

# echo "mtproxy_proxy_tag: \"your_tag_here\"" >> vars/proxy.yml

8. ... and simply run

ansible-playbook -i production main.yml -tags=mtproxy-configure