Gost - 2024

Prerequisites Link to heading

  • Cloud Virtual Machine, providered by AWS&Azure&Google Cloud, etc
  • own a domain name, which can be registered from Cloudflare & Godaday, etc

Set up GOST and config Server Link to heading

Assume your server’s public ip is 1.2.3.4.

connect to your VM

ssh [email protected]

Install GOST Link to heading

more detail can be found https://latest.gost.run/

sudo snap install go --classic
git clone https://github.com/go-gost/gost.git
cd gost
sudo bash install.sh

please pick up the latest by typeing the number

Quick verify service Link to heading 

gost -L http://:8080

then you will see

{"handler":"http","kind":"service","level":"info","listener":"tcp","msg":"listening on [::]:8080/tcp","service":"service-0","time":"2024-05-15T02:05:04.697Z"}

Apply and config TLS certs Link to heading

Install acme.sh Link to heading 

curl https://get.acme.sh | sh -s email=[email protected] # change it with your email

Register domain from Cloudflare Link to heading

register domain cloudflare

Issue a cert Link to heading

Assume your domain is xyz.com,

Config CF_Token&CF_Account_ID&CF_Zone_ID Link to heading

Please follow the steps in https://github.com/acmesh-official/acme.sh/wiki/dnsapi#dns_cf

export CF_Token="your token"
export CF_Account_ID="your account id"
export CF_Zone_ID="your zone id"

Request certs Link to heading 

acme.sh --issue -d xyz.com  -d '*.xyz.com'  --dns dns_cf --server letsencrypt

Install certs to destination folder Link to heading 

mkdir certs
mkdir certs/xyz.com
acme.sh --install-cert -d xyz.com --key-file  /home/azureuser/certs/xyz.com/key.pem  --fullchain-file /home/azureuser/certs/xyz.com/cert.pem --ecc

Create GOST config file Link to heading 

vi gost.yaml

copy&paste the following content

services:
- name: service-0
  addr: ":443"
  handler:
    type: http
    auth:
      username: a-username
      password: a-strong-password
    metadata:
      knock: www.google.com
      probeResistance: code:404
  listener:
    type: tls
    tls:
      certFile: "/home/azureuser/certs/xyz.com/cert.pem"
      keyFile: "/home/azureuser/certs/xyz.com/key.pem"

test the config file

sudo gost -C gost.yaml

Run GOST as a sysytem service Link to heading 

sudo vi /etc/systemd/system/gost.service

add the following content

[Unit]
Description=GO Simple Tunnel
After=network.target
Wants=network.target

[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/gost -C /home/azureuser/gost.yaml
Restart=always

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

config sysmtem service

sudo systemctl enable gost
sudo systemctl start gost
sudo systemctl status gost