Deploy Teamspeak 3 Game Servers

Dependencies

• 
  Ubuntu
• 
  Debian
• 
  CentOS

Before installing, you must ensure you have all the dependencies required to run ts3server.

These intructions also cover other RHEL derivatives such as AlmaLinux and Rocky Linux.

Gamedig

GameDig is a recommended additional module that allows LinuxGSM to gather more info from the game server such as current map and connected players to be displayed in details and in logs. It also replaces the default LinuxGSM query module in monitor. To install GameDig follow the steps in the LinuxGSM documentation.

Install Dependencies Using LinuxGSM

It is possible for LinuxGSM to install dependencies either by having the ts3server user account with sudo access or running the installer as root.

user with sudo access

During the installation if the game server user has sudo permissions LinuxGSM will attempt to install any missing dependencies itself.

root user

if ts3server is already installed run ./ts3server install as root and LinuxGSM will automatically install missing dependencies.

Install

From the command-line do the following. Ensuring you have also installed the required dependencies.

1. Create a user and login.

adduser ts3server

For security best practice, ensure you set a strong password. Random password:

su - ts3server

2. Download linuxgsm.sh.

wget -O linuxgsm.sh https://linuxgsm.sh && chmod +x linuxgsm.sh && bash linuxgsm.sh ts3server

3. Run the installer following the on-screen instructions.

./ts3server install

Basic Usage

All Commands

A complete list of commands can be found by typing.

./ts3server

Below are the most common commands available.

Running

start

./ts3server start

stop

./ts3server stop

restart

./ts3server restart

Updating

update

Update checks for any server updates and applies them. The server will update and restart only if required.

./ts3server update

Debugging

Details

You can get all important and useful details about the server such as passwords, ports, config files etc.

./ts3server details

Debug

Use debug mode to help you if you are having issues with the server. Debug allows you to see the output of the server directly to your terminal allowing you to diagnose any problems the server might be having.

./ts3server debug

Logs

Server logs are available to monitor and diagnose your server. Script, console and game server (if available) logs are created for the server.

/home/ts3server/logs

Backup

Backup will allow you to create a complete tar bzip2 archive of the whole server.

./ts3server backup

Monitor

LinuxGSM can monitor the game server by checking that the proccess is running and querying it. Should the server go offline LinuxGSM can restart the server and send you an alert. You can use cronjobs to setup monitoring.

./ts3server monitor

Configure LinuxGSM

For details on how to alter LinuxGSM settings visit LinuxGSM Config Files page.

Documentation

For detailed documentation visit the LinuxGSM docs.

Cronjobs

To automate LinuxGSM you can set scheduled tasks using cronjobs, to run any command at any given time. You can edit the crontab using the following.

crontab -e

Below are the recommended cron tasks.

*/5 * * * * /home/ts3server/ts3server monitor > /dev/null 2>&1
*/30 * * * * /home/ts3server/ts3server update > /dev/null 2>&1
0 0 * * 0 /home/ts3server/ts3server update-lgsm > /dev/null 2>&1

Configure LinuxGSM

For details on how to alter LinuxGSM settings visit LinuxGSM Config Files page.

Documentation

For detailed documentation visit the LinuxGSM docs.