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How-To Section The Counter-Server team have devoted this section to the basic requirements of running your HLDS (Half-Life Dedicated Server). Hopefully this will serve as a good basis for your server set-up. If you would like to see something else posted up here, let us know. Basic Requirements --------------------------------------------------------- Basic Requirements / Linux » Basics :: »
Basics Here you will find step-by-step information on how to download, install, set up, configure, and optimize your Linux box to become a great Counter-Strike server. This how-to was designed to make it as easy and fast as possible to get your Linux box up and running with a dedicated Counter-Strike server. I know that there are many flavors of Linux, so in order to keep things simple and make this tutorial applicable for all versions, we will configure and setup your Linux box exclusively from the command line interface (CLI). The only notable exception to this will be for downloading the files for running your server. To do so, you need to have an internet browser installed, configured and working, but after all, if you are reading this then you already have that set up! For many CS server admins, Linux is the operating system of choice
due to its stability and its speed compared to Windows based servers. However,
for most, because of operating system familiarity, Windows based CS servers
may be easier to set up and tinker with, but Linux offers many advantages over
the win32 server. If you have decided, or are trying to decide if you want to
use Linux to run your CS server, read on! I will assume that you already have a *newer* version of Linux installed and configured correctly on your network. If you need help with this, I suggest you use "linuxconf" to configure it and/or head on over to linux.org to get some help. Here we go! Log in to your Linux box, as "root" if you can - but be aware that you do not need to log in as root if you have another user account created that has the necessary access and privileges. In fact, it is not recommended that you run your server as "root" at all due to inherent security risks. There are many tutorials here that can help you create additional user accounts on your Linux server if you need help. »
Installing the server root@jwm [/root] # What you have may differ slightly depending upon who you logged in as and the name of your Linux box. In this case, user "root" is logged into the Linux server named "jwm" which defaults to the directory "/root". Now at your CLI, you want to type: cd / Now type this: mkdir /hlds Now type: cd /hlds If all is well, you should see this at the CLI: [root@jwm /hlds] Again, it may differ slightly depending upon who you logged in as and the server name, but you need to make sure you have the "/hlds" part in there. If you don't see it there, go back and start again from the beginning - you did something wrong. Now a quick side note that you do not have to use this directory ("/hlds"), and in most cases it would be better to use a directory such as "/usr/local/games/hlds" to install your Counter-Strike dedicated server into. If you choose to use this directory instead (usually there is more disk space there) simply substitute /usr/local/games/hlds wherever you see /hlds And just start over at the top using this new directory. Just remember to substitute your directory (/usr/local/games/hlds) wherever you see (/hlds) for the rest of this tutorial if you chose to go that route! Now you have a new directory at the top level called "hlds". This is where we are going to install your Counter-Strike server. We need to download 2 files to get started. You should be in the "/hlds" directory on your server, so when we download the files, they will be saved in this directory. If you are not in the /hlds directory we created, or are not sure, simply type: cd /hlds You should now be in the correct directory. Next, click here to download the latest full version of the Half-Life dedicated server for Linux. The most current full version is called "hlds_l_3111.full.bin". The package is no longer distributed as a tar/gz file. It is distributed as a .bin file that needs to be directly executed. So, after downloading the file, make it executable and then execute it. For example: chmod a+x hlds_l_3111_full.bin You will be presented with a EULA, after which the usual tar/gz
package will be extracted. From there you gunzip and untar as usual. tar zxvf hlds_l_3111.tar.gz The computer will then proceed to unpack and install the dedicated server in the hlds directory we created earlier in a directory called "hlds_l". When it finishes, type: cd hlds_l You should now be in the directory "/hlds/hlds_l". Now you need to download the Counter-Strike mod. Click here to download the latest full version of it for Linux dedicated servers. The most current version is called "cs_15_full.tar.gz". Once the file has downloaded, type this in the CLI you are at: tar zxvf cs_>15_full.tar.gz This will unpack and install the Counter-Strike mod on your dedicated server.
./hlds_run -game cstrike +maxplayers 10 +map cs_assault The computer should then proceed to start a dedicated 10 player server with the cs_assault map. At the end of starting the server you should see the following if all went okay: root@jwm [/hlds] # ./hlds_run -game cstrike +maxplayers 10 +map
cs_assault . . . If you see something similar - congratulations, first step is
done. If not, don't worry - we will have a closer look at the 2 possible ways
to start the server.
./hlds_run -game cstrike +maxplayers 10 +map cs_assault This line is very important: If you see it: great. If not - let's check it step-by-step. quit Now let's try running it again with a new line, type: ./hlds_run -game cstrike +ip <your IP here> +maxplayers 10 +map cs_assault For instance, if the IP address of my server were 213.128.127.2, I would type this: ./hlds_run -game cstrike +ip 213.128.127.2 +maxplayers 10 +map cs_assault Now after you run that, let the game load and wait to see if it gives you "WON Auth Server" this time. If it does, you re set! If you still do not get the "WON Auth Server" it could be that you are behind a firewall. If so, the only hope for you my friend is to speak to the network administrator and have him open the ports you need (27015 is the default). In any case, he will be able to help you get it opened up to the internet.
After typing the above you should see this: Now the server should be visible in your game-browser - except for 2 cases: 1) either your server or/and your client has internetaccess at
the same time Don't ask me why this happens - but it happens. In this case you have to connect via giving the IP (at the console, type connect XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX). »
Running the server as non-root-user That's it ... »
this and that ... If you get miscellaneous errors or are otherwise unable to get your server running, see the Linux Q&A section, and browse the forums. For all the folks who read the whole text, here's the goodie: - Dzamas FTP-server (a big thx to dzama!! )
TCP 7002 out So let's get it clear with an example. We have a little LAN, connected
with a linux-router to the internet. The router is called jwm, it's LAN-IP is
192.168.1.1, the WAN-IP 195.158.153.161. The box which run's the server is called
heike, the IP is 192.168.1.4. And there is another client called lukas, IP 192.168.1.3.
Now every internet-client can connect to this server by giving
the WAN-IP. The in-game-serverbrowser doesn't work - you must give the WAN-IP. jwm@heike [/hlds] >./hlds_run -game cstrike +map de_dust +maxplayers 18
Remember, the above is only used as example - there can be any
other router, any other IP-range and so on!
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