Setup a dedicated server

To run a CS or DoD server ensure that SteamCMD is installed. A installation guide can be found here.

Steam App IDs

| Name                   | Game    | Engine | AppId  |
| ---------------------- | ------- | ------ | ------ |
| Counter-Strike 1.6     | cstrike | hlds   |     90 |
| Counter-Strike: Source | cstrike | srcds  | 232330 |
| Day of Defeat: Source  | dod     | srcds  | 232290 |

fetch dedicated server software

mkdir -p /opt/{hlds,srcds}
chown steam:steam /opt/{hlds,srcds}
su -l steam

export STEAMAPPID="232330"
export STEAMPORT="27015"
export STEAMENGINE="srcds"

steamcmd.sh +login anonymous \
  +force_install_dir /opt/${STEAMENGINE}/${STEAMPORT} \
  +app_update ${STEAMAPPID} +quit

start hlds server

To run the dedicated server just create a systemd service file.

wget https://github.com/flakispace/ops/raw/master/applications/steam/hlds%40.service -O /etc/systemd/system/hlds\@.service

export STEAMPORT="27015"

systemctl enable hlds@${STEAMPORT}.service
systemctl start hlds@${STEAMPORT}.service

Additionally create a file /etc/default/hlds-${STEAMPORT} and set the variables to your needs

OPTIONS="-game cstrike -maxplayers 20"
CONSOLE="+map de_dust2"

see the games table above to find proper values for -game argument

start srcds server

To run the dedicated server just create a systemd service file.

wget https://github.com/flakispace/ops/raw/master/applications/steam/srcds%40.service -O /etc/systemd/system/srcds\@.service

export STEAMPORT="27015"

systemctl enable srcds@${STEAMPORT}.service
systemctl start srcds@${STEAMPORT}.service

Additionally create a file /etc/default/srcds-${STEAMPORT} and set the variables to your needs

OPTIONS="-game cstrike -ip 0.0.0.0"
CONSOLE="+maxplayers 20 +map de_dust2"

see the games table above to find proper values for -game argument

hlds server configuration

For the generic server configuration create a new server.cfg

# region (3 = europe)
sv_region 3

# name of server
hostname "my awesome dedicated server"

# password
sv_password "hello world"

# rcon password
rcon_password "do not share"

srcds server configuration

For the generic server configuration create a new cfg/server.cfg

# local or public
sv_lan 0

# region (3 = europe)
sv_region 3

# name of server
hostname "my awesome dedicated server"

# password
sv_password "hello world"

# rcon password
rcon_password "do not share"