Updated (Linux) Dedicated-Server Build-Guide (Circa 2021)

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Updated Dedicated-Server Build-Guide (Circa 2021)

This is very much a work-in-progress (WIP), but I finally got around to creating a replacement for the old (circa 2014) version.

• New-Guide:
  Building a "dedicated" game-server, using Ubuntu (20.04 LTS), updated circa 2021
  https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2396211909
  
• Old-Guide:
  Building a "dedicated" game-server, using Ubuntu (12.04 LTS), circa 2014
  https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=260569220

Topics Covered (so far, in the New version):

• Planning, system requirements, ports, folder-structure, etc.
  
• Creating a virtual machine (for those wanting to test on a VM).
  
• Installing Ubuntu (for those not renting a VPS with it already installed).
  
• Preparing Ubuntu (for all use-cases).
  
• Installing SteamCMD.
  
• Editing files with GNU nano[en.wikipedia.org].
  
• Accessing and using Webmin[en.wikipedia.org] (useful for editing files and doing file-management).
  
• Installing game-servers with SteamCMD.
  
• Configuring game-servers (autoexec.cfg, server.cfg, etc.).
  
• Running Game-Servers (Interactively).
  
• Scripts to Run Game-Servers (Interactively).
  
• Running Games-Servers (Detached) with screen[en.wikipedia.org].
  
• Scripts to Run Game-Servers (Detached) with screen.

The example/tutorials are for setting-up several co-existing game-servers:

• 2x Fistful of Frags (FoF) - one team deathmatch, one no-teams/free-for-all.
  
• 1x Team Fortress 2 (TF2)
  
• 1x Counter-Strike:Source (CS:S)

Additional topics in the works:

• More scripts (stopping and starting screen sessions, etc).
  
• Ubuntu system administration stuff (automatic updates, etc.)
  
• Webmin settings tweaks (authentication, etc.)
  
• Linux IPTables[en.wikipedia.org] firewall setup (using Webmin).
  
• Additional security recommendations (remove sudo from the game-server account, etc.).

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Revision History:

• 2021-02-21 = Initial publication

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Thank you, added it to the pinned thread about tools and tutorials