In this tutorial we will show you how to install and configuration of TeamSpeak Server on your CentOS 7 server. For those of you who didn’t know, TeamSpeak is a VoIP (voice-over-Internet Protocol) solution first released in 2001 and most popular with those who play team-based online games. The software has two parts, a server and a client, both of which can be installed on Windows, Mac and Linux.
This article assumes you have at least basic knowledge of linux, know how to use the shell, and most importantly, you host your site on your own VPS. The installation is quite simple and assumes you are running in the root account, if not you may need to add ‘sudo’ to the commands to get root privileges. I will show you through the step by step installation TeamSpeak Server on a CentOS 7 server.
Install TeamSpeak Server on CentOS 7
Step 1. First let’s start by ensuring your system is up-to-date.
1 2 3 | yumcleanall yum-yupdate yuminstallnanowgetperltarnet-toolsbzip2 |
Step 2. Create a new user for TeamSpeak.
Now we need to create a new user on our server, this user will be used for the installation and running of TeamSpeak. For security reasons this user will not have sudo:
1 2 | useraddidroot passwdidr00t |
Step 3. Installing TeamSpeak server.
Next, you’ll need to install TeamSpeak server, using the following command:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | wgethttp://dl.4players.de/ts/releases/3.0.12.4/teamspeak3-server_linux_amd64-3.0.12.4.tar.bz2 tarxvfteamspeak3-server_linux_amd64-3.0.12.4.tar.bz2 cdteamspeak3-server_linux_amd64 cp *-R/home/teamspeak cd.. rm-rfteamspeak3-server_linux_amd64* chown-Rteamspeak:teamspeak/home/teamspeak |
If your server reboots, you will need a way to have TeamSpeak start up automatically. This is where startup scripts can come in handy. Create the following file and open it in your text editor:
1 | nano/lib/systemd/system/teamspeak.service |
Add this content to the file:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | [Unit] Description=TeamSpeak3Server After=network.target [Service] WorkingDirectory=/home/teamspeak/ User=teamspeak Group=teamspeak Type=forking ExecStart=/home/teamspeak/ts3server_startscript.shstartinifile=ts3server.ini ExecStop=/home/teamspeak/ts3server_startscript.shstop PIDFile=/home/teamspeak/ts3server.pid RestartSec=15 Restart=always [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target |
Now you can start and enable the TeamSpeak Server on boot feature:
1 2 3 | systemctl--systemdaemon-reload systemctlstartteamspeak.service systemctlenableteamspeak.service |
Step 4. Configure Firewall for TeamSpeak.
Now our server installation is completed we can open the ports on our firewall:
1 2 3 4 | firewall-cmd--zone=public--add-port=9987/udp--permanent firewall-cmd--zone=public--add-port=10011/tcp--permanent firewall-cmd--zone=public--add-port=30033/tcp--permanent firewall-cmd--reload |
And connect with our TeamSpeak Client. The first person to logon will be asked to provide a privilege key, enter the one retrieved during the installation.
Congratulation’s! You have successfully installed TeamSpeak Server. Thanks for using this tutorial for installing TeamSpeak Server on your CentOS 7 system. For additional help or useful information, we recommend you to check the official TeamSpeak Server web site.
