How to install and configure TeamSpeak3 Server- Linux – Debian – Ubuntu

Create user dedicated for TeamSpeak3 server.

Home directory for TeamSpeak3 user – /opt.

sudo useradd -d /opt/teamspeak3-server -m teamspeak3-user

Install TeamSpeak3 server for Linux 64bit.

Download TeamSpeak3 server, unpack to home directory, and change file permission of our user home directory.

sudo wget http://dl.4players.de/ts/releases/3.0.12/teamspeak3-server_linux_amd64-3.0.12.tar.bz2

sudo tar -jxvf teamspeak3-server_linux_amd64-3.0.12.tar.bz2

sudo mkdir /opt/teamspeak3-server

sudo mv teamspeak3-server_linux_amd64/* /opt/teamspeak3-server

sudo chown teamspeak3-user:teamspeak3-user /opt/teamspeak3-server -R

sudo rm -fr teamspeak3-server_linux_amd64-3.0.12.tar.bz2 teamspeak3-server_linux_amd64

Install TeamSpeak3 server for Linux 32bit.

Download TeamSpeak3 server, unpack to home directory, and change file permission of user home directory.

sudo wget http://dl.4players.de/ts/releases/3.0.12/teamspeak3-server_linux_x86-3.0.12.tar.bz2

sudo tar -jxvf teamspeak3-server_linux_x86-3.0.12.tar.bz2

sudo mkdir /opt/teamspeak3-server

sudo mv teamspeak3-server_linux_x86/* /opt/teamspeak3-server

sudo chown teamspeak3-user:teamspeak3-user /opt/teamspeak3-server -R

sudo rm -fr teamspeak3-server_linux_x86-3.0.12.tar.bz2 teamspeak3-server_linux-x86

Firewall configuration – iptables.

-A INPUT -p udp --dport 9987 -j ACCEPT

-A INPUT -p tcp --dport 10011 -j ACCEPT

-A INPUT -p tcp --dport 30033 -j ACCEPT

DNS server configuration – Bind9.

Add to your domain 2 records.
Change domain.com to your own domain name.

_ts3._udp.domain.com. 86400 IN SRV 0 5 9987 domain.com.

_tsdns._tcp.domain.com. 86400 IN SRV 0 5 41144 domain.com.

Teststing DNS server.

sudo nslookup -type=SRV _ts3._udp.domain.com

or

sudo nslookup -q=SRV _ts3._udp.domain.com

Server:         127.0.0.1
Address:        127.0.0.1#53

_ts3._udp.domain.com        service = 0 5 9987 domain.com.

Configure database MySQL – MariaDB.

Create database teamspeak3 and user teamspeak3 for TeamSpeak3 server.
Change database PASSWORD to your own password.

sudo mysql -u root -p

create database teamspeak3;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON teamspeak3.* TO teamspeak3@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'PASSWORD';
flush privileges;
quit

Symlink library libmariadb.so.2 from /redist folder to TeamSpeak3 server directory.

sudo ln -s /opt/teamspeak3-server/redist/libmariadb.so.2 /opt/teamspeak3-server/libmariadb.so.2

Run ldd to prints the shared libraries required by TeamSpeak3 server.

sudo ldd /opt/teamspeak3-server/libts3db_mariadb.so

Create configfiles for TeamSpeak3 server.

The configfiles can be created automatically by script:
./ts3server_minimal_runscript.sh with option createinifile=1.
This method allows running the server with a SQL database.

We are going to configure TeamSpeak3 server with the MySQL-MariaDB database,
We have to manually create configfiles:

• query_ip_blacklist.txt
• query_ip_whitelist.txt
• ts3server.ini
• ts3db_mariadb.ini

Create blacklist configfile.

sudo touch /opt/teamspeak3-server/query_ip_blacklist.txt

Create whitelist configfile.

sudo cat  << EOT > /opt/teamspeak3-server/query_ip_whitelist.txt

127.0.0.1
EOT

Create configfile with MySQL-MariaDB database option.

sudo cat << EOT > /opt/teamspeak3-server/ts3server.ini

machine_id=
default_voice_port=9987
voice_ip=0.0.0.0
licensepath=
filetransfer_port=30033
filetransfer_ip=0.0.0.0
query_port=10011
query_ip=0.0.0.0
query_ip_whitelist=query_ip_whitelist.txt
query_ip_blacklist=query_ip_blacklist.txt
dbsqlpath=sql/
dbplugin=ts3db_mariadb
dbsqlcreatepath=create_mariadb/
dbpluginparameter=ts3db_mariadb.ini
dbconnections=10
logpath=logs
logquerycommands=0
dbclientkeepdays=30
logappend=0
query_skipbruteforcecheck=0
EOT

Create configfile for database for TeamSpeak3 server.
Change PASSWORD for database of TeamSpeak3, use the same password you have created configuring MySQL database.

sudo cat << EOT > /opt/teamspeak3-server/ts3db_mariadb.ini

[config]
host=127.0.0.1
port=3306
username=teamspeak3
password=PASSWORD
database=teamspeak3
socket=
EOT

Change permissions for new configfiles.

sudo chown teamspeak3-user:teamspeak3-user /opt/teamspeak3-server -R

Create ts3 init script of TeamSpeak3 server (autostart).

sudo nano /etc/init.d/ts3

#! /bin/sh
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:          ts3
# Required-Start:    $network mysql
# Required-Stop:     $network
# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
# Short-Description: TeamSpeak3 Server Daemon
# Description:       Starts/Stops/Restarts the TeamSpeak Server Daemon
### END INIT INFO

set -e

PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
DESC="TeamSpeak3 Server"
NAME=teamspeak3-server
USER=teamspeak3-user
DIR=/opt/teamspeak3-server
OPTIONS=inifile=ts3server.ini
DAEMON=$DIR/ts3server_startscript.sh
#PIDFILE=/var/run/$NAME.pid
SCRIPTNAME=/etc/init.d/$NAME

# Gracefully exit if the package has been removed.
test -x $DAEMON || exit 0

sleep 2
sudo -u $USER $DAEMON $1 $OPTIONS

Change permission for ts3, ts3server_startscript.sh and ts3server_minimal_runscript.sh scripts.

sudo chmod a+x /etc/init.d/ts3

sudo chmod a+x /opt/teamspeak3-server/ts3server_startscript.sh

sudo chmod a+x /opt/teamspeak3-server/ts3server_minimal_runscript.sh

sudo update-rc.d ts3 defaults

First run of TeamSpeak3 server with MySQL – MAriaDB database.

Remember login – “serveradmin”,  password and token key.

sudo /etc/init.d/ts3 start

------------------------------------------------------------------
                      I M P O R T A N T
------------------------------------------------------------------
               Server Query Admin Account created
         loginname= "serveradmin", password= "jFB2A0Kg"
------------------------------------------------------------------


------------------------------------------------------------------
                      I M P O R T A N T
------------------------------------------------------------------
      ServerAdmin privilege key created, please use it to gain
      serveradmin rights for your virtualserver. please
      also check the doc/privilegekey_guide.txt for details.

       token=h0Tzk54RbwnrWmhJlmBTMkfg4I+iAzKEkLsMZUYK
------------------------------------------------------------------

Commands for ts3 script:

sudo /etc/init.d/ts3 {start|stop|restart|status}

Usage: ./ts3server_startscript.sh {start|stop|restart|status}

su - teamspeak3-user ./ts3server_minimal_runscript.sh start

su - teamspeak3-user ./ts3server_minimal_runscript.sh start inifile=ts3server.ini 

su - teamspeak3-user ./ts3server_minimal_runscript.sh start inifile=ts3server.ini clear_database=

sudo nano /opt/teamspeak3-server/ts3server_startscript.sh

su - teamspeak3-user ./ts3server_startscript.sh start serveradmin_password=NEW_PASSWORD

/opt/teamspeak3-server/logs

/opt/teamspeak3-server/doc

Test listening of TeamSpeak3 server.

sudo netstat -lnp | grep ts3

tcp    0      0 0.0.0.0:30033     0.0.0.0:*      LISTEN      21779/ts3server_lin
tcp    0      0 0.0.0.0:10011     0.0.0.0:*      LISTEN      21779/ts3server_lin
udp    0      0 0.0.0.0:9987      0.0.0.0:*                  21779/ts3server_lin

Download, install and configure TeamSpeak3 client.

Download TeamSpeak3 client from link below:
http://dl.4players.de/ts/releases/3.0.16/TeamSpeak3-Client-win64-3.0.16.exe

Run and configure TeamSpeak3 client.

Select Connections then select Connect.
Fill the boxes:

• Server Address: domain.com (your own domain name or IP address),
• Nickname: serveradmin,
• Server Password: password generated by TeamSpeak3 server when you run the server firs time.

Select Connect

Now enter the token key and select OK.

From now you can fully manage your own TeamSpeak3 server.

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