This will show you how to setup a Longvinter dedicated server on Almalinux 8. In this guide we will be using one of our 4GB RAM VPS running Almalinux 8 to set it up.

View the terminal recording below to watch the fill setup process in this guide, you can pause the recording and copy/paste from the recording. Otherwise, scroll down for the full guide and all commands.


Text guide starts here.

If you have a new OS install, it’s always recommended to update your currently installed packages.

root@server $dnf update -y

The Longvinter dedicated server requires a few packages to be installed for it to run, lets install them and some others that we need.

root@server $dnf -y install tar git git-lfs glibc.i686 libstdc++.i686 wget nano

Now create a new user called "steamcmd" with the home directory "/home/steam".

root@server $sudo useradd -m -d /home/steam steamcmd

Set a password for this new user.

root@server $passwd steamcmd

Add the new user to the wheel group for sudo privileges.

root@server $usermod -aG wheel steamcmd

Add user to /etc/sudoers manually, we will use the nano text editor.

root@server $nano /etc/sudoers

Look for the line about half way down the file with "root ALL=(ALL) ALL" and add the following directly below it:

steamcmd ALL=(ALL) ALL

Now save changes. (CTRL + X, then Y)

If you have a firewall active (iptables or firewalld) and blocks traffic by default you will need to open the required ports.

iptables:
sudo iptables -I INPUT -p udp --dport 7777 -j ACCEPT
sudo iptables -I INPUT -p udp --dport 27016 -j ACCEPT
sudo iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --dport 27016 -j ACCEPT
sudo iptables -I INPUT -p udp --dport 27015 -j ACCEPT
sudo iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --dport 27015 -j ACCEPT

firewalld:
firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-port=7777/udp
firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-port=27015/udp
firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-port=27015/tcp
firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-port=27016/udp
firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-port=27016/tcp
firewall-cmd --reload

Now login as the steamcmd user.

root@server $su steamcmd

Download steamcmd and extract it.

steamcmd@server $wget https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/client/installer/steamcmd_linux.tar.gz

steamcmd@server $tar -xvzf steamcmd_linux.tar.gz && rm -rf steamcmd_linux.tar.gz

Run steamcmd once to install an app update and exit.

steamcmd@server $./steamcmd.sh +force_install_dir . +login anonymous +app_update 1007 +quit

Copy the Steam SDK to the right place.

steamcmd@server $cd ~/.steam && mkdir sdk64 && cp ~/linux64/steamclient.so ~/.steam/sdk64/

Go back to the steamcmd user home folder and install the Longvinter server.

steamcmd@server $cd ~/ && git clone https://github.com/Uuvana-Studios/longvinter-linux-server.git

This will clone (download) the Longvinter linux server github repo which holds the server files.

Now give permission for this folder to execute commands with.

steamcmd@server $chmod -R ugo+rwx longvinter-linux-server/

Now we can customize the server settings by editing/creating the Game.ini.

steamcmd@server $nano ~/longvinter-linux-server/Longvinter/Saved/Config/LinuxServer/Game.ini

If it’s empty add the following:

[/Game/Blueprints/Server/GI_AdvancedSessions.GI_AdvancedSessions_C]
ServerName=Unnamed Island
MaxPlayers=32
ServerMOTD=Welcome to Longvinter Island!
Password=
CommunityWebsite=www.longvinter.com

[/Game/Blueprints/Server/GM_Longvinter.GM_Longvinter_C]
AdminSteamID=76561198965966997
PVP=true
TentDecay=true
MaxTents=2

Make any changes you want then save.

Start the server after editing the settings you want to change.

steamcmd@server $sh /home/steam/longvinter-linux-server/LongvinterServer.sh

You can start the server automatically with systemd (recommended)

steamcmd@server $sudo cp /home/steam/longvinter-linux-server/longvinter.service /etc/systemd/system/longvinter.service

steamcmd@server $sudo cp /home/steam/longvinter-linux-server/longvinter.socket /etc/systemd/system/longvinter.socket

steamcmd@server $sudo systemctl daemon-reload

If you use the systemd start scripts copied from the previous two commands, you can use the following systemd commands to manage the server.

Start server:
sudo systemctl start longvinter.service
Stop server:
sudo systemctl stop longvinter.service
Restart server:
sudo systemctl restart longvinter.service
Enable server to start at boot:
sudo systemctl enable longvinter.service
Check status of server:
sudo systemctl status longvinter.service
See real-time server log:
sudo journalctl -u longvinter -f
Get ID of server, needed to connect from the client (requires initialization first, run this from the longvinter-linux-server directory):

steamcmd@server $./LongvinterGetId.sh

You can update your server with the following, make sure it is stopped first.

steamcmd@server $bash /home/steam/longvinter-linux-server/LongvinterUpdate.sh

You can use their included script to create backups of your save.

steamcmd@server $bash /home/steam/longvinter-linux-server/LongvinterBackup.sh

Reference: https://docs-server.longvinter.com/linux/setup-vanilla/

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