[CentOS 7] How to install a Teamspeak 3 server

Please note, our virtual dedicated servers are unmanaged, these guides are just to get you started

You’re going to first start of by updating CentOS to ensure the latest bug and security updates are patched.

You will need to start off by downloading bzip and the latest version of TeamSpeak 3 server for Linux.

Once the download has finished, you’ll need to extract the contents of the folder.

Next we will need to create a user account with a disabled login to help the process of easy management for your server. (Enter a secure password when prompted)

We’re going to move the files we just extracted into the default new user directory we just created.

Next we can change the ownership of the user directory that we just setup before.

Finally, we need to setup the server to run on boot.

Paste in the following:

[Unit]
Description=TeamSpeak 3 Server
After=network.target

[Service]
WorkingDirectory=/usr/local/teamspeak3/
User=teamspeak3
Group=teamspeak3
Type=forking
ExecStart=/usr/local/teamspeak3/ts3server_startscript.sh start inifile=ts3server.ini
ExecStop=/usr/local/teamspeak3/ts3server_startscript.sh stop
PIDFile=/usr/local/teamspeak3/ts3server.pid
RestartSec=15
Restart=always

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Once this is done reload the following so it's able to be activated

Enable the service

To find out the settings and the admin key, use the following command:

You will now need to open the following ports to allow your players to connect

firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-port=10011/tcp --permanent

firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-port=30033/tcp --permanent

firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-port=9987/udp --permanent

firewall-cmd --reload