NOTE-1: I couldn't find a relevant area, since this applies to
both old
GoldSrc/HLDS and
Source/SRCDS dedicated servers (and to a limited extent perhaps
Source2/CS2 servers). I didn't think it would be appropriate to cross-post it in both HLDS and SRCDS areas, but only posting it in just one or the other felt "incomplete" also.
The Scripts and Guide:
I have cleaned-up / re-written and
published the Linux (bash) scripts that I use for setting-up and maintaining various game-servers. For anyone interested, I have created a Steam Community "Guide" about the scripts, how to download them, and how they work.
They are designed to make things a bit easier for those trying to host a bunch of dedicated game-servers on Linux (presumably Debian) hosts.
The Steam Community "Guide" is available here:
The scripts themselves are hosted-up in GitHub, in a
tar.gz file in this public repository:
NOTE-2: The intent with this stuff is
not to create a turn-key application that you can just install, configure and run. it's just about making the job easier and more consistent. There's lots of file/script editing involved in setting-up.
Example Virtual Machine:
I have also created and published an example
VMware Player virtual machine, that combines the scripts with some very basic example dedicated servers, and
Webmin to show the potential to make things easy, especially for relative Linux noobs - perhaps those moving over from hosting on Windows to Linux with just some minimal Linux knowledge. The 7-zipped copy of the VM is approximately
73-GB in size.
The example virtual machine may be downloaded from DropBox,
HERE
NOTE-3: Also working on maybe getting that example VM up into Bit-Torrent as well.
The
Webmin looks something like this:
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