How To Install Starbound Server on CentOS 7

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In this tutorial, I’ll be explaining how to setup a Starbound server on CentOS 7.

Prerequisites

• You need to own this game on your Steam account.

Installing Starbound

Before starting, lets be sure that the system is up-to-date. Then we will create a new user for the server. When prompted, specify a strong, secure password for this user.

yum updateyum upgrade -yadduser starboundpasswd starbound

Let us also open the necessary firewall port.

firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-port=21025/tcp --permanentfirewall-cmd --reload

Install the system libraries needed to run SteamCMD.

yum install glibc.i686 libstdc++.i686 -y

Switch to the user account that was created earlier.

su starboundcd ~

Install the SteamCMD software.

wget https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/client/installer/steamcmd_linux.tar.gztar xf steamcmd_linux.tar.gz

Next, we will use SteamCMD to install the game server files. If your Steam account has Steam Guard enabled, you need to check your email inbox for the login code.

./steamcmd.shlogin YourAccount*input password and steam guard code*force_install_dir ./starboundapp_update 211820 validate

When the screen reads Success! App '211820' fully installed., simply type quit and press enter.

Your Starbound server is now installed.

Customizing the server

Server customization is done by editing the file sbboot.config. Only change the value after the colon :.

nano ~/starbound/linux64/sbboot.config

• On line 47, change A Starbound Server to the server name desired.
• On line 48, change 8 to the amount of slots desired.

Updating your server

First, create the file update_starbound.txt.

nano /home/starbound/update_starbound.txt

Populate it with the following contents.

login YourAccount YourPasswordforce_install_dir ./starboundapp_update 211820quit

You can update your server anytime using the following command. Please note that if you have Steam Guard enabled, you will need to enter the code again during the update process.

cd ~ && ./steamcmd.sh +runscript update_starbound.txt

Running your server

To start your server, run these commands.

cd /home/starbound/starbound/linux64screen -dmS starbound ./starbound_server 

Your server is now running in a screen session. You may shut it down anytime with the following command:

screen -S starbound -X quit

Enjoy your new Starbound server!

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