Starting your first server

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Starting your first server
Windows server

Learn how to start a Windows server following these simple steps.

Linux server

Learn how to start a Linux server following these simple steps.

  • 1. Open terminal.
  • 2. Locate the directory you want to extract the server
     cd /home/vcmpserver/
  • 3. Download the x64 server by pasting this in the terminal:
    wget https://s15.solidfilesusercontent.com/ZmZhODEzZjc0YTlmYTgxYmU1NjczMGYwNGFmZGMyZGQ5MjJiMTJjZToxWGt2SGE6TndoTW1hTF9jSGs3bVVObklsMUltMmlhZkJ3/d85d767723/vcmp04linux64.zip
Download the x86 server by pasting this in the terminal
wget https://s3.solidfilesusercontent.com/NDAwODdhNGRkNjI2MDFhMjAyZmMzM2QyMzllMmNhMGY1ZjNiNjU4ZDoxWGt2TGE6WkxpVC00Mk1WRTkxclVyMlBvemNjekFKdy1J/8d0f9b7fef/vcmp04linux32.zip
  • 4. Unzip the server by typing:
     unzip vcmp04linux64.zip
    For 32 bit:
     unzip vcmp04linux32.zip
  • 5. Open the server.conf file and change the server name using:
     nano server.conf
  • 6. Set permissions using
     chmod +x ./mpsvrrel64
    For 32 bit:
    .mpsvrrel64
  • 7. Run the server using
    ./mpsvrrel64
    For 32bit:
    ./mpsvrrel32
To keep the server running after closing the terminal we'll use screen:
screen ./mpsvrrel64
For 32 bit:
screen ./mpsvrrel32
IF YOU'RE THE ROOT USER USE
screen ./mpsvrrel64 -allow-server-runas-root

TO CREATE A NEW DIRECTORY: mkdir vcmpserver IF YOU CAN'T UNZIP: sudo apt-get install unzip