[Ubuntu 16.04] How to install a Teamspeak 3 server

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

sudo apt-get update

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

wget https://zare.co.uk/downloads/ts3/teamspeak3-server_linux_amd64-3.0.12.2.tar.bz2

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

sudo tar xjf teamspeak3-server_linux_amd64-3.0.12.2.tar.bz2

Next we will need to create a user account with a disabled login to help the process of easy management for your server. (Press enter when prompted and Y)

sudo adduser --disabled-login teamspeak3

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

sudo mv teamspeak3-server_linux_amd64 /usr/local/teamspeak3

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

sudo chown -R teamspeak3 /usr/local/teamspeak3

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

nano /lib/systemd/system/teamspeak.service

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

systemctl --system daemon-reload

Enable the service

systemctl enable teamspeak.service

Then start the server for the first time using:

systemctl start teamspeak.service

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

cat /usr/local/teamspeak3/logs/ts3server_*

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