In this tutorial, I’ll be explaining how to to setup a\u00a07 Days<\/strong>\u00a0to Die server on\u00a0CentOS 7<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Prerequisites<\/strong><\/h3>\n

You need to own this game on your Steam account.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Let’s make sure the system is fully updated before we start. Then we’ll be creating a new user for the server. Make sure to use a tough password.<\/p>\n

yum update\r\nyum upgrade -y\r\nadduser 7d2d\r\npasswd 7d2d\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
Let us also open the necessary firewall ports.<\/p>\n
firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-port=26900\/tcp --permanent\r\nfirewall-cmd --zone=public --add-port=26900\/udp --permanent\r\nfirewall-cmd --reload\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
Install the required libs to run\u00a0SteamCMD<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
yum install glibc.i686 libstdc++.i686 -y\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
Now, let’s switch to the user that we have just created.<\/p>\n
su 7d2d\r\ncd ~\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
Time to download\u00a0SteamCMD<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
wget https:\/\/steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net\/client\/installer\/steamcmd_linux.tar.gz\r\ntar xf steamcmd_linux.tar.gz\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
Now we have to run SteamCMD and install the server files. Please note, if you have Steam Guard enabled, you have to check your email for the code to login.<\/p>\n
.\/steamcmd.sh\r\nlogin YourAccount\r\n*enter your password and steam guard code if necessary*\r\n\r\nforce_install_dir .\/7d2d\r\napp_update 294420 validate\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
The server software is now installed.<\/p>\n
Customizing The Server<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Want to customize the name, description and perhaps the slots of the server?<\/p>\n
To change the name of your server, edit the file\u00a0serverconfig.xml<\/code>.<\/p>\n
nano serverconfig.xml\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
Only<\/strong>\u00a0change the value inside the\u00a0value=\"\"<\/code>\u00a0part.<\/p>\n
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On line 5, change\u00a0My Game Host<\/code>\u00a0to whatever you want.<\/li>\n
On line 7, change\u00a08<\/code>\u00a0to the amount of slots you want. Max slots is\u00a032<\/code>.<\/li>\n
On line 8, change\u00a0A 7 Days to Die server<\/code>\u00a0to the description of your choice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Updating Your Server<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Need to update due to Steam Updates? Don’t worry! With this simple script, you can update your server in just one command.<\/p>\n
Let’s create the file\u00a0update_7d2d.txt<\/code>\u00a0first.<\/p>\n
nano \/home\/7d2d\/update_7d2d.txt\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
Then, paste the following:<\/p>\n
login YourUser YourPassword\r\nforce_install_dir .\/7d2d\r\napp_update 294420\r\nquit\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
And now to update your server, all you have to do is run the following command:<\/p>\n
cd ~\r\n.\/steamcmd.sh +runscript update_7d2d.txt\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
Running Your Server<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Navigate to the following folder and run your server.<\/p>\n
cd \/home\/7d2d\/7d2d\/\r\nscreen -dmS 7d2d .\/startserver.sh -configfile=serverconfig.xml\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
The server is now running in the background. To shut down the server, run the following command:<\/p>\n
pkill 7Days\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
Enjoy your new 7D2D server!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","manualknowledgebasecat":[105,231],"manual_kb_tag":[150],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb\/2178"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/manual_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2178"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb\/2178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2179,"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb\/2178\/revisions\/2179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"manualknowledgebasecat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manualknowledgebasecat?post=2178"},{"taxonomy":"manual_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb_tag?post=2178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}