In this tutorial I’ll explain how to setup a\u00a0Counter-Strike: Global Offensive<\/strong>\u00a0server. The steps in this guide were written for\u00a0CentOS 7<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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

Let’s make sure the system is fully updated before we start. We will also be creating a new user for the server. Remember to use a strong password.<\/p>\n

yum update\r\nyum upgrade -y\r\nadduser csgo\r\npasswd csgo\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
Open the necessary firewall ports.<\/p>\n
firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-port=27015\/tcp --permanent\r\nfirewall-cmd --zone=public --add-port=27015\/udp --permanent\r\nfirewall-cmd --reload\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
Install the required libs to run SteamCMD.<\/p>\n
yum install glibc.i686 libstdc++.i686 -y\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
Now, switch to the user that was just created.<\/p>\n
su csgo\r\ncd ~\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
Download the SteamCMD software.<\/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.<\/p>\n
.\/steamcmd.sh\r\nlogin anonymous\r\nforce_install_dir .\/csgo\r\napp_update 740 validate\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
When it says\u00a0Success! App '740' fully installed<\/code>, simply type\u00a0quit<\/code>\u00a0and press\u00a0enter<\/code>.<\/p>\n
Your server is now installed.<\/p>\n
Customizing the server<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Server customization is done by editing the file\u00a0server.cfg<\/code>.<\/p>\n
nano ~\/csgo\/csgo\/cfg\/server.cfg\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
Paste the following into\u00a0server.cfg<\/code>\u00a0and change\u00a0ServerName<\/code>\u00a0and\u00a0RconPassword<\/code>\u00a0to whatever you would like.<\/p>\n
hostname \"ServerName\"\r\nrcon_password RconPassword\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
Updating your server<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Need to update due to Steam Updates? Don’t worry! Use the script below to update your server in a single command.<\/p>\n
First, create the file\u00a0update_csgo.txt<\/code>.<\/p>\n
nano \/home\/csgo\/update_csgo.txt\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
Then populate it with the following:<\/p>\n
login anonymous\r\nforce_install_dir .\/csgo\r\napp_update 740\r\nquit\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
To update your server, all you need to do is run the following command.<\/p>\n
cd ~\r\n.\/steamcmd.sh +runscript update_csgo.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\/csgo\/csgo\/\r\nscreen -dmS csgo .\/srcds_run -game csgo -console -port 27015 +game_type 0 +game_mode 1 +mapgroup mg_bomb +map de_nuke -autoupdate\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
The server is now running in the background. To shut down the server, run the following command:<\/p>\n
screen -S  csgo -X quit\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
Enjoy your new\u00a0CS:GO<\/strong>\u00a0server!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","manualknowledgebasecat":[105,231,242],"manual_kb_tag":[152],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb\/2182"}],"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=2182"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb\/2182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2183,"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb\/2182\/revisions\/2183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"manualknowledgebasecat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manualknowledgebasecat?post=2182"},{"taxonomy":"manual_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb_tag?post=2182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}