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Dedicated Linux server

2026-08-17T01:45:24Z

Breadd: /* Dependencies */ added 64-bit version of libcurl3-gnutls to ensure contributer/dev/playtester medals work in-game

{{Ambox|contents=This article is based on a guide written by Raizo, the original of which can be found [https://blog.raizo.dev/posts/tf2-classic-linux-server-tutorial/ here].}}

== Reading this article ==

A command prefixed by <code>#</code> is meant to be run as '''root'''.

A command prefixed by <code>$</code> is meant to be run as a '''regular user''' without root permissions. In this case the <code>srcds</code> user.

A command prefixed by <code>Steam></code> is meant to be run inside of a SteamCMD shell.

Some commands are listed in-line with the rest of a paragraph and lack this symbol, in which case you should run the command as whichever account you're currently logged in with.

== Prerequisites ==

* A Linux server running Ubuntu Server* on an amd64 CPU** with root access
* At least 25GB of free storage
* A minimum of a ten megabit upload speed if you intend on hosting a server over the Internet, more will be needed if you host custom content
* An opened port on your firewall for the server if you want a persistent IP address (unless using SDR, see [[#Enabling the Steam Datagram Relay|this section on enabling the Steam Datagram Relay]])
* ''Optional'': An SSH/SFTP client if doing remote access/file management

* This guide was written for and tested on Ubuntu Server 24.04 LTS Minimal. Other Linux distributions may use different package names and conventions.

**Architectures other than amd64 (including 32-bit x86) are unsupported. Compatibility layers like FEX or Box64 may not work or cause unexpected problems.

== Preparing for install ==

=== Dependencies ===

We'll need to install some required software and tools for our server first. Let's start with SteamCMD, which we'll use to download and update the server software.

Since SteamCMD is built for 32-bit, we'll need to enable 32-bit packages. We'll also add the <code>multiverse</code> repository which has SteamCMD.

<pre>
# add-apt-repository multiverse
# dpkg --add-architecture i386
# apt update
</pre>

Next, we'll install the <code>dialog</code> package so the Steam Subscriber Agreement dialog works, and then the rest of the packages we need.

<pre>
# apt install dialog
# apt install steamcmd p7zip aria2 tilde lib32z1 libbz2-1.0:i386 lib32gcc-s1 lib32stdc++6 libcurl3-gnutls:i386 libcurl3-gnutls libsdl2-2.0-0:i386 wget
</pre>

If your version of Ubuntu doesn't come with a text editor, you may install one now. For this guide we'll use <code>nano</code>.

<pre># apt install nano</pre>

=== Creating a user for the server ===

Pick a directory to install your server into. Many put it under a directory in <code>/opt</code>, but for this guide we'll be using <code>/home/srcds</code>.

Create a disabled user with a home directory.

<pre>
# useradd -s /bin/false -mr srcds
</pre>

<code>-m</code> creates a home directory for the new user, <code>-r</code> specifies that it's a system account that will not have a password, and <code>-s /bin/false</code> prevents the account from having a default shell.

=== Installing the live TF2 server ===

The live version of TF2's dedicated server is required to run a Classified server.

<pre>
# sudo -Hu srcds bash
$ cd ~
$ . /etc/environment
$ steamcmd
Steam>force_install_dir /home/srcds/tf
Steam>login anonymous
Steam>app_update 232250 validate
Steam>quit
</pre>

== Installing the dedicated server ==

Ensure you've quit SteamCMD before continuing.

<pre>
$ cd ~
$ . /etc/environment
$ steamcmd
Steam>force_install_dir /home/srcds/classified
Steam>login anonymous
Steam>app_update 3557020 validate
Steam>quit
</pre>

Before continuing, we'll need to symlink the install's <code>steamclient.so</code> to a special directory.

<pre>
$ mkdir -p ~/.steam/sdk64
$ ln -s ~/classified/linux64/steamclient.so ~/.steam/sdk64/
</pre>

=== Testing the server ===

Before proceeding, we can manually run the server to make sure the install was successful.

<pre>
$ cd ~/classified
$ ./srcds.sh -port 27015 -tf_path ~/tf +map ctf_2fort +sv_password changethis
</pre>

If all goes well, it should start and be accessible over the internet.

== Server configuration ==

For a basic, private server, you should only need to set a password in <code>classified/tf2classified/cfg/server.cfg</code> by appending the file with <code>sv_password yourpassword</code>.
You can also make it LAN-only by appending <code>sv_lan 1</code> in the same file.

If you want a more complicated setup, consider using [https://cfg.tf/ cfg.tf]. If you don't need this you can skip to the next section.

Make sure the server type is set to “Internet and LAN” if you want players outside your LAN to be able to join (you may need to port forward if you’re on consumer broadband or open ports on your firewall).

Upload the generated ZIP file to your server, perhaps using SFTP, and unzip the folder.

<pre>
$ cd /tmp
$ unzip $PATH_TO_ARCHIVE</pre>

And merge the <code>cfg</code> folder with <code>/home/srcds/classified/tf2classified/cfg</code>.

<pre>
$ rsync /tmp/cfg ~/classified/tf2classified/cfg
$ rm -rf /tmp/cfg
</pre>

== Managing the server via Systemd ==

Systemd is a program that will automatically handle things like logging, restarts, and starting your server when your machine boots. We'll use this to run our server, instead of manually running commands.

=== Creating an update script ===

We're going to create a script that will update the dedicated server for us instead of typing it out manually each time. Later, we'll optionally use this script to check and update our server automatically when the server starts.

First, let's create a directory for the script.

<pre>
$ mkdir ~/bin
$ nano ~/bin/update-classified.steamcmd
</pre>

Fill the file with the following contents:

<pre>
@ShutdownOnFailedCommand 1 //set to 0 if updating multiple servers at once
@NoPromptForPassword 1
force_install_dir /home/srcds/classified
login anonymous
app_update 3557020
quit
</pre>

You can execute this script manually by using the +runscript argument on SteamCMD.

<pre>
$ . /etc/environment
$ steamcmd +runscript /home/srcds/bin/update-classified.steamcmd
</pre>

Similarly, we will create one for the live TF2 server as that will need to be updated occasionally. We'll put
it at <code>/home/srcds/bin/update-tf.steamcmd</code>.

<pre>
@ShutdownOnFailedCommand 1 //set to 0 if updating multiple servers at once
@NoPromptForPassword 1
force_install_dir /home/srcds/tf
login anonymous
app_update 232250
quit
</pre>

=== Creating a service file ===

Create a service file in <code>/etc/systemd/system/</code> as root. For this guide we'll use <code>/etc/systemd/system/tf2c.service</code>.

<pre>
[Unit]
Description=TF2C Server
After=network-online.target
Wants=network-online.target

[Service]
Type=simple
User=srcds
StandardError=journal
StandardOutput=journal
WorkingDirectory=/home/srcds/classified
RemainAfterExit=no
ExecStartPre=-/usr/games/steamcmd +runscript /home/srcds/bin/update-tf.steamcmd
ExecStartPre=-/usr/games/steamcmd +runscript /home/srcds/bin/update-classified.steamcmd
Environment="LD_LIBRARY_PATH=".:bin/linux64:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH""
ExecStart=/usr/bin/script -e -c "/home/srcds/classified/srcds_linux64 -port 27015 -tf_path /home/srcds/tf +map ctf_2fort +maxplayers 24" /dev/null
TimeoutStartSec=infinity
Restart=always

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
</pre>

Then, enable the service to start with Systemd on boot.

<pre>
# systemctl enable tf2c.service
</pre>

You may create as many services as you have TF2C servers but remember to name the service files uniquely. When modifying existing service files, remember to run <code>systemctl daemon-reload</code> before restarting the service.

=== Automatic restarts using crontab ===

Cron is a program built into most Linux distros that runs scheduled commands.

As root, execute <code>crontab -e</code>. This will open a special file in your editor where you can declare what jobs you want to run and when. Let's add a job to run at 04:00 that will restart our server.

<pre>
0 4 * * * systemctl restart tf2c.service
</pre>

=== Manually managing services ===

If you don't wish to use the service files above to automatically boot servers, or you need to perform these actions for maintenance: you may issue commands to manually ''start'', ''stop'', ''restart'', or ''update'' the server(s) through systemd.

<pre>
# systemctl restart tf2c # in case you need to restart manually or to grab updates!!
# systemctl stop tf2c # in case you need to stop the server manually
# systemctl start tf2c # in case you need to start the server manually
# systemctl disable tf2c # in case you need to stop the server from booting as your system initializes
# systemctl enable tf2c # in case you need to start the server to boot as your system initializes
</pre>

== Extras ==

=== Enabling the Steam Datagram Relay ===

Servers can use the Steam Datagram Relay. It masks your server's IP address, helps prevent DDoS attacks, and allows you to run a server without port forwarding or configuring firewalls. However, this comes at the cost of added latency and using ephemeral IP addresses for your server, the latter breaking server favoriting and IP bans.

You can enable this by adding <code>sv_use_steam_networking 1</code> to <code>classified/tf2classified/cfg/default.cfg</code>.

If you want your server to appear on the server browser with SDR enabled you will need to supply a GLST token. You can acquire a key by going to [https://steamcommunity.com/dev/managegameservers this page]. Once you've got it, put <code>sv_setsteamaccount $KEY</code> in your configuration, replacing $KEY with the token from the page.

=== Installing SourceMod ===

SourceMod is a server modding platform that provides admin tools, permissions, and plugin support. Installing it is strongly recommended if you plan to run a public-facing server.

You'll need to install the '''a development version''' of SourceMod, as well as MetaMod which SourceMod depends on to work. '''It will not work with stable releases currently'''. As of writing this article, the latest known working development build is 7301 and 1389 respectively.

<pre>
$ cd ~
$ wget https://mms.alliedmods.net/mmsdrop/2.0/mmsource-2.0.0-git1389-linux.tar.gz -O /tmp/mm.tar.gz
$ wget https://sm.alliedmods.net/smdrop/1.13/sourcemod-1.13.0-git7301-linux.tar.gz -O /tmp/sm.tar.gz
$ tar -xf /tmp/mm.tar.gz
$ tar -xf /tmp/sm.tar.gz
$ mv addons ~/classified/tf2classified
$ mv cfg/sourcemod ~/classified/tf2classified/cfg
$ rm -r cfg
$ rm /tmp/mm.tar.gz
$ rm /tmp/sm.tar.gz
</pre>

Once the server starts it should work. A good way to test if everything is running properly is to use the <code>!motd</code> command in chat. If the MOTD pops up after the command that means SourceMod is working. For further information on setting up SourceMod, read [https://wiki.alliedmods.net/Category:SourceMod_Documentation the documentation].

Existing SourceMod plugins are not guaranteed to work and may require special steps or patching to get working.

==== Installing the patched TF2 Tools extension ====

Many plugins depend on the built-in TF2 Tools extension that comes with Sourcemod. This isn't compatible with TF2C. Instead, we can use a patched version of the extension which enables the use of many plugins.

There's currently no public download link for this extension. After joining the Team Fortress 2 Classified Discord server you can find the files you need in [https://discordapp.com/channels/196337717267791874/1011914229307166780/1467172013637636327 this message]. Specifically, you need <code>game.tf2.ext.2.tf2.so</code> and <code>sm-tf2.games.txt</code>.

Next we'll add both the gamedata file and the plugin to our installation.

<pre>
$ mv $WHEREVER_YOU_PUT_IT/sm-tf2.games.txt ~/classified/tf2classified/addons/gamedata/custom/sm-tf2.games.txt
$ mv $WHEREVER_YOU_PUT_IT/game.tf2.ext.2.tf2.so ~/classified/tf2classified/addons/extensions/x64
</pre>

Finally, create an empty file so that the extension is automatically loaded.

<pre>
$ touch ~/classified/tf2classified/addons/sourcemod/extensions/game.tf2.autoload
</pre>

== Troubleshooting ==

=== Sounds are missing/only stock weapons are usable ===

This is likely due to a problem with <code>libvstdlib.so</code>. It's possible it wasn't updated or is corrupted. Validate your install.

<pre>
$ cd ~
$ . /etc/environment
$ steamcmd
Steam>force_install_dir /home/srcds/classified
Steam>login anonymous
Steam>app_update 3557020 validate
Steam>quit
</pre>

=== Server not showing up on the server browser while using SDR ===

This is likely happening because you enabled use of the SDR but didn't supply a game key. Read [[#Enabling the Steam Datagram Relay|the last paragraph of this section]] for more information.

=== Server using high levels of CPU when ran via the service file ===

The service file included in this guide has a workaround for Source servers refusing to log without a TTY present. There has been at least one report of this causing unusually high CPU usage. It's believed this happens on servers with slower SSDs and spinning hard drives. You can disable it, but it will mean there will be no journald logs for your server and you can't use features like Systemd sockets.

To disable it, unwrap the <code>srcds_linux64</code> command from <code>script</code>.

<pre>ExecStart=/usr/bin/script -e -c "/home/srcds/classified/srcds_linux64 -port 27015 -tf_path /home/srcds/tf +map ctf_2fort +maxplayers 24" /dev/null</pre>
<pre>ExecStart=/home/srcds/classified/srcds_linux64 -port 27015 -tf_path /home/srcds/tf +map ctf_2fort +maxplayers 24</pre>

=== SourceMod extensions doesn't load with "Extension version is too new/old to load" error ===

Depending on what version of SourceMod you have installed you will either need to install the extension API 8 or API 9 version of extensions. Sourcemod 1.13 v7354 bumped the extension API number, which breaks extensions built for older versions.

If it complains about the extension being too new, you'll probably need to install the API 8 version. If it complains about the extension being too old then you'll probably need to install the API 9 version.

The patched TF2 Tools extension has builds for both extension API versions in the pinned message. However, an API 9 build is not available for Windows as of writing.

[[Category:Guides]]

Dedicated legacy Linux server extras

2025-04-24T17:31:15Z

Breadd: Added info to disable sourcemod gamedata auto update

''Note: This guide was adapted and revised from a guide written by Raizo, the original of which can be found here: https://iraizo.github.io/tf2-classic-sourcemod-setup/''

== SourceMod+Metamod setup ==

SourceMod+Metamod is powerful administrator tool for dedicated server owners and operators. SourceMod lets you add administrators easily based on SteamID, control and authenticate to the server securely and even add additional functionality to everyone on server like extended map voting functionality.

SourceMod isn’t necessarily drag-and-drop like supported SM games are such as live TF2 and CS:Source due to this simply being a mod built off of Source SDK 2013 with things like a different game name (<code>tf2classic</code>), offsets, signatures, etc.

While the process of getting SM to work isn’t that hard, generic source server guides do not cover few unique factors that come with setting up fully working MM+SM for mods like TF2 Classic.

=== Prerequisites ===
This guide assumes you already have a dedicated Linux server installed that can run without issues. If not you should follow [[Dedicated Linux server|this guide]] to setup your server first.

This guide will use the same example install path as the main setup guide, so feel free to follow this guide directly if you use the same directory too <code>/opt/tf2classic/server/</code>, sometimes just <code>../server/</code>. Otherwise remember to use your own path instead.

=== Getting SourceMod and MetaMod ===
Visit the Stable builds section of [https://www.sourcemod.net/downloads.php?branch=stable sourcemod.net] and grab the latest Linux build and upload it to your server using SFTP. If you do not have SFTP on your server, download it to your server using wget or similar tool.

Using Terminal or SSH instead of SFTP, first navigate to your server tf2classic folder, following example location from [[Dedicated Linux server|Dedicated Server Setup Guide]], you would navigate to <code>/opt/tf2classic/server/tf2classic/</code> first.
 Then you can run wget to download SourceMod archive to your current directory:

<code><nowiki>$ wget https://sm.alliedmods.net/smdrop/1.11/sourcemod-1.11.0-git6917-linux.tar.gz</nowiki></code>

You’ll also need stable [https://www.sourcemm.net/downloads.php?branch=stable Metamod:Source]. Download it with one of the ways you did.

<code><nowiki>$ wget https://mms.alliedmods.net/mmsdrop/1.11/mmsource-1.11.0-git1148-linux.tar.gz</nowiki></code>

''These links in wget examples may be outdated. You can check both SourceMod & metamod:source downloads page for the newest version and replace any outdated URL's from there.''

You can now extract both inside your <code>tf2classic</code> folder:

<code><nowiki>$</nowiki> tar -xf sourcemod-1.11.0-git6917-linux.tar.gz</code> 
<code><nowiki>$</nowiki> tar -xf mmsource-1.11.0-git1148-linux.tar.gz</code>

You can delete the archive files after the extracted files are in correct place.

<code><nowiki>$</nowiki> rem sourcemod-1.11.0-git6917-linux.tar.gz</code> 
<code><nowiki>$</nowiki> rem mmsource-1.11.0-git1148-linux.tar.gz</code>

=== Replacing <code>metamod.vdf</code> ===
Correct <code>metamod.vdf</code> is necessary for metamod:source to start correctly. Since this is a third party mod, we can use a web tool to generate a custom metamod.vdf file that points to <code>tf2classic</code>. Otherwise, we create one from scratch in text editor.

You should navigate to your <code>../server/tf2classic/addons/</code>.

You can now delete <code>metamod.vdf</code> and <code>metamod_x64.vdf</code> in this directory. No need to back up these or anything, they are less than useless for TF2C server.

<code><nowiki>$</nowiki> rem metamod.vdf</code> 
<code><nowiki>$</nowiki> rem metamod_x64.vdf</code>

Head over to [https://www.sourcemm.net/vdf sourcemm.net/vdf].
You’re going to leave the “Game:” blank, or as “—”. In the “Game Folder” box, enter <code>tf2classic</code>. After downloading generated file with these variables, use SFTP to transfer it to your server's <code>../server/tf2classic/addons/</code> directory.

If you currently do not have SFTP available on your game server, you can alternatively do everything from Command Line/SSH, provided you have a text editor like <code>nano</code> installed.

Make sure that you are working in <code>../server/tf2classic/addons</code> directory.

First create a <code>metamod.vdf</code> file in this directory with following command:

<code><nowiki>$</nowiki> touch metamod.vdf</code>

Followed by opening the file in your favorite command line text editor, <code>nano</code> in this example:

<code><nowiki>$</nowiki> nano metamod.vdf</code>

And type in the following to this blank file:

<nowiki>"Plugin"
{
"file" "../tf2classic/addons/metamod/bin/server"
}</nowiki>

before saving and exitting.

===Importing custom gamedata===
To fix many functions of SourceMod when running under Team Fortress 2 Classic, we need to import custom gamedata.
 Move first to work under <code>../server/tf2classic/</code> directory. (<code>/opt/tf2classic/server/tf2classic/</code>)

If you are working with Ubuntu Server, you might have <code>git</code> installed. Try first the following command:

<code><nowiki>$</nowiki> git clone <nowiki>https://github.com/tf2classic/SM-TF2Classic-Tools.git</nowiki></code>

If you do not have <code>git</code>, download the repo with wget directly:

<code><nowiki>$</nowiki> <nowiki>wget https://github.com/tf2classic/SM-TF2Classic-Tools/archive/master.zip</nowiki></code>

Then unzip it:

<code><nowiki>$</nowiki> unzip master.zip</code>

<code>cd</code> into the directory, being either <code>SM-TF2Classic-Tools</code> or <code>SM-TF2Classic-Tools-master</code> depending on how you downloaded it.
 Run the following command to copy <code>sourcemod</code> directory to your server's <code>addons</code> folder:

<code><nowiki>$</nowiki> cp -r sourcemod/ ../addons/</code>

Then, we need to stop sourcemod from auto-updating its gamedata. Locate the sourcemod <code>core.cfg</code> config file (located in <code>addons/configs</code>) and change:

<code>"DisableAutoUpdate" "no"</code>

to

<code>"DisableAutoUpdate" "yes"</code>

Now we have the necessary gamedata for plugins and core SM and MM functions to work with TF2C.

===Setting yourself as the “root” admin user and finalizing.===

To register yourself as an administrator on your server's SourceMod, we have to add people to <code>admins_simple.ini</code> file.

You want to find out your and/or your to-be administrator's SteamID using a website like [https://steamid.io/ steamid.io]. Enter your steam community URL to the site and you should get set of info that includes your <code>steamID</code>, which should be in <code>STEAM_0:1:16</code> format.

Open the file <code>../server/tf2classic/addons/sourcemod/configs/admins_simple.ini</code> with a text editor, <code>nano</code> for example. The file will be full of guidance and additional information about how the file works after slashes. Do not worry about leaving it all in as every line beginning with number of slashes are simply ignored, so this filled looking file is empty as it comes to how SourceMod handles it. Punch a new line at the bottom of this file and enter the following:
<code>"STEAM_0:1:16" "99:z"</code>

Replace <code>STEAM_0:1:16</code> with your own or your master administrator's steamID that you extracted with afformentioned [https://steamid.io steamid.io] for example. "99:z" in this case assigns high immunity level and root (full) access for administration and server control. You can add more people to <code>admins_simple.ini</code> file but you should limit their access to the server appropriately by using examples within the file itself and documentation from SourceMod's wiki: https://wiki.alliedmods.net/Adding_Admins_(SourceMod)

Save, exit and start/restart your server and everything should be running fine. You can test this by typing <code>meta version</code> in your server console (or RCON). You should see a line like <code>"Loaded As: Valve Server Plugin."</code>. Additionally, if you assigned yourself as an administrator for the server, typing <code>!admin</code> or <code>/admin</code> in chat should bring up administrative menu on player hud. <code>sm_admin</code> should additionally work when typed in to your client console window, and you can use <code>sm_rcon</code> to use SourceMod to relay any console command to the server, if you set yourself up with <code>z</code> flag.

Further tweaking of SourceMod to suit your needs is out of scope for this guide. You can get familiar with SourceMod's other functions and configuration in their wiki: [https://wiki.alliedmods.net/Category:SourceMod_Documentation wiki.alliedmods.net/Category:SourceMod_Documentation]

Additionally, if you have setup RCON on your server before setting up SourceMod, you should disable it by wiping <code>rcon_password ""</code> empty in <code>server.cfg</code>. After it is working, using SourceMod and <code>sm_rcon</code> for RCON commands is more secure for publicly hosted servers.

[[Category:Guides]]

Dedicated legacy Linux server extras

2025-04-06T00:37:38Z

Breadd: Update the tf2classic tools sourcemod plugin link to the newer maintained version

''Note: This guide was adapted and revised from a guide written by Raizo, the original of which can be found here: https://iraizo.github.io/tf2-classic-sourcemod-setup/''

== SourceMod+Metamod setup ==

SourceMod+Metamod is powerful administrator tool for dedicated server owners and operators. SourceMod lets you add administrators easily based on SteamID, control and authenticate to the server securely and even add additional functionality to everyone on server like extended map voting functionality.

SourceMod isn’t necessarily drag-and-drop like supported SM games are such as live TF2 and CS:Source due to this simply being a mod built off of Source SDK 2013 with things like a different game name (<code>tf2classic</code>), offsets, signatures, etc.

While the process of getting SM to work isn’t that hard, generic source server guides do not cover few unique factors that come with setting up fully working MM+SM for mods like TF2 Classic.

=== Prerequisites ===
This guide assumes you already have a dedicated Linux server installed that can run without issues. If not you should follow [[Dedicated Linux server|this guide]] to setup your server first.

This guide will use the same example install path as the main setup guide, so feel free to follow this guide directly if you use the same directory too <code>/opt/tf2classic/server/</code>, sometimes just <code>../server/</code>. Otherwise remember to use your own path instead.

=== Getting SourceMod and MetaMod ===
Visit the Stable builds section of [https://www.sourcemod.net/downloads.php?branch=stable sourcemod.net] and grab the latest Linux build and upload it to your server using SFTP. If you do not have SFTP on your server, download it to your server using wget or similar tool.

Using Terminal or SSH instead of SFTP, first navigate to your server tf2classic folder, following example location from [[Dedicated Linux server|Dedicated Server Setup Guide]], you would navigate to <code>/opt/tf2classic/server/tf2classic/</code> first.
 Then you can run wget to download SourceMod archive to your current directory:

<code><nowiki>$ wget https://sm.alliedmods.net/smdrop/1.11/sourcemod-1.11.0-git6917-linux.tar.gz</nowiki></code>

You’ll also need stable [https://www.sourcemm.net/downloads.php?branch=stable Metamod:Source]. Download it with one of the ways you did.

<code><nowiki>$ wget https://mms.alliedmods.net/mmsdrop/1.11/mmsource-1.11.0-git1148-linux.tar.gz</nowiki></code>

''These links in wget examples may be outdated. You can check both SourceMod & metamod:source downloads page for the newest version and replace any outdated URL's from there.''

You can now extract both inside your <code>tf2classic</code> folder:

<code><nowiki>$</nowiki> tar -xf sourcemod-1.11.0-git6917-linux.tar.gz</code> 
<code><nowiki>$</nowiki> tar -xf mmsource-1.11.0-git1148-linux.tar.gz</code>

You can delete the archive files after the extracted files are in correct place.

<code><nowiki>$</nowiki> rem sourcemod-1.11.0-git6917-linux.tar.gz</code> 
<code><nowiki>$</nowiki> rem mmsource-1.11.0-git1148-linux.tar.gz</code>

=== Replacing <code>metamod.vdf</code> ===
Correct <code>metamod.vdf</code> is necessary for metamod:source to start correctly. Since this is a third party mod, we can use a web tool to generate a custom metamod.vdf file that points to <code>tf2classic</code>. Otherwise, we create one from scratch in text editor.

You should navigate to your <code>../server/tf2classic/addons/</code>.

You can now delete <code>metamod.vdf</code> and <code>metamod_x64.vdf</code> in this directory. No need to back up these or anything, they are less than useless for TF2C server.

<code><nowiki>$</nowiki> rem metamod.vdf</code> 
<code><nowiki>$</nowiki> rem metamod_x64.vdf</code>

Head over to [https://www.sourcemm.net/vdf sourcemm.net/vdf].
You’re going to leave the “Game:” blank, or as “—”. In the “Game Folder” box, enter <code>tf2classic</code>. After downloading generated file with these variables, use SFTP to transfer it to your server's <code>../server/tf2classic/addons/</code> directory.

If you currently do not have SFTP available on your game server, you can alternatively do everything from Command Line/SSH, provided you have a text editor like <code>nano</code> installed.

Make sure that you are working in <code>../server/tf2classic/addons</code> directory.

First create a <code>metamod.vdf</code> file in this directory with following command:

<code><nowiki>$</nowiki> touch metamod.vdf</code>

Followed by opening the file in your favorite command line text editor, <code>nano</code> in this example:

<code><nowiki>$</nowiki> nano metamod.vdf</code>

And type in the following to this blank file:

<nowiki>"Plugin"
{
"file" "../tf2classic/addons/metamod/bin/server"
}</nowiki>

before saving and exitting.

===Importing custom gamedata===
To fix many functions of SourceMod when running under Team Fortress 2 Classic, we need to import custom gamedata.
 Move first to work under <code>../server/tf2classic/</code> directory. (<code>/opt/tf2classic/server/tf2classic/</code>)

If you are working with Ubuntu Server, you might have <code>git</code> installed. Try first the following command:

<code><nowiki>$</nowiki> git clone <nowiki>https://github.com/tf2classic/SM-TF2Classic-Tools.git</nowiki></code>

If you do not have <code>git</code>, download the repo with wget directly:

<code><nowiki>$</nowiki> <nowiki>wget https://github.com/tf2classic/SM-TF2Classic-Tools/archive/master.zip</nowiki></code>

Then unzip it:

<code><nowiki>$</nowiki> unzip master.zip</code>

<code>cd</code> into the directory, being either <code>SM-TF2Classic-Tools</code> or <code>SM-TF2Classic-Tools-master</code> depending on how you downloaded it.
 Run the following command to copy <code>sourcemod</code> directory to your server's <code>addons</code> folder:

<code><nowiki>$</nowiki> cp -r sourcemod/ ../addons/</code>

Now we have the necessary gamedata for plugins and core SM and MM functions to work with TF2C.

===Setting yourself as the “root” admin user and finalizing.===

To register yourself as an administrator on your server's SourceMod, we have to add people to <code>admins_simple.ini</code> file.

You want to find out your and/or your to-be administrator's SteamID using a website like [https://steamid.io/ steamid.io]. Enter your steam community URL to the site and you should get set of info that includes your <code>steamID</code>, which should be in <code>STEAM_0:1:16</code> format.

Open the file <code>../server/tf2classic/addons/sourcemod/configs/admins_simple.ini</code> with a text editor, <code>nano</code> for example. The file will be full of guidance and additional information about how the file works after slashes. Do not worry about leaving it all in as every line beginning with number of slashes are simply ignored, so this filled looking file is empty as it comes to how SourceMod handles it. Punch a new line at the bottom of this file and enter the following:
<code>"STEAM_0:1:16" "99:z"</code>

Replace <code>STEAM_0:1:16</code> with your own or your master administrator's steamID that you extracted with afformentioned [https://steamid.io steamid.io] for example. "99:z" in this case assigns high immunity level and root (full) access for administration and server control. You can add more people to <code>admins_simple.ini</code> file but you should limit their access to the server appropriately by using examples within the file itself and documentation from SourceMod's wiki: https://wiki.alliedmods.net/Adding_Admins_(SourceMod)

Save, exit and start/restart your server and everything should be running fine. You can test this by typing <code>meta version</code> in your server console (or RCON). You should see a line like <code>"Loaded As: Valve Server Plugin."</code>. Additionally, if you assigned yourself as an administrator for the server, typing <code>!admin</code> or <code>/admin</code> in chat should bring up administrative menu on player hud. <code>sm_admin</code> should additionally work when typed in to your client console window, and you can use <code>sm_rcon</code> to use SourceMod to relay any console command to the server, if you set yourself up with <code>z</code> flag.

Further tweaking of SourceMod to suit your needs is out of scope for this guide. You can get familiar with SourceMod's other functions and configuration in their wiki: [https://wiki.alliedmods.net/Category:SourceMod_Documentation wiki.alliedmods.net/Category:SourceMod_Documentation]

Additionally, if you have setup RCON on your server before setting up SourceMod, you should disable it by wiping <code>rcon_password ""</code> empty in <code>server.cfg</code>. After it is working, using SourceMod and <code>sm_rcon</code> for RCON commands is more secure for publicly hosted servers.

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