More RAM is recommended for larger maps, higher player counts, or complex gamemodes. 2GB RAM + 1GB RAM per each additional server.Recommend not running on "minimal" images as some tools are missing. Ubuntu 15.04 x86 is known to fail to install using this guide. Ubuntu 18.04 x86_64, Ubuntu 19/04 amd64, Ubuntu 20.04, and Rocky Linux 8 are confirmed working. This can be running as a VM under windows, but this will increase the complexity of the setup beyond this guide. Pavlovserver can only be hosted under Linux. If you don't want to go through the hassle yourself and want to pay for a hosting service Arctic VR (PC and Shack) and Horde (Shack) provide a server hosting services and are trusted in the community. If you don't have a team, discord community, or group of friends ready to play on your server, chances are it will go unused.
If you are new to linux and accessing your server from Windows, highly suggest using MobaXterm as your SSH client as that can make required editing of text files easier using built in editor instead of the native linux command line editors.Īnd finally, ask yourself why you want to setup a server? If you look at the list, there are many, many more servers than players. Suggest using nano and reading guide here Editing text files via commandline is often a challenge. If you have no experience using bash, maybe start here. This guide assumes you know the basics of using a bash terminal: ssh'ing into a server, running bash commands, editing text files, etc. If you are considering hosting from home, please read that section of the wiki first. Possible to run with other distros, but some of the commands won't work and you will need to know enough to figure out the software install of dependencies on your own. There are no Windows binaries, this guide is written exclusively for Linux, and covers Ubuntu/Debian/Debian-like and Red Hat RPM-based distros. 4.3 Map wont load when running in a container.4.2 Map wont load (kicks to datacenter).3.2 Starting server in competitive mode.3.1 Running multiple servers on one host.2.5 Tips on developing apps to use RCON.2.2 Tools available to access Rcon interface.1.6 Supervising the server using systemd.1.3.4 Adding Shack Maps over Command Line Interface.1.2.2 System setup and software installation.1.1.2.7 Amazon Web Services (30 day free credit available).