VPS FAQ and Tutorials

In this tutorial, we are going to see how to install a Garry's Mod server with Debian 8 (64Bits).

You should have a VPS GAME-8 Server at least to play in optimum conditions.

Dependancies

Execute this command to install all required dependancies :

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386; sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install mailutils postfix curl wget file gzip bzip2 bsdmainutils python util-linux tmux lib32gcc1 libstdc++6 libstdc++6:i386 lib32tinfo5

Installation

Execute this command to create an user :

adduser gmodserver

Choose your password and skip details with your Enter key.

Connect as gmodserver :

su - gmodserver

Now, download server script :

wget https://gameservermanagers.com/dl/gmodserver

Make it executable :

chmod +x gmodserver

Launch the install (It can take a few minutes):

./gmodserver install

Commands

Basic Commands

Commands list :

./gmodserver

Start server :

./gmodserver start

Stop server :

./gmodserver stop

Restart server :

./gmodserver restart

Console (Use Ctrl+B then D to exit, Ctrl+C stop the server):

./gmodserver console

Update

Update (if needed) :

./gmodserver update

Force Update :

./gmodserver force-update

Verify server files :

./gmodserver validate

Debug

Get server informations :

./gmodserver details

Debug mode :

./gmodserver debug

Backup

Create a server backup (gzip) :

./gmodserver backup

Script from : gameservermanagers.