Teamspeak Server Configuration

Teamspeak 2

Install & Configure Teamspeak 2 (Windows)

• Download and install Teamspeak Server 2.0.23.19 [1]
• Download updated binary 2.0.24.1 from the link above and overwrite server_windows.exe in your installation folder.
• Run the Teamspeak server. A window with the superadmin password will be shown. Copy it and store it in a safe place.
• Log in to your control panel.
• Go to System > General Settings > Teamspeak Servers > New.
• Select version 2, enter a name, hostname or IP, superadmin login and password.
• Select the Service Settings tab.
• Check "Run as a TCAdmin service"
• Server : Select the server where the Teamspeak server is located.
• Teamspeak Executable : Enter the full path to server_windows.exe. For example c:\Program Files\Teamspeak2_RC2\server_windows.exe
• Click on Save.
• Click on Test Connection to confirm that it works.

Install & Configure Teamspeak 2 (Linux)

• Download and extract Teamspeak Server 2.0.23.19 [2]

su tcadmin
cd /home/tcadmin
wget ftp://ftp.freenet.de/pub/4players/teamspeak.org/releases/ts2_server_rc2_202319.tar.bz2
tar ts2_server_rc2_202319.tar.bz2
cd tss2_rc2

• Download updated binary 2.0.24.1 from the link above and overwrite server_linux in your installation folder.

rm server_linux
wget ftp://ftp.freenet.de/pub/4players/teamspeak.org/developer/server/202401/server_linux
chmod +x server_linux

• Run the Teamspeak server. You should see the superadmin password in the console. Copy it and store it in a safe place.

./server_linux

• Enter quit to close the Teamspeak console.
• Log in to your control panel.
• Go to System > General Settings > Teamspeak Servers > New.
• Select version 2, enter a name, hostname or IP, superadmin login and password.
• Select the Service Settings tab.
• Check "Run as a TCAdmin service"
• Teamspeak Executable : Enter the full path to server_linux. For example /home/tcadmin/tss2_rc/server_linux
• Click on Save then click on Cancel.
• The service will be stopped. Start it.
• Select the Teamspeak server that you created and click on Test Connection to confirm that it works.

Teamspeak 3

Install & Configure Teamspeak 3 (Windows)

• Download the Teamspeak 3 Server [3] and extract to C:\
• Run ts3server_winXX.exe. A window with the serveradmin password will be shown. Copy it and store it in a safe place.
• Log in to your control panel.
• Go to System > General Settings > Teamspeak Servers > New.
• Select version 3, enter a name, hostname or IP, serveradmin login and password.
• Select the Service Settings tab.
• Check "Run as a TCAdmin service"
• Server : Select the server where the Teamspeak server is located.
• Teamspeak Executable : Enter the full path to ts3server_winXX.exe. For example c:\teamspeak3-server_winXX\ts3server_winXX.exe
• Click on Save.
• Click on Test Connection to confirm that it works.

Install & Configure Teamspeak 3 (Linux)

• Download and extract Teamspeak Server 3 [4]

su tcadmin
cd /home/tcadmin
wget url_to_ts3_server
tar xjvf downloaded_file
cd teamspeak3-server_linux-XXXX

• Run the Teamspeak server. You should see the serveradmin password in the console. Copy it and store it in a safe place.

./ts3server_minimal_runscript.sh

• Stop the Teamspeak server. Edit the file query_ip_whitelist.txt and add your server's IPs to the list. Save and restart the Teamspeak server.
• Log in to your control panel.
• Go to System > General Settings > Teamspeak Servers > New.
• Select version 3, enter a name, hostname or IP, serveradmin login and password.
• Select the Service Settings tab.
• Check "Run as a TCAdmin service"
• Teamspeak Executable : Enter the full path to server_linux. For example /home/tcadmin/teamspeak3-server_linux-XXXX/ts3server_minimal_runscript.sh
• Click on Save.
• Click on Test Connection to confirm that it works.

Teamspeak Browser

• Use the Teamspeak browser to manage virtual servers even if they are not assigned to a user.

Assign Existing Virtual Server to a User

To assign a virtual server select it from the list. On the right select the user from the list and click on Apply.

Move Player to Different Channel

To move a player to a different channel drag its icon to that channel.

Running Teamspeak as a Non-Root User

• First make sure you can run the TS server manually with the non-root user.
• Get the TS3 service id. You can find it by running the service browser.

cd /home/tcadmin/Monitor
./servicebrowser

• Create the file /home/tcadmin/Monitor/Services/ServiceId/User.config with the following. Replace tcagame with the user that will run the ts server.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16" standalone="yes"?>
<values>
  <add key="Service.User" value="tcagame" type="System.String,mscorlib" />
</values>

• Restart the service from the control panel or from the service browser and it should start as the new user.