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Introduction

TeamSpeak is a proprietary cross-platform voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) software popularly used by gaming and tech communities. This tutorial explains how to install TeamSpeak 3 server on Ubuntu 20.04.

Prerequisites

Before you begin the tutorial, you should:

• Deploy a new Ubuntu 20.04 Vultr cloud server.
• Update the server.
• Create a non-root user with sudo privileges.
• Log in to your server as a non-root user.
• Open UDP Port 9987 and TCP Port 30033 on your Vultr firewall or ufw.

Installation

1. Create a separate user to run TeamSpeak server. In this tutorial ‘teamspeak’ is the username, you may choose any desired username.

    $ sudo adduser --disabled-login teamspeak

2. Switch to teamspeak user.

    $ sudo su teamspeak

3. Download the latest version of the TeamSpeak server. Check TeamSpeak’s official website for the latest Linux Server 64-bit version and replace the version number in the URL below.

    $ wget https://files.teamspeak-services.com/releases/server/3.13.6/teamspeak3-server_linux_amd64-3.13.6.tar.bz2

4. Extract the downloaded archive.

    $ tar xvfj teamspeak3-server_linux_amd64-*.tar.bz2

5. Copy all contents from the extracted directory to the teamspeak user home directory.

    $ cp teamspeak3-server_linux_amd64/* -R /home/teamspeak/

   The download file is no longer required. You may delete it.

    $ rm teamspeak3-server_linux_amd64-*.tar.bz2

6. Accept the license agreement by creating a license file.

    $ touch /home/teamspeak/.ts3server_license_accepted

7. Exit from teamspeak user session.

    $ exit

   The shell prompt returns to non-root sudo user session.

8. Create a systemd service file to make Teamspeak run on boot.

    $ sudo nano /lib/systemd/system/ts3server.service

   Add the folowing lines and save the file:

    [Unit]
    Description=TeamSpeak 3 Server
    After=network.target
   
    [Service]
    WorkingDirectory=/home/teamspeak
    User=teamspeak
    ExecStart=/home/teamspeak/ts3server_minimal_runscript.sh
    ExecStop=/home/teamspeak/ts3server_startscript.sh stop
    ExecReload=/home/teamspeak/ts3server_startscript.sh restart
    Restart=always
    RestartSec=15
   
    [Install]
    WantedBy=multi-user.target

   Reload the systemd service.

    $ sudo systemctl daemon-reload

   Start and enable TeamSpeak to run on boot.

    $ sudo systemctl start ts3server
    $ sudo systemctl enable ts3server

   Verify the TeamSpeak server is running.

    $ sudo systemctl status ts3server
    Active: active (running)

9. Switch to the teamspeak user.

    $ sudo su teamspeak

10. Get the ServerAdmin privilege key needed to connect for the first time to the server.

    $ cat /home/teamspeak/logs/ts3server_*

    The above command displays the ServerAdmin privilege key in the following format:

    --------------------------------------------------------
    ServerAdmin privilege key created, please use the line below
    token=****************************************
    --------------------------------------------------------

    Replace the stars with your unique token, and enter it into the TeamSpeak client.

Conclusion

This completes the steps to install TeamSpeak server on Ubuntu 20.04.