Ubuntu 21.04 WoW WOTLK Simple Server Setup Guide

Client Side: You will need version 3.3.5a (Wrath of The Lich King) of the client for this server setup.

Hardware specs used for this guide:

Quad-core CPU
8 Gigs of RAM
120 Gb HDD

Step 1: Install the OS

Install base Ubuntu server with updates.
There are a ton of tutorials on how to do that: YouTube Tutorials

Step 2: Install required packages

apt-get install git make cmake libssl-dev libbz2-dev build-essential default-libmysqlclient-dev libace-dev python mysql-server

Step 3: Setup the database

mkdir ~/mangos/
mkdir ~/mangos/db
cd ~/mangos/db/
mysql
CREATE USER 'mangos'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'mangos';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'mangos'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;
exit;
git clone https://github.com/mangostwo/database.git --recursive
cd database
./InstallDatabases.sh

Select N - Next Step when prompted and fill out the host details.
You will also be prompted to determine your databases names.
A good practice is to set the realm database name to:

mangos_auth

Also to suffix all others database names with the core versions you are running:
Examples - mangos_characters2 and mangos_world2

Note: You only need one realm database if you run several cores (M0, M1, etc..) on the same server.
But you will need two databases (characters and world) for each additional core.

mysql
USE mangos_auth;
UPDATE realmlist SET name = "ServerNameGoesHere" WHERE id = "1";
UPDATE realmlist SET address = "ServerWANIPAddressHere" WHERE id = "1";
exit;

Step 4: Download and compile mangos

cd ~/mangos
git clone https://github.com/mangostwo/server.git --recursive
cmake -S ~/mangos/server/ -B ~/mangos/build/
cd ~/mangos/build
make -j<# of CPUs/Cores>
make -j<# of CPUs/Cores> install

Step 5: Copy files

mkdir /srv/mangos
mkdir /srv/mangos/bin
mkdir /srv/mangos/gamedata/
cd install/bin
cp mangosd /srv/mangos/bin/
cp realmd /srv/mangos/bin/
cp tools/*-extractor /srv/mangos/gamedata/
cp tools/*.sh /srv/mangos/gamedata/
cp tools/offmesh.txt /srv/mangos/gamedata/
	<Aquire gamedata files and copy them to /srv/mangos/gamedata>

<Optional simple FTP setup>

apt-get install vsftpd

vi /etc/vsftpd.conf
	Change: listen=NO to YES
	Uncomment: write_enable=YES
	Add the line: local_root = <path to gamedata folder>

service vsftpd restart
chmod -R a+w /srv/mangos/gamedata

<End optional FTP setup>

cd /srv/mangos/gamedata
chmod a+x ExtractResources.sh
./ExtractResources.sh <This bit takes forever.>

Step 6: Setup and Configure *.conf files

cp -R ~/mangos/build/etc /srv/mangos/
cd /srv/mangos/etc
cp ahbot.conf.dist ahbot.conf
cp mangosd.conf.dist mangosd.conf
cp realmd.conf.dist realmd.conf  Update realmd.conf <read file comments for details>
Update mangos.conf <read file comments for details>

Suggested tweaks:

LogLevel = 1 (Default is 3)
GameType = #
Server realm style
	0 = NORMAL; 1 = PVP; 4 = PVE; 6 = RP; 8 = RPPVP
RealmZone = <read file comments for details>
Ra.Enable = 1 (Default is 0) <This will allow you to remotely access the server console>
	*Use putty in a raw mode to connect to port 3443 of the server.

Step 7: Start services

You can start these processes in other ways but I recommend this screen method for starting out. Using screen will allow you to run multiple processes in the background from the same terminal without the need to stay logged in.

screen -S realm -d -m ./realmd
screen -S mangos -d -m ./mangosd

Step 8: Play the game

Update %WoWDir%\Data\enUS\realmlist.wtf
	set realmlist <Server Hostname or IP Address>

Open the desktop client and log in with one of the premade user accounts.

	USERNAME		PASSWORD
	ADMINISTRATOR		ADMINISTRATOR
	GAMEMASTER		GAMEMASTER
	MODERATOR		MODERATOR
	PLAYER			PLAYER

Optional Step 9: Add users

 From the running mangos server instance: <This is where a remote Putty session comes in handy.>

account create <username> <password>
account set addon <username> #
	(0 - Normal, 1 - The Burning Crusade, 2 - Lich King)