This section should help you to get a CS:GO Server up and running in no time.
Prerequisites
First of all you need to install steamcmd
.
steamcmd
is used to install games from the commandline without any kind of visual user interface.
Installation
- Create a directory where you want your game server to be. This will be referred to as
$GAME_DIR
. - Install the server via
steamcmd
.
IMPORTANT:$GAME_DIR
has to be the absolute path of the directory.
steamcmd +login anonymous \
+force_install_dir $GAME_DIR \
+app_update 740 validate \
+quit
That's it. This is the basic installation setup for a CS:GO server. If you want to start a specific game mode or mod, please check the specialized guides on the left.