How to compile Azerothcore 3.3.5a on Ubuntu 22.04

[Roddan]

Welcome to my guide on how to compile Azerothcore 3.3.5a on Ubuntu 22.04.
This was done on a Dedicated Server from Hetzner.

Step 1 - Downloading​

1. First all of you have to intall Ubuntu 22.04 obviously and download PuTTY or Termius, I prefer Termius due to it being so colorful and much easier to read & understand.
2. You can find the download links below.
3. PuTTY: Click me
4. Termius: Click me (you can pay for Termius if you want, it's not needed!)
5. I will be using Termius while doing this.

Step 2 - Getting Ready & Setting Up​

1. Launch PuTTY or Termius, one of the programs you decided to download and login with your credentials.
2. Click Add at the top bar
   
3. Click New Host

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Now you will see this on the right side.​

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Enter your IP Address and Label you can name it whatever you want.​

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When you have entered your IP Address and your name on Label you will see this to your left.​

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Click on it and this window will open, login with your Username and Password.​

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Now when you have successfully logged in you will see something like this.​

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Step 3 - Making a User​

First of all we need to create a new user since we don't wanna do this as a root user.​

Let's name our user azeroth, by adding a new user enter this.​

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adduser azeroth​

It will ask for a password, pick whatever you like. You don't have to enter your name, room, etc. ​

If you wanna skip everything after Password just hit Enter and when it ask you when the Information is correct type Y and hit Enter.​

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Now we can add our user to our sudo group so it will have Administrator Privileges and making the installation of the server much easier.​

By doing so enter this:​

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usermod -aG sudo azeroth​

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Now we will use our user named azeroth instead of doing this as root. By switching over to our new user enter this:​

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su - azeroth​

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If you wanna go back to root user you can type:​

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sudo -i​

When it ask for the password, it's the password of your new user not root password.​

Step 4 - Necessary Server Requirements​

Let's get started to install the Necessary Server Requirements to be able to Install & Compile and run the Server.​

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Copy & Paste this to install the necessary programs.​

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sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade -y && sudo apt install git cmake make gcc g++ clang libssl-dev libbz2-dev libreadline-dev libncurses-dev libboost-all-dev mariadb-server mariadb-client libmariadb-dev libmariadb-dev-compat​

Step 5 - Getting the Source Code & Compiling​

Now copy this and insert it into the terminal so we can download and compile the core.​

git clone https://github.com/azerothcore/azerothcore-wotlk.git --branch master --single-branch azerothcore​

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When it's done it will look something like this:​

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Now if you type ls into the terminal you will see a new folder called azerothcore​

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Now you have to enter the folder by doing so you type: ​

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cd azerothcore​

When you are inside the folder create a new folder named build. Type: ​

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mkdir build​

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Now we have to enter that folder. By doing so type:​

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cd build​

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When you are in the folder enter this.​

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cmake ../ -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$HOME/azeroth-server/ -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=/usr/bin/clang -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=/usr/bin/clang++ -DWITH_WARNINGS=1 -DTOOLS_BUILD=all -DSCRIPTS=static -DMODULES=static​

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You can change /azeroth-server/ to whatever you like. This is where your server will be placed after it's done compiling. I usually name mine server.​

It will look like this when it's done.​

If you don't know how many CPU Cores your server has you can see that by typing:​

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nproc --all​

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Like this:​

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Now since I have 8 cores I can us 8 cores to compile server so it goes faster.​

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Inside the build folder type:​

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make -j 8​

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Remember to change the number to the amount of cores you have. You don't have to use them all. Example: If you have 4 cores but only wanna use 2 you type make -j 2​

I'm gonna use 6 so make -j 6​

Now you have to wait till it's done it will take a while depending on how fast your computer is.​

When it's done it will look something like this.​

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Now you have to type make install and it will build the server.​

When it's done it will look like this:​

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[Roddan]

Step 6 - Getting The Server Ready
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Now when the server is finished we can finally set it up with the database and data files.​

Thankfully AzerothCore has all the dbc, maps, vmaps, mmaps and camera files already extracted and provided for us.​

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1. Now type cd to exit the folder and type cd azeroth-server or whatever you named the folder in with cmake prefix.​

2. If you type ls you will see there is two new folders called bin and etc. Go into the bin folder by typing cd then make 2 new folders and name them data & logs.​

3. Type mkdir data and mkdir logs.​

4. Now type cd data to go into the data folder and type:​

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wget https://github.com/wowgaming/client-data/releases/download/v16/data.zip
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Wait for this bar to be 100%.​

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To download the data. If you don't have ZIP installed type this:​

sudo apt-get install unzip​

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When it's done downloading type unzip data.zip and it will unzip all the files and it will look like this:
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Now you can type rm -r data.zip to remove the data zip file.​

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Now type cd to go back to your home folder and type cd azeroth-server/etc​

This is the location of your config files.​

Now type this to make a copy & change name of the 2 config files.​

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cp authserver.conf.dist authserver.conf​

cp worldserver.conf.dist worldserver.conf

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Don't remove the .dist files. Azerothcore wont work without them. Just let them be there don't edit them either.​

Step 7 - Setting up the Database​

Now you have to type sudo -i to get back to your root user and enter MySQL by typing this.​

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mysql -u root -p​

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When it asks for a password just hit enter since it don't have any by default.​

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To setup our Username, Password and Database for the server enter this:​

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CREATE USER 'acore'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'acore' WITH MAX_QUERIES_PER_HOUR 0 MAX_CONNECTIONS_PER_HOUR 0 MAX_UPDATES_PER_HOUR 0;​

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON * . * TO 'acore'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;​

CREATE DATABASE `acore_world` DEFAULT CHARACTER SET UTF8MB4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci;​

CREATE DATABASE `acore_characters` DEFAULT CHARACTER SET UTF8MB4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci;​

CREATE DATABASE `acore_auth` DEFAULT CHARACTER SET UTF8MB4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci;​

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON `acore_world` . * TO 'acore'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;​

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON `acore_characters` . * TO 'acore'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;​

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON `acore_auth` . * TO 'acore'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;​

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When it's done type exit or hit Ctrl + C.​

Now go back to your other user by typing su - azeroth​

Post automatically merged: Jan 3, 2023

Step 8 - Setting up the Configs​

Now go to your config folder:​

cd azeroth-server/etc​

After we have to edit our config file by typing nano authserver.conf & nano worldserver.conf​

We will start with authserver.conf​

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Look for​

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LogsDir = ""​

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Between the " " marks enter this​

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/home/azeroth/azeroth-server/bin/logs​

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To save click Ctrl + X then hit Y​

Now do the same for worldserver.conf​

Remember to set the DataDir aswell!​

Step 9 - Starting the Server & Importing Databases.​

With Azerothcore you don't have to manually import your Databases!​

You just have to start the Authserver & Worldserver and it will do it for you.​

So let's go back to our ETC folder.​

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1. Type cd then type azeroth-server/bin​

2. Start the Authserver by typing ./authserver​

3. Let it finish populating the Databases.​

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When it's done it will look like this:
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Now hit Ctrl + C and do the same for your Worldserver.​

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1. Type ./worldserver​

It can take a while to populate it. Sometimes it can look likes it's stuck but it's not just be patience ​

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When it's done it will look like this:
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Step 10 - Congratulations!​

 

[Lushen]

Awesome detailed guide! Kudos!

 

[OMGhixD]

So happy to see such a well made tutorial for Linux based installations. We need to move people away from hosting on Windows

Many thanks <3

 

[Roddan]

Thank you guys for the appreciation !!

 

[PrivateDonut]

Amazing tutorial, I'm sure many will find this useful!

 

[Instadev]

Thank you!

 

[Roddan]

Amazing tutorial, I'm sure many will find this useful!

Thank you!

Thanks!