Howto: TeamSpeak 3 server in pfSense 2.0

HooKed

I installed Cron package then added this


minute 	hour 	mday 	month 	wday 	who 	command
0  	*  	*  	*  	*  	root  	/usr/local/lib/teamspeak3-server_freebsd-x86/ts3server_startscript.sh start

Your install location may be different.

There may be a better config but this works for me.

It seems to take a few mins for the ts server to be active after reboot but it always starts up.

citroen

So did i. When i start TS manually, i get this:

ts3server.pid found, but no server running. Possibly your previously started server crashed
Please view the logfile for details.
Starting the TeamSpeak 3 server

I took a look to /etc/, but did not find a startscript (rc.conf or similar). Think, thats why TS don´start at boot. OP provide a script to start Ts on boot with rc.conf, how does pfsense doing this?

So i will test your suggestion.

So also looks like a shutdown of the box don´t proper shutdown TS. Will see if after reboot TS is coming up…

Just one question left, what does Sander88 script doing?

Regards

Sander88

@citroen:

So did i. When i start TS manually, i get this:
ts3server.pid found, but no server running. Possibly your previously started server crashed
Please view the logfile for details.
Starting the TeamSpeak 3 server
I took a look to /etc/, but did not find a startscript (rc.conf or similar). Think, thats why TS don´start at boot. OP provide a script to start Ts on boot with rc.conf, how does pfsense doing this?

So i will test your suggestion.

So also looks like a shutdown of the box don´t proper shutdown TS. Will see if after reboot TS is coming up…

Just one question left, what does Sander88 script doing?

Regards

Thanks for testing it.

The package installer should create a service file for Teamspeak: /usr/local/etc/rc.d/teamspeak3.sh . PFSense normally run all the service start scripts from this directory (/usr/local/etc/rc.d/). Could you please check if this file exists in your installation? And does it have the executable permission set?

citroen

Found a file named "teamspeak3-server.sh" with executable rights. So i think this is the one created by the OP. I didi not test the script, cause i dont know how to do this. Thats why a ask for. How do i execute this on pfsense and what does it do?

Thank you for your response.

kevev

The best thing to do at this point is to wipe your pfsense box and either start with my instructions or do the easiest thing by installing the package.

afakih

Dear,
as i am new to pfsense can you give detailed description on howto install your package.
Thanks

bryan.paradis

If worried about attack vectors you could try making a jail first haven't tried this package yet but https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/PfJailctl_package You could place it in a freebsd jail.

Sander88

@afakih:

Dear,
as i am new to pfsense can you give detailed description on howto install your package.
Thanks

afakih, do you or someone else still need any help?

opjohnny

Any news on this? I am interested in getting a TS3 server set up on my pfSense box and I'm not sure if these instructions/packages will work on the latest pfSense version.

ETA: The instructions in the OP didn't work for me, or maybe I'm doing something wrong. At the last step where I check the logs, the log directory didn't even exist so I "/usr/local/lib/teamspeak3-server_freebsd-x86/ts3server.sh start" from webGUI cmd and that produced tiny logs with barely any info in them every time I started the script. What's an easy way to wipe everything I created with these instructions in order to avoid future issues?

Sander88

I put the source code on GitHub a year ago. That's also the version I have been using over the last year, no issues so far :).

Below some steps you have to take to install the package. I will also request the PFSense maintaincers to pull my package, that would make it much easier for you to install it (just a single click).

What you should do is:
1. Setup a private packages server (a simple Apache server would be ok). Some docs are available on this: https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Creating_a_Custom_Package_Repository .
2. Git clone my GitHub repository (https://github.com/sander1988/pfsense-packages) instead of the offical one.
3. Install the TeamSpeak 3 package using the PFSense webinterface.
4. Follow the TeamSpeak 3 wizard to install the server binaries (the latest version is downloaded by the enduser from TeamSpeak, there are no binaries included in my package).
5. Configure and run the TeamSpeak 3 server using the webinterface. You can find the initial TS3 administrator token in the Teamspeak > Logs tab.
6. Disable the custom repository and don't install any other package from my repository! All other packages in my version are really outdated. I created a copy of the official repository more than a year ago.

unKn0wn

Hello. Could you please write the more detailed instruction for package teamspeak3 instalation? I tried to install local XMLRPC server and to use teamspeak3 package locally, but there is a warning appeared at my screen - it says that there is no connection with my local server. I tried to solve this problem but i failed.
I wanted to do it the way you described in your link https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Creating_a_Custom_Package_Repository , but I can't install apache just because I do not know how to do it. I googled "how to install apache for freebsd" and tried to do it according to instruction but I can't do it at Pfsense

opjohnny

Yeah I'm sticking it out until the OP instructions get updated or there is an easier way to load the package. The web server thing looks a little complicated.

kevev

I am sorry for not updating as I promised. Have been super buy at work. I have another igel I can test my instructions on with the latest pfSense. I will set a reminder to try tonight. ;)

opjohnny

Awesome, thanks! 8)

kevev

I opened a new thread since this one is a mess. The new thread has install scripts!! Go get em!

https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=86681.0

Moderators: Please close this thread.