Deploying Game Servers

Once you install the Counter-Strike Game Server module on your Plesk control panel, you will need to take a few steps to install the game server program files and other required components. These files will be shared among all game servers that you will set up.

To obtain and install the core components of game servers:

1. Click Server in the navigation pane.
2. In the Services group click Server Applications.
3. Click Add New Server Application.
4. Choose the required Game Server module by selecting the corresponding checkbox. There are two Counter-Strike Game Servers available: Counter-Strike and Counter-Strike: Source.
5. Click Install and specify the following settings:
   • In the Enter path to HL server installation field, enter the full path to a directory where the game server files are located, or where you want the game server files to be installed;
   • Select the database server which Game Server should use for its database in the Select database server field.
6. Click Install to download the game server files from the official directory servers on the Internet and install them.

   Note. This procedure might take much time and hundreds megabytes of data transfer, depending on the number of components you wish to install.

7. Click OK after the installation is complete.
8. Return to Server Applications page (Server > Server Applications, or simply click Up Level if you are on the Add New Server Application page) and install the Steam software with corresponding Game Server engine files by clicking the icon.

   Steam is an online content delivery system designed by Valve Corporation. To be able to download, install and update games from the Valve website through the Internet, you need to install the Steam client.

   Important: By downloading and installing the Steam client, you assume responsibility for the consequences of using this software. Use it at your own risk!

   • If you are not a registered user, and do not have a Steam account yet, select the Create a new Steam account option to register a new account, enter the required information and click Next.
   • If you already have a Steam account, please select the Use an existing Steam account option, enter the required information and click Next.
   • If you are not a registered user and the creation of a Steam account is unavailable, select the Use an anonymous Steam account option. Please note that using anonymous account makes some of the installation/update content unavailable, so it is recommended to use anonymous account only in the case described above. Click Next.
9. Select the checkboxes corresponding to the game modifications you wish to install and click Next.

   All game modifications (also commonly referred to as mods) that are available for downloading are shown in a list. Each mod title is accompanied with the following icon indicating whether the mod is already installed: - the game mod is already installed and - game mod is not installed.

   Note: If you have a steam account that you would like to use for retrieving installation files or updates from Valve, click the Switch Steam Account icon, specify your username and password, and click OK.

10. When the selected game components are installed, click OK to quit the wizard.

Now the core components of the selected game servers are installed, and you can proceed to setting up your game servers.