Run your own Dedicated Ventrilo Server on VPS
Now that you have FTP set up it is very simple to get your own Ventrilo server set up. First go to the Official Ventrilo Download page and download the linux server program to your computer with your FTP client. Connect to your server via FTP and transfer the file you downloaded to your VPS server. If you have not set up root access to the FTP server you will only be able to transfer it to the user you logged in as.
Once the file has been transferred you should create a folder to run it. To do this log in as root:
su
Go to the directory you wish to run Ventrilo, I will use the top directory:
cd ..
Create a Ventrilo directory:
mkdir Ventrilo
Copy the file you transferred via FTP to the newly created Ventrilo folder. This may change depending on where you transferred the file:
cp /home/user/ventrilo_srv-3.0.3-Linux-i386.tar.gz /Ventrilo
Navigate to the Ventrilo directory you created using the cd command. Run the commands below to extract the file:
gunzip/ventrilo_srv-3.0.3-Linux-i386.tar.gz
tar xf/ventrilo_srv-3.0.3-Linux-i386.tar
Change into the directory that was created during extraction and run the command:
./ventrilo_srv
Your Ventrilo server should now be running with default values! You can connect to the server using the Ventrilo client and using your IP Address as the host. To change the settings you can edit the ventrilo_srv.ini file.
Note: If you close the console connection the Ventrilo process will also stop. An easy way to get around this is to log into the VNC and open a terminal window from within GNOME. Run the same command to start the Ventrilo server and close the connect with VNC. The terminal window will still be running in the GUI and the server will stay up.
If you have any questions or comments feel free to post them below.
Thanks!
