TS3 upstart script and general setup for Debian based distro

[ANR Daemon]

1. Install TS3 into /opt/teamspeak. Make sure the permissions on a directory are sensible.
2. Create a system user named "teamspeak" with home directory /var/lib/teamspeak
3. Copy ts3.ini from distribution to the user home directory.
4. Uncomment and adjust the following lines exactly as shown:

query_ip=127.0.0.1
query_port=10011
logpath=/var/log/teamspeak
dbsqlpath=/opt/teamspeak/sql/
dbsqlcreatepath=create_sqlite
licensepath=/var/lib/teamspeak/
query_ip_whitelist=/var/lib/teamspeak/query_ip_whitelist.txt
query_ip_blacklist=/var/lib/teamspeak/query_ip_blacklist.txt
query_skipbruteforcecheck=1
logquerycommands=1

Pay close attention to "dbsql*" and "licensepath" settings, they are most backwards and most important. The presense/absence of starting/trailing directory separators is important.

5. Create /var/log/teamspeak directory.
6.

chown teamspeak:adm /var/log/teamspeak

7a. For upstart users: install /etc/init/teamspeak3.conf from attachment.
7b. For systemd users: install /etc/systemd/system/teamspeak3.service from attachment.
8.

service teamspeak3 start

9. Enjoy.

[Obbi89]

Since you are stating "upstart script" it seems you are using upstart which is used primarily on Ubuntu.

Debian will most likely move over to systemd in the future and is currently using SysV.
So for anyone out there. If that stuff up there is not working for your system you should consider checking which init-system your distro and or distro-release is using.

For sysV see:
https://wiki.debian.org/Daemon

For systemd see:
https://wiki.debian.org/systemd

[ANR Daemon]

I do not want to touch systemd at all. It just doesn't work. Why Debian is moving to it is a mystery.
Probably something is fundamentally broken in a Linux community. Linux was always a bunch of programs, each good at something, and together they were bringing excellent results.
But systemd is trying to be everything at once, and is below mediocre at that.

[Powie]

Thanks for this cool guide!

Remark: Usage of the licensekey.dat will only work correct when ts3.ini containts:

licensepath=/var/lib/teamspeak/

[ANR Daemon]

Thanks for this cool guide!

Remark: Usage of the licensekey.dat will only work correct when ts3.ini containts:

licensepath=/var/lib/teamspeak/

What?… ooookay… guide updated, but this is below understandable.

[Quick_Wango]

I have a script to generate a .deb for the Teamspeak server for Debian Jessie+ (it uses systemd): https://github.com/pschichtel/ts3server-package

I would be equally easy to create a package using upstart, but I have no need for that.

[ANR Daemon]

I'm not sure about redistribution of TS3.
If I would have done it myself, it'd be a download script that retrieves the necessary TS3 version directly to the user's system.

[Quick_Wango]

It's not redistributing the server. It's a script that downloads the server from the official source and builds a package from the files.
That way I can easily deliver it automatically through our infrastructure automation. And in general I always prefer a package over manual installation because updates will be easier, safer and faster

[ANR Daemon]

Err, well, that could work for local updates.
However, distributing such package to a wider audience is a no-go, I'm afraid.

[ANR Daemon]

Updated for 3.0.12

[Deor]

Doesn't seem to work on Debian 8 or Ubuntu 15.04 or higher as they have both moved away from Upstart.
Any chance this could be updated?
Or at least update the the original post with some version numbers so others don't waste their time trying to make this work?

[ANR Daemon]

No chances. I do not support systemd, it's inherently broken and can not be repaired.
It thinks too much, expects too much, limit everything around it and last of all, has BINARY LOGS.
If you want support, use distribution with sane, supported INIT daemon.