Guide on getting a private WoW server running

This is the documentation to create a World of Warcraft server.

The VM has to have a minimum of 3 cores and 4 gig of memory not less

You will set the number of cores during the make steps

Setting up the Server

Core Installation

Log into server using putty.
Create a user names acore with pw acore
```
sudo adduser newuser
```
Then add them to the sudo group
```
sudo usermod -aG sudo newusername
```

Install the needed packages

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install git cmake make gcc g++ clang libmysqlclient-dev libssl-dev libbz2-dev libreadline-dev libncurses-dev mysql-server libboost-all-dev

Install Mysql

export MYSQL_APT_CONFIG_VERSION=0.8.33-1

Download the latest Mysql Repository

wget https://dev.mysql.com/get/mysql-apt-config_${MYSQL_APT_CONFIG_VERSION}_all.deb

Configure the install directory
```
export AC_CODE_DIR=$HOME/azerothcore
```

Clone the Github

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

Create a direstory named build to keep things organized
```
cd $AC_CODE_DIR
mkdir build
cd build
```

Configure for compiling

cmake ../ -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$AC_CODE_DIR/env/dist/ -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=/usr/bin/clang -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=/usr/bin/clang++ -DWITH_WARNINGS=1 -DTOOLS_BUILD=all -DSCRIPTS=static -DMODULES=static

You need to set a variable for the number of cores need for the "make" step. This ensures you do not run out of memory. First check to make sure you have the correct amount of cores on the machine
```
 nproc --all
```
Then set the VARIABLE to the max numer.

[!NOTE] See above important message regaring server requierments.

This will set a varibale to the number of cores a min. of 3.
```
export BUILD_CORES=`nproc | awk '{print $1 - 1}'`
```
Run the make install commands (note: this will take awhile)
```
make -j$BUILD_CORES
make install
```

Server Setup

Go to the directory /azerothcore/env/dist/bin
You must do the above step to ensure the zip file goes into the correct place.

Download the data.zip file with the game files in it.

wget https://github.com/wowgaming/client-data/releases/download/v19/Data.zip

Unzip the zile in the same folder it is in
```
sudo unzip Data.zip
```
Get the worldserver.conf and authserver.conf from the direstory

You need to change the name of them, in the directory they are called worldserver.conf.dist and authserver.conf.dist

You open them in nano and write out, save by taking off the .dist extenstion
```
nano worldserver.conf.dist
nano authserver.conf.dist
```

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Guide on getting a private WoW server running

Setting up the Server

Core Installation

Server Setup

Database Installation

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