Install Camfrog Server Advanced 5.0 Linux on Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) This Tutorial will tell you how to install Camfrog Server Advanced 5.0 Linux on Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) When I first saw that camfrogserver 5.0 was release I was excited until I realized it was only for RedHat AS/ES 4.x 5.x, CentOS 4.x 5.x, Fedora 6.x 7.x 8.x. operating systems. Then I realized you can convert rpm packages to deb packages using alien you can even have alien install the rpm automatically after converting it. First off make sure you download the latest camfrogserver 5.0 software... You can simply wget it from my server: Code: cd /tmp wget http://98.108.149.245/files/camfrogserver-5.0-4.noarch.rpm Secondly, make sure you have alien: Code: sudo apt-get install alien It will install the following packages/dependencies: alien libnspr4-0d{a} libnss3-1d{a} librpm1{a} librpmbuild1{a} librpmio1{a} rpm{a} rpm-common{a} rpm2cpio{a} To convert the file from .rpm to .deb do: Code: sudo alien -vck camfrogserver-5.0-4.noarch.rpm Install it manually: Code: sudo dpkg -i camfrogserver_5.0-4_all.deb Next is the tricky thing, I have created the init.d script for camfrogserver that works with Ubuntu to get the service to start/stop/restart properly. I will work on the start "roomname" function later on. create a "new" script in your /etc/init.d/ called "camfrogserver" and put this in the file: Code: #!/bin/bash # ### BEGIN INIT INFO # Provides: camfrogserver # Required-Start: $network $remote_fs $syslog # Required-Stop: $network $remote_fs $syslog # Should-Start: $named # Should-Stop: $named # Default-Start: 2 3 4 5 # Default-Stop: 0 1 6 # Short-Description: Camfrog Server 5.0 Linux Debian init.d script by James Youngstrom. ### END INIT INFO NAME=camfrogserver DESC="Camfrog Server 5.0" DAEMON=/usr/bin/camfrogserver PIDFILE=/var/run/camfrogserver/$NAME.pid CONFDIR=/etc/camfrogserver.d CMDFILE=/var/run/camfrogserver/commands.ctl DAEMON_ARGS="-f -p${PIDFILE} -c${CMDFILE} ${CONFDIR}/cf_server.conf -d" CF_USER=camfrogserver do_start() { start-stop-daemon --start \ --user $CF_USER \ --chuid $CF_USER \ --pidfile $PIDFILE \ --exec $DAEMON -- $DAEMON_ARGS < /dev/null return $? } do_stop() { start-stop-daemon --stop \ --retry=TERM/30/KILL/5 \ --pidfile $PIDFILE \ --name $NAME pkill $NAME rm -f $PIDFILE return "$?" } case "$1" in start) echo "Starting Camfrog Server" do_start echo "Camfrog Server Started Successfully" ;; stop) echo "Shutting Down Camfrog Server." do_stop echo "Camfrog Server Is Now Down" ;; restart) echo "Restarting Camfrog Server..." do_stop sleep 10 do_start echo "Camfrog Server Restarted" ;; *) echo "Usage: $0 start|stop|restart" exit 1 esac exit 0 ;; Next you want to make it executable: Code: sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/camfrogserver then make sure it boots on system startup: Code: sudo update-rc.d camfrogserver defaults Ports to forward: 6000:6010 tcp 5000:15000 udp 6005 udp 5999 tcp (for web panel access pro feature) UFW commands to open ports for camfrogserver 5.0: Code: sudo ufw allow proto tcp from any to any port 6000:6010 sudo ufw allow proto udp from any to any port 5000:15000 sudo ufw allow 6005/udp sudo ufw allow 5999/tcp next you will want to edit the cf_server.conf I will show you how to create one based off the sample. First: Edit the configuration file to fit your needs, Code: sudo nano -x /etc/camfrogserver.d/cf_server.conf.sample Edit the following parameters in cf_server.conf.example and save it as cf_server.conf: Code: remote_control_enabled=yes remote_control_login=yourname remote_control_password=yourpass This is required to be able to remotely login using the Camfrog Server Advanced 5.0 for Windows from your Windows Machine. That's all I edit at the start then I add my rooms using the Camfrog Server Advanced 5.0 for Windows by connecting remotely "Server Options-> Change Server" So start up your server: Code: sudo service camfrogserver start connect with Camfrog Server Advanced for Windows: yourserverip:6005 yourname yourpass All the configuration files for each room will be created by the server in /etc/camfrogserver.d/ROOM_NAME Main Server Config File: /etc/camfrogserver.d/cf_server.conf With that you will have a fully functional camfrogserver in ubuntu.