Installation_(CentOS) - Jeybla/rathena GitHub Wiki

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This guide covers how to install rAthena on CentOS and other versions of Linux that use yum.

Requirements

CentOS or an RPM-based Linux that has the yum command
root access or access to an account that has sudo privileges
an Internet connection to download install packages

Prerequisites

All of these commands will be typed at the command-line interface.

Install Prerequisites

Login to your server via SSH, or if you are already logged into a GUI press Ctrl+Alt+T to open a terminal window.
Type the following command (this will install GCC, Make, MySQL, MySQL header files, MySQL Server, PCRE header files, and Zlib header files)
```
yum install gcc make mysql mysql-devel mysql-server pcre-devel zlib-devel
```
(Optional) type the following command to install some additional packages:
```
yum -y install dos2unix gdb nano screen unzip wget zip
```

Now Install GIT

Install the latest version of git

yum install git

To work around Missing Dependency: perl(Git) errors:

yum install--disableexcludes=main git

Create a non-root Linux user

By the principle of least privilege, it is recommended you do NOT run rAthena as root.

Type the following command to create a non-root Linux account:
```
useradd --create-home --shell /bin/bash rathena4444
```
--create-home = create the user's home directory

--shell = sets their login shell to Bash

rathena4444 = the login name of the new Linux account

4444 = pick your own random numbers to make the username more unique
Set a password for the new user (run this command and follow the prompts):
```
passwd rathena4444
```

Configure MySQL

Set a root password

The default MySQL Server install creates a MySQL user 'root'@'localhost' with NO password. It is recommended you create a password for the root user.

Run MySQL Service:
```
service mysqld start
```
Run this command and follow the prompts:
```
mysql_secure_installation
```
Login to your MySQL Server as root:

When prompted, enter your root MySQL password.
```
mysql --user=root -p
```
Now your prompt should look like this (the MySQL command prompt):
```
mysql>
```
In case your mysql server isn't started, you may have to start it with:
```
/etc/init.d/mysqld start
```

Create SQL database for rAthena

At the MySQL prompt, type this to create a database (replace rathena4444 with the Linux username you created earlier):
```
mysql> CREATE DATABASE rathena4444_rag;
```

Create a separate database for logs:

mysql> CREATE DATABASE rathena4444_log;

Setup a MySQL user for rAthena

At the MySQL prompt, type something like this to create a new MySQL user:
```
mysql> CREATE USER 'rathena4444'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'secretpassword';
```
rathena4444 = the name of the MySQL user (we named it the same as the Linux user to make it easier to identify)

localhost = the hostname or IP it will connect from

secretpassword = the password for this MySQL user

Grant privileges to the 'rathena' MySQL user:

mysql> GRANT SELECT,INSERT,UPDATE,DELETE ON `rathena4444_rag`.* TO 'rathena4444'@'localhost';

mysql> GRANT SELECT,INSERT ON `rathena4444_log`.* TO 'rathena4444'@'localhost';

(note the escaped underscore)

Install rAthena

Login as your non-root Linux user

The rest of the setup is done as rathena4444 (the Linux user you created in step 2.2)

Logout from root SSH (or minimize the window).
Login to your server via SSH as the rathena4444 Linux user.

Cloning The Repository

You can obtain the latest version of rAthena by typing the following command. This will place rAthena in a folder called rAthena, but you are free to change it to whatever you like:

git clone https://github.com/rathena/rathena.git ~/rAthena

Import MySQL Tables

Change directory to the sql-files folder.
```
cd rAthena/sql-files/
```

Execute these commands:

When prompted, enter your MySQL root password.

mysql --user=root -p rathena4444_rag < main.sql

mysql --user=root -p rathena4444_rag < item_db.sql

mysql --user=root -p rathena4444_rag < item_db2.sql

mysql --user=root -p rathena4444_rag < mob_db.sql

mysql --user=root -p rathena4444_rag < mob_db2.sql

mysql -u root -p rathena4444_log < logs.sql

NOTE: if you want to use different SQL DBs for login/char/map servers this is the list of databases each server use:

login-server: global_reg_value, ipbanlist, login, loginlog
map-server: mapreg, item_db, item_db2, mob_db, mob_db2
char-server: everything else + global_reg_value once again

Note that global_reg_value tables are needed by both login-server and char-server (though it may be different tables)

Configure rAthena

Compile Source Code

cd rAthena chmod a+x configure ./configure make server

If you're using CentOS 32-bit please use:

./configure --disable-64bit

How to Recompile

In the future (after you update or edit any file in /src) to recompile, add make clean before make sql:

cd rAthena ./configure make clean make server

Start your rAthena Server

//change access mode of athena-start file so that you can execute it. //Use (dos2unix athena-start) if yo uare getting ^M errors ie. newline errors chmod a+x athena-start

//To Start ./athena-start start //To Stop ./athena-start stop //To Restart ./athena-start restart