Latest Upddate - 02/10/2026
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Install Ubuntu according to my install instructions: https://ubuntu.retro-os.live/Install_Ubuntu.txt

Do these steps as root unless told otherwise... These steps have been tested on Ubuntu 24.04. Some steps may be different on other Linux distros.

Create the wowowner account:
	adduser wowowner

#Add user to sudoers list:
#	vi /etc/sudoers
#	wowowner	ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL

Switch to WoW owner:
	su - wowowner

Edit the .bashrc file:
	export AC_CODE_DIR=$HOME/azerothcore
	export AC_UNIT_USER=wowowner
	export BUILD_CORES=`nproc | awk '{print $1 - 1}'`

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

Turn off some mysql features:
	vi /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20auto-upgrades
	# comment out all the lines
	# reboot the server

Create the build directory:
	cd $AC_CODE_DIR
	mkdir build
	cd build

Run cmake:
	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

Build the software:
	make -j$BUILD_CORES
	make install

Add our scripts:
	cd $HOME
	wget root@wowhosting.gameplayer.club/WoW_Utils.zip
	unzip WoW_Utils.zip
Get data files:
	# Get the Data.zip from https://github.com/wowgaming/client-data/releases/
	cd $AC_CODE_DIR/env/dist/bin
	unzip $AC_CODE_DIR/Data.zip

Prepare the configuration files:
	cd $AC_CODE_DIR/env/dist/etc
	cp worldserver.conf.dist worldserver.conf
	cp authserver.conf.dist authserver.conf

Create database and database user:
	sudo mysql -p
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DROP USER IF EXISTS 'acore'@'localhost';
CREATE USER 'acore'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'acore' WITH MAX_QUERIES_PER_HOUR 0 MAX_CONNECTIONS_PER_HOUR 0 MAX_UPDATES_PER_HOUR 0;

-- Create databases for AzerothCore, only if they do not exist
CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS `acore_world` DEFAULT CHARACTER SET UTF8MB4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;

CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS `acore_characters` DEFAULT CHARACTER SET UTF8MB4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;

CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS `acore_auth` DEFAULT CHARACTER SET UTF8MB4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON `acore_world` . * TO 'acore'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON `acore_characters` . * TO 'acore'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON `acore_auth` . * TO 'acore'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;
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Use "screen -r WorldServer" to get to the console. Then create the login account by:
	account create

If you want to set the account as a GM then type:
	account set gmlevel $account #level #realmid
		$account = account name to change
		#level = 0-4	- 3 is GM level
		#realmid	- realm of -1 for "all realms"

To enable using OpenGL edit WT/Config.wtf, commenting out the other lines and add/replace this:
	SET gxApi "OpenGL"