Running SteamSpeak

There're multiple ways to run SteamSpeak on your machine, so you can choose the one that best suits you.

One time run

This should only be used for testing purposes.

~/SteamSpeak yarn run start:server

explain this command

Long-running task

• Systemd
• Linux screen
• PM2

With systemd you can run the application in the background and enable it to automatically start up when the machine boots.

Create a systemd service file.

~/SteamSpeak nano /etc/systemd/system/steamspeak.service

Paste the following content into the file. Remember to replace [...] values.

/etc/systemd/system/steamspeak.service

[Unit]
Description=SteamSpeak - Steam and TeamSpeak integration, done right!
After=network.service
[Service]
User=[REPLACE WITH YOUR USER NAME]
Group=[REPLACE WITH YOUR USER GROUP]
Type=simple
WorkingDirectory=~/SteamSpeak
ExecStart=/usr/bin/yarn run start:server
RestartSec=15
Restart=always
StandardOutput=journal
StandardError=inherit

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Enable the created unit file.

~/SteamSpeak systemctl enable steamspeak

Enable the created unit file.

~/SteamSpeak systemctl start steamspeak

Verify if the service is running.

~/SteamSpeak systemctl status steamspeak