• TrinityCore ¹⁾
• 3.3.5 ²⁾
• Realm of Espionage
• wow.realmofespionage.xyz ³⁾

• 2024/10/30: These notes haven't been re-factored in a while and likely benefit from some more-recent changes on localhost Server notes

• Fedora Server
• MariaDB
• World of Warcraft (3.3.5) ⁴⁾

sudo groupadd 'trinity' && sudo useradd -c 'TrinityCore system account' -d '/var/lib/trinity' -g 'trinity' -m -r 'trinity'

sudo dnf install bzip2-devel clang cmake git mariadb-devel boost-devel readline-devel

• 3724/tcp is loginserver and needs forwarded from the router for both LAN and WAN
• 8085/tcp is worldserver and needs forwarded from the router for both LAN and WAN
• 3443/tcp is Remote Console
• 7878/tcp is SOAP

sudo firewall-cmd --add-port='3724'/'tcp' --permanent && sudo firewall-cmd --reload

sudo firewall-cmd --add-port='8085'/'tcp' --permanent && sudo firewall-cmd --reload

sudo firewall-cmd --add-port='3443'/'tcp' --permanent && sudo firewall-cmd --reload

sudo firewall-cmd --add-port='7878'/'tcp' --permanent && sudo firewall-cmd --reload

sudo su 'trinity' -s '/usr/bin/bash'

cd ~ && mkdir -p ~/'Projects' && rm -Rf ~/'Projects/trinity-335/src' && git clone --branch '3.3.5' --depth '1' --recurse-submodules 'https://github.com/TrinityCore/TrinityCore.git' ~/'Projects/trinity-335/src' && sync

exit

• This creates the authserver, characters, and worldserver databases

sudo mysql

CREATE DATABASE authserver;

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON authserver.* to 'authserver'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'x';

CREATE DATABASE characters;

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON characters.* to 'characters'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'x';

CREATE DATABASE worldserver;

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON worldserver.* to 'worldserver'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'x';

FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

EXIT

• Check https://github.com/TrinityCore/TrinityCore/releases for updates
• Make certain the database is 335, and not 927 or etc
• Do this after the initial compile ⁵⁾
• TODO: Move this down the page somewhere

sudo su 'trinity' -s '/usr/bin/bash'

rm -Rf '/tmp/TDB' '/tmp/TDB/TDB335.7z' && mkdir -p '/tmp/TDB' && cd ~ && wget -O '/tmp/TDB/TDB335.7z' 'https://github.com/TrinityCore/TrinityCore/releases/download/TDB335.23061/TDB_full_world_335.23061_2023_06_14.7z' && 7za x '/tmp/TDB/TDB335.7z' -o'/tmp/TDB' && mv '/tmp/TDB/TDB_full_world_335'*'.sql' ~/'Projects/trinity-335/run/bin' && rm -Rf '/tmp/TDB' && sync

• This wipes out the run folder, so ideally any extracted content and the full TDB shouldn't be moved there until after this initial compile
• For content extraction, Fedora major versions should match between the compiler and extraction machines for Boost libraries ⁶⁾

sudo su 'trinity' -s '/usr/bin/bash'

rm -Rf ~/'Projects/trinity-335/build' ~/'Projects/trinity-335/run' && mkdir -p ~/'Projects/trinity-335/build' ~/'Projects/trinity-335/run' && cd ~/'Projects/trinity-335/build' && CC='/usr/bin/clang' CXX='/usr/bin/clang++' cmake ~/'Projects/trinity-335/src' -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=~/'Projects/trinity-335/run' -DTOOLS='1' && sync && make --jobs=$(nproc) install && sync

exit

• Copies mapextractor, vmap4extractor, vmap4assembler, and mmaps_generator to /tmp/trinity-extractors

mkdir -p '/tmp/trinity-extractors' && sudo cp '/var/lib/trinity/Projects/trinity-335/run/bin/mapextractor' '/var/lib/trinity/Projects/trinity-335/run/bin/vmap4extractor' '/var/lib/trinity/Projects/trinity-335/run/bin/vmap4assembler' '/var/lib/trinity/Projects/trinity-335/run/bin/mmaps_generator' '/tmp/trinity-extractors' && sudo chown -R $USER:$USER '/tmp/trinity-extractors' && sync

• Run on the machine doing the content extraction
• See WoW 3.3.5 installation notes

mkdir -p '/tmp/trinity-extractors' && scp espionage724@192.168.1.152:'/tmp/trinity-extractors/'* '/tmp/trinity-extractors' && mv '/tmp/trinity-extractors/'* ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft 3.3.5a.12340'*'/' && sync

• Run on the machine doing the content extraction

sudo dnf install 'boost'

• Run on the machine doing the content extraction

cd ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft 3.3.5a.12340'*'/' && ./'mapextractor' -f '0'  && sync

• Run on the machine doing the content extraction

cd ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft 3.3.5a.12340'*'/' && ./'vmap4extractor' -l && sync

• Run on the machine doing the content extraction

cd ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft 3.3.5a.12340'*'/' && mkdir -p 'vmaps' && ./'vmap4assembler' 'Buildings' 'vmaps' && sync

• Run on the machine doing the content extraction

cd ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft 3.3.5a.12340'*'/' && mkdir -p 'mmaps' && ./'mmaps_generator' --bigBaseUnit 'true' --threads $(nproc) && sync

• Should be around 3.6GB
• Run on the machine that did the content extraction

cd ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft 3.3.5a.12340'*'/' && scp -r 'dbc' 'maps' 'vmaps' 'mmaps' 'Cameras' espionage724@192.168.1.152:~

• Run on the machine that did the content extraction

cd ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft 3.3.5a.12340'*'/' && rm -Rf 'Buildings' 'Cameras' 'dbc' 'maps' 'vmaps' 'mmaps' && cd ~/'Downloads' && rm -f 'mapextractor' 'vmap4extractor' 'vmap4assembler' 'mmaps_generator' && sync

• Moves the dbc, maps, vmaps, mmaps, and Cameras folders from the main user's ~ into the bin folder
• Run on the machine that is running the server

ls ~/'dbc' ~/'maps' ~/'vmaps' ~/'mmaps' ~/'Cameras' > '/dev/null' && sudo rm -Rf '/var/lib/trinity/Projects/trinity-335/run/bin/dbc' '/var/lib/trinity/Projects/trinity-335/run/bin/maps' '/var/lib/trinity/Projects/trinity-335/run/bin/vmaps' '/var/lib/trinity/Projects/trinity-335/run/bin/mmaps' '/var/lib/trinity/Projects/trinity-335/run/bin/Cameras' && cd ~ && sudo mv 'dbc' 'maps' 'vmaps' 'mmaps' 'Cameras' '/var/lib/trinity/Projects/trinity-335/run/bin' && sudo chown -R 'trinity':'trinity' '/var/lib/trinity/Projects/trinity-335/run/bin/dbc' '/var/lib/trinity/Projects/trinity-335/run/bin/maps' '/var/lib/trinity/Projects/trinity-335/run/bin/vmaps' '/var/lib/trinity/Projects/trinity-335/run/bin/mmaps' '/var/lib/trinity/Projects/trinity-335/run/bin/Cameras' && sync

sudo restorecon -F -I -R '/var/lib/trinity/Projects/trinity-335' && sync

sudo semanage fcontext --add --type 'bin_t' '/var/lib/trinity/Projects/trinity-335/run/bin/authserver' && sudo restorecon -F -I -R '/var/lib/trinity/Projects/trinity-335/run/bin/authserver'

sudo semanage fcontext --add --type 'bin_t' '/var/lib/trinity/Projects/trinity-335/run/bin/worldserver' && sudo restorecon -F -I -R '/var/lib/trinity/Projects/trinity-335/run/bin/worldserver'

• Last updated: 2023/07/30
• Last commit: Jul 28, 2021 68bf7e6
• New commits check
• Upstream authserver.conf.dist

nano ~/'Projects/trinity-335/run/etc/authserver.conf'

LoginDatabaseInfo = ".;/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock;authserver;x;authserver"

• Last updated: 2023/07/30
• Last commit: Feb 16, 2023 e11613e
• New commits check
• Upstream worldserver.conf.dist

• TODO: Update for conf.d

nano ~/'Projects/trinity-335/run/etc/worldserver.conf'

LoginDatabaseInfo     = ".;/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock;authserver;x;authserver"
WorldDatabaseInfo     = ".;/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock;worldserver;x;worldserver"
CharacterDatabaseInfo = ".;/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock;characters;x;characters"
Quests.LowLevelHideDiff = -1
Motd = "Welcome to the Realm of Espionage World of Warcraft server!"
Server.LoginInfo = 1
BirthdayTime = 1170471600

# Distance
Visibility.Distance.Continents = 533
Visibility.Distance.Instances = 533
Visibility.Notify.Period.OnContinents = 250
Visibility.Notify.Period.InInstances = 250

sudo su 'trinity' -s '/usr/bin/bash'

cd ~/'Projects/trinity-335/run/bin' && ~/'Projects/trinity-335/run/bin/authserver'

• Ctrl + C

cd ~/'Projects/trinity-335/run/bin' && ~/'Projects/trinity-335/run/bin/worldserver'

account create Espionage724 x

account set gmlevel Espionage724 3 -1

server shutdown 1

• This prevents the system log from having unnecessary console spam
• To be done after creating the initial GM account
• Any additional console use should come from telnet from a remote machine on the local network
• Credentials for the remote console are the same as the GM account created above
• 2023/07/30: TODO: sed didn't work as-expected, hence this isn't a one-liner yet

sudo su 'trinity' -s '/usr/bin/bash'

nano ~/'Projects/trinity-335/run/etc/worldserver.conf'

Console.Enable = 0

telnet '192.168.1.152' '3443'

server shutdown 1

• To be done after databases are initialized
• Applies to the first realm

sudo mysql

UPDATE `authserver`.`realmlist` SET `name` = 'RoE (WotLK)', `address` = 'wow.realmofespionage.xyz' WHERE `realmlist`.`id` = 1;

• 2023/07/30: This may have different behavior, see TOTPMasterSecret in auth and world confs

• To be done after databases are initialized
• Applies to the first account
• token_key must contain and not exceed 16 characters and can only contain characters A-Z and numbers 2-7 ⁷⁾
• Add key to Authenticator app
• Authenticator will be prompted from the game client on each log-in

sudo mysql

UPDATE `authserver`.`account` SET `token_key` = 'x' WHERE `account`.`id` = 1

• TODO: Re-figure out how SOAP works

• 2027/07/30: TODO: Rename the service as tc-335-auth isn't rememberable

sudo -e '/etc/systemd/system/tc-335-auth.service' && sudo systemctl daemon-reload && sudo systemctl enable 'tc-335-auth' --now

[Unit]
Description=TrinityCore 3.3.5 authserver
Wants=network-online.target
After=network-online.target mysqld.service

[Service]
Type=simple
User=trinity
Group=trinity
WorkingDirectory=/var/lib/trinity/Projects/trinity-335/run/bin
ExecStart='/var/lib/trinity/Projects/trinity-335/run/bin/authserver' -c '/var/lib/trinity/Projects/trinity-335/run/etc/authserver.conf'
Restart=always
RestartSec=5

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

sudo systemctl status 'tc-335-auth' -l

• Make sure worldserver's Console is disabled before starting the worldserver service
• 2027/07/30: TODO: Rename the service as tc-335-world isn't rememberable

sudo -e '/etc/systemd/system/tc-335-world.service' && sudo systemctl daemon-reload && sudo systemctl enable 'tc-335-world'

[Unit]
Description=TrinityCore 3.3.5 worldserver
Wants=network-online.target
After=network-online.target mysqld.service

[Service]
Type=simple
User=trinity
Group=trinity
WorkingDirectory=/var/lib/trinity/Projects/trinity-335/run/bin
ExecStart='/var/lib/trinity/Projects/trinity-335/run/bin/worldserver' -c '/var/lib/trinity/Projects/trinity-335/run/etc/worldserver.conf'
Restart=always
RestartSec=5

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

sudo systemctl status 'tc-335-world' -l

• Explanation of the update process and following services

1. Pull-in updated sources and compile TC (1:00)
2. Stop TC auth and world services (3:00)
3. Install updated-compiled TC (3:02:30)
4. Start TC auth and world services (3:05)

• Change make --jobs=2 as-needed

sudo -e '/etc/systemd/system/tc-335-up.service'

[Service]
User=trinity
Group=trinity
Type=oneshot
WorkingDirectory=/var/lib/trinity/Projects/trinity-335/build
Environment='CC=/usr/bin/clang'
Environment='CXX=/usr/bin/clang++'
ExecStartPre='/usr/bin/make' clean
ExecStartPre='/usr/bin/git' -C '/var/lib/trinity/Projects/trinity-335/src' pull origin '3.3.5'
ExecStartPre='/usr/bin/sync'
ExecStart='/usr/bin/cmake' '/var/lib/trinity/Projects/trinity-335/src' -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX='/var/lib/trinity/Projects/trinity-335/run' -DTOOLS='1'
ExecStart='/usr/bin/make' --jobs='2'
ExecStartPost='/usr/bin/sync'

• Every day at 01:00:00

sudo -e '/etc/systemd/system/tc-335-up.timer' && sudo systemctl daemon-reload && sudo systemctl enable 'tc-335-up.timer' --now

[Unit]
Description=TrinityCore 3.3.5 Git Updater and Compiler
Wants=network-online.target
After=network-online.target

[Timer]
OnCalendar=*-*-* 01:00:00
Persistent=true

[Install]
WantedBy=timers.target

sudo -e '/etc/systemd/system/tc-335-stop.service'

[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart='/usr/bin/systemctl' stop 'tc-335-auth'
ExecStart='/usr/bin/systemctl' stop 'tc-335-world'
ExecStartPost='/usr/bin/sync'

• Every day at 03:00:00

sudo -e '/etc/systemd/system/tc-335-stop.timer' && sudo systemctl daemon-reload && sudo systemctl enable 'tc-335-stop.timer' --now

[Unit]
Description=TrinityCore 3.3.5 Services Stopper
Wants=network-online.target mysqld.service
After=network-online.target

[Timer]
OnCalendar=*-*-* 03:00:00
Persistent=true

[Install]
WantedBy=timers.target

sudo -e '/etc/systemd/system/tc-335-up-post.service'

[Service]
User=trinity
Group=trinity
Type=oneshot
WorkingDirectory=/var/lib/trinity/Projects/trinity-335/build
ExecStart='/usr/bin/make' install
ExecStartPost='/usr/bin/sync'

• Every day at 03:02:30

sudo -e '/etc/systemd/system/tc-335-up-post.timer' && sudo systemctl daemon-reload && sudo systemctl enable 'tc-335-up-post.timer' --now

[Unit]
Description=TrinityCore 3.3.5 Post-Updater
Wants=network-online.target
After=network-online.target

[Timer]
OnCalendar=*-*-* 03:02:30
Persistent=true

[Install]
WantedBy=timers.target

sudo -e '/etc/systemd/system/tc-335-restart.service'

[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart='/usr/bin/systemctl' start 'tc-335-auth'
ExecStart='/usr/bin/systemctl' start 'tc-335-world'
ExecStartPost='/usr/bin/sync'

• Every day at 03:05:00

sudo -e '/etc/systemd/system/tc-335-restart.timer' && sudo systemctl daemon-reload && sudo systemctl enable 'tc-335-restart.timer' --now

[Unit]
Description=TrinityCore 3.3.5 Services Restarter
Wants=network-online.target mysqld.service
After=network-online.target

[Timer]
OnCalendar=*-*-* 03:05:00
Persistent=true

[Install]
WantedBy=timers.target

• This backs up an archive to the local disk

sudo -H -u 'mysql' -e '/var/lib/mysql/auth/authserver' && sudo chmod '600' '/var/lib/mysql/auth/authserver'

[mysqldump]
user=authserver
password=x

mkdir -p ~/'backups' && sudo -H -u 'mysql' mkdir -p '/var/lib/mysql/tmp' && sudo -e '/etc/systemd/system/authserver-db.service' && sudo sed -i 's/'CHANGEME'/'$USER'/g' '/etc/systemd/system/authserver-db.service'

[Service]
Type=oneshot
WorkingDirectory=/var/lib/mysql/tmp
ExecStartPre='/usr/bin/mysqldump' --defaults-extra-file='/var/lib/mysql/auth/authserver' --single-transaction 'authserver' -r '/var/lib/mysql/tmp/authserver.sql'
ExecStart='/usr/bin/gzip' -f '/var/lib/mysql/tmp/authserver.sql'
ExecStart='/usr/bin/bash' -c '"/usr/bin/mv" "/var/lib/mysql/tmp/authserver.sql.gz" "/home/CHANGEME/backups/authserver-database-auto-"$$(date +%%Y-%%m-%%d)".sql.gz"'
ExecStartPost='/usr/bin/sync'

• This happens daily

sudo -e '/etc/systemd/system/authserver-db.timer' && sudo systemctl daemon-reload && sudo systemctl enable 'authserver-db.timer' --now && sudo systemctl start 'authserver-db' && sudo systemctl status 'authserver-db' -l

[Unit]
Description=TrinityCore (authserver) Database Backup
After=mysqld.service

[Timer]
OnCalendar=*-*-* 03:40:00
Persistent=true

[Install]
WantedBy=timers.target

sudo -H -u 'mysql' -e '/var/lib/mysql/auth/characters' && sudo chmod '600' '/var/lib/mysql/auth/characters'

[mysqldump]
user=characters
password=x

mkdir -p ~/'backups' && sudo -H -u 'mysql' mkdir -p '/var/lib/mysql/tmp' && sudo -e '/etc/systemd/system/characters-db.service' && sudo sed -i 's/'CHANGEME'/'$USER'/g' '/etc/systemd/system/characters-db.service'

[Service]
Type=oneshot
WorkingDirectory=/var/lib/mysql/tmp
ExecStartPre='/usr/bin/mysqldump' --defaults-extra-file='/var/lib/mysql/auth/characters' --single-transaction 'characters' -r '/var/lib/mysql/tmp/characters.sql'
ExecStart='/usr/bin/gzip' -f '/var/lib/mysql/tmp/characters.sql'
ExecStart='/usr/bin/bash' -c '"/usr/bin/mv" "/var/lib/mysql/tmp/characters.sql.gz" "/home/CHANGEME/backups/characters-database-auto-"$$(date +%%Y-%%m-%%d)".sql.gz"'
ExecStartPost='/usr/bin/sync'

• This happens daily

sudo -e '/etc/systemd/system/characters-db.timer' && sudo systemctl daemon-reload && sudo systemctl enable 'characters-db.timer' --now && sudo systemctl start 'characters-db' && sudo systemctl status 'characters-db' -l

[Unit]
Description=TrinityCore (characters) Database Backup
After=mysqld.service

[Timer]
OnCalendar=*-*-* 03:41:00
Persistent=true

[Install]
WantedBy=timers.target

• Create backup archive on server and transfer to client computer

sudo systemctl stop authserver worldserver

sudo mysqldump --defaults-extra-file='/var/lib/mysql/auth/authserver' --single-transaction 'authserver' -r ~/'authserver-database-manual-'$(date +%Y-%m-%d)'.sql' && sync

sudo mysqldump --defaults-extra-file='/var/lib/mysql/auth/characters' --single-transaction 'characters' -r ~/'characters-database-manual-'$(date +%Y-%m-%d)'.sql' && sync

sudo systemctl start authserver worldserver

scp espionage724@192.168.1.152:~/'authserver-database-'*'.sql' espionage724@192.168.1.152:~/'characters-database-'*'.sql' ~/'Downloads' && sync

• This is only needed if restoring an automated database backup ⁸⁾

gunzip ~/'Downloads/authserver-database-'*'.sql.gz'

gunzip ~/'Downloads/characters-database-'*'.sql.gz'

scp ~/'Downloads/authserver-database-'*'.sql' ~/'Downloads/characters-database-'*'.sql' espionage724@192.168.1.152:~

rm -f ~/'Downloads/authserver-database-'*'.sql' ~/'Downloads/characters-database-'*'.sql' && sync

sudo systemctl stop authserver worldserver

sudo mysql

DROP DATABASE authserver;

DROP DATABASE characters;

FLUSH TABLES;

sudo mysql

CREATE DATABASE authserver;

CREATE DATABASE characters;

sudo mysql 'authserver' < ~/'authserver-database-'*'.sql' && sync

sudo mysql 'characters' < ~/'characters-database-'*'.sql' && sync

sudo mysql

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON authserver.* to 'authserver'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'x';

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON characters.* to 'characters'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'x';

FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

sudo systemctl start authserver worldserver

• Verify that TrinityCore works before running

rm ~/'authserver-database-'*'.sql' ~/'characters-database-'*'.sql' && sync