Host a BeamMP server on a raspberry pi 4

Lankdev · 5 December 2021 19:28

This is a tutorial on how to host a BeamMP server on a raspberry pi 4.

You will need a 64-bit operating system installed on your raspberry pi for this so I recommend using the 64-bit raspbian OS: Index of /raspios_arm64/images/raspios_arm64-2021-11-08

How to install a operating system on a raspberry pi: How to Install an Operating System on a Raspberry Pi

Automatic installation:

Run the file in the folder you would like your BeamMP server installed to.
Download: Dropbox - makeserver.sh - Simplify your life

Manual Installation:

Install dependencies

sudo apt-get update -y
sudo apt-get -y install git
sudo apt -y install cmake g++ make
sudo apt-get install -y libcurl4-openssl-dev
sudo apt-get install -y liblua5.3-dev
sudo apt-get install -y libz-dev
sudo apt-get install -y rapidjson-dev
sudo apt-get install -y libssl-dev
sudo apt-get install -y libboost-all-dev

Download the source files

git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/BeamMP/BeamMP-Server

Go into the server directory

cd BeamMP-Server

Checkout the branch you are wanting to use

Go to Tags · BeamMP/BeamMP-Server · GitHub
Find the latest version/the version you are wanting to use.
Run: git checkout tags/v[Version you want to use]
Example for last step: git checkout tags/v2.3.3

Build the server

cmake .
make

Create a file to start the server

Ensure you are in the correct directory: cd BeamMP-Server
Create the file: echo “./BeamMP-Server” > start.sh

Done! Run the start.sh file whenever you want to start the server!

Frite2belgique · 15 December 2022 23:40

Hello jack, I am really interested in making my own server on a Raspberry. I have some questions about what you have wrote before, could you help me please ?

Lankdev · 16 December 2022 00:27

Sure, what are your questions?

Frite2belgique · 16 December 2022 15:05

I specify that I am very very beginner and that I don’t know a lot of things yet, my question may seem a bit stupid, but where can I modify the parameters of my server?

and also, when you say : " Run the file in the folder you would like your BeamMP server installed to.
Download: [Dropbox - makeserver.sh - Simplify your life ]" where do you recommend to run and download the file ?

Lankdev · 17 December 2022 00:04

You can modify the parameters of the server in the config file that will either be generated when the server is created or ran. I ran it in the desktop folder but any basic folder like desktop or downloads would work.

Frite2belgique · 17 December 2022 00:38

I currently have a Beammp server (hosted on my computer) where I have added plugins and others options I want to keep, how do I specifically set my folder on the raspberry. By saying that, I mean how do I tell to my raspberry that he hast to host this particular folder ?

Lankdev · 17 December 2022 00:53

I recommend that you move the plug-ins and configs over to the folder created by the makeserver.sh executable instead of moving the server to a different folder. It has been a while since I created this so I’m not entirely sure how all this works anymore.

Frite2belgique · 17 December 2022 01:51

Thank you for your responses, this helps me a lot, I am not sure if I will buy a raspberry because it’s a bit expensive and I am scared of not being able to host the server on the raspberry(because as I said I have very limited knowledge about this). In that case the raspberry would be completely useless for me. Thank you very much for the time you gave me man !

Lankdev · 17 December 2022 02:04

I’m happy to help! And yeah, pi’s prices are insane right now. Hope I helped and thanks for reaching out!

JungleBook · 28 December 2022 02:17

Hello ! Tanks for information on this topic
Can we also do this with a raspberry of a previous generation? For exemple Pi 2 ?
Can we have lags with it ?

Lankdev · 28 December 2022 02:32

I assume you would be able to on a previous gen pi as BeamMP servers are very lightweight. This depends on a lot tho light libraries might be different on older ones or a 64 bit os might not work as well on older versions.

Bigfudge1987 · 12 January 2023 13:27

Hi. i am trying to get this to work om my pi 3b +. but it freezes on tha make code. at around 50%

Lankdev · 12 January 2023 13:41

I’m not entirely sure if this works on a pi 3b+ or if this works at all anymore. You might be running out of memory or something like that.

Bigfudge1987 · 12 January 2023 13:51

memory tops out at around 800-850 mb still got a bit left.
Uten navn
i get this. and then it freezes

Dudekahedron · 18 January 2023 16:09

Wait on it, or try make -j 1 or make instead of make -j, these will be slower but will most likely complete the build.

miguelsuri · 20 March 2023 17:39

Hey just wondering what the performance of running the server on the Pi was like?

timelybadger82 · 30 May 2023 16:19

when running the make command i get this error im not sure on what it means or how to fix it can somebody help

In file included from /home/pi/BeamMP-Server/BeamMP-Server/include/Common.h:35,
from /home/pi/BeamMP-Server/BeamMP-Server/test/test_main.cpp:4:
/home/pi/BeamMP-Server/BeamMP-Server/deps/lk-result/include/lk/Result.h:51:14: error: expected identifier before ‘!’ token
requires(!std::same_as<OT, Error> && !std::same_as<OT, E> && !std::same_as<OT, T>)
^
/home/pi/BeamMP-Server/BeamMP-Server/deps/lk-result/include/lk/Result.h:51:14: error: expected ‘,’ or ‘…’ before ‘!’ token
/home/pi/BeamMP-Server/BeamMP-Server/deps/lk-result/include/lk/Result.h:52:9: error: expected constructor, destructor, or type conversion before ‘GenericResult’
GenericResult(const OT& value) {
^~~~~~~~~~~~~
In file included from /home/pi/BeamMP-Server/BeamMP-Server/include/Common.h:35,
from /home/pi/BeamMP-Server/BeamMP-Server/test/test_main.cpp:4:
/home/pi/BeamMP-Server/BeamMP-Server/deps/lk-result/include/lk/Result.h:85:14: error: expected identifier before ‘!’ token
requires(!std::same_as<E, OE>) GenericResult& with_error(const OE& error_val) {
^
/home/pi/BeamMP-Server/BeamMP-Server/deps/lk-result/include/lk/Result.h:85:14: error: expected ‘,’ or ‘…’ before ‘!’ token
/home/pi/BeamMP-Server/BeamMP-Server/deps/lk-result/include/lk/Result.h:85:36: error: expected constructor, destructor, or type conversion before ‘GenericResult’
requires(!std::same_as<E, OE>) GenericResult& with_error(const OE& error_val) {
^~~~~~~~~~~~~
/home/pi/BeamMP-Server/BeamMP-Server/deps/lk-result/include/lk/Result.h:90:14: error: expected identifier before ‘!’ token
requires(!std::same_as<T, OT>) GenericResult& with_value(const OT& value) {
^
/home/pi/BeamMP-Server/BeamMP-Server/deps/lk-result/include/lk/Result.h:90:14: error: expected ‘,’ or ‘…’ before ‘!’ token
/home/pi/BeamMP-Server/BeamMP-Server/deps/lk-result/include/lk/Result.h:90:36: error: expected constructor, destructor, or type conversion before ‘GenericResult’
requires(!std::same_as<T, OT>) GenericResult& with_value(const OT& value) {
^~~~~~~~~~~~~
/home/pi/BeamMP-Server/BeamMP-Server/deps/lk-result/include/lk/Result.h:99:14: error: expected identifier before ‘!’ token
requires(!std::same_as<E, OE>) static GenericResult Error(const OE& error) {
^
/home/pi/BeamMP-Server/BeamMP-Server/deps/lk-result/include/lk/Result.h:99:14: error: expected ‘,’ or ‘…’ before ‘!’ token
/home/pi/BeamMP-Server/BeamMP-Server/deps/lk-result/include/lk/Result.h:99:36: error: expected constructor, destructor, or type conversion before ‘static’
requires(!std::same_as<E, OE>) static GenericResult Error(const OE& error) {
^~~~~~
/home/pi/BeamMP-Server/BeamMP-Server/deps/lk-result/include/lk/Result.h:108:14: error: expected identifier before ‘!’ token
requires(!std::same_as<E, OT>) static GenericResult Ok(const OT& value) {
^
/home/pi/BeamMP-Server/BeamMP-Server/deps/lk-result/include/lk/Result.h:108:14: error: expected ‘,’ or ‘…’ before ‘!’ token
/home/pi/BeamMP-Server/BeamMP-Server/deps/lk-result/include/lk/Result.h:108:36: error: expected constructor, destructor, or type conversion before ‘static’
requires(!std::same_as<E, OT>) static GenericResult Ok(const OT& value) {
^~~~~~
make[2]: *** [CMakeFiles/BeamMP-Server-tests.dir/build.make:63: CMakeFiles/BeamMP-Server-tests.dir/test/test_main.cpp.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/Makefile2:251: CMakeFiles/BeamMP-Server-tests.dir/all] Error 2

addition when compileing i get these errors frequently

/home/pi/BeamMP-Server/BeamMP-Server/deps/commandline/commandline.cpp: In member function ‘void Commandline::update_current_buffer_view()’:
/home/pi/BeamMP-Server/BeamMP-Server/deps/commandline/commandline.cpp:147:12: warning: format ‘%lu’ expects argument of type ‘long unsigned int’, but argument 4 has type ‘std::__cxx11::basic_string::size_type’ {aka ‘unsigned int’} [-Wformat=]
printf(“\x1b[2K\x1b[0G%s%s\x1b[%luG”, m_prompt.c_str(), m_current_buffer.c_str(), m_prompt.size() + m_cursor_pos + 1);
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/home/pi/BeamMP-Server/BeamMP-Server/deps/commandline/commandline.cpp: In member function ‘void Commandline::io_thread_main()’:
/home/pi/BeamMP-Server/BeamMP-Server/deps/commandline/commandline.cpp:419:20: warning: format ‘%lu’ expects argument of type ‘long unsigned int’, but argument 5 has type ‘std::__cxx11::basic_string::size_type’ {aka ‘unsigned int’} [-Wformat=]
printf(“\x1b[2K\x1b[0G%s\n%s%s\x1b[%luG”, to_write.c_str(), m_prompt.c_str(), m_current_buffer.c_str(), m_prompt.size() + m_cursor_pos + 1);
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~