How to Install SourceBans++ on macOS

SourceBans++ is a powerful administration and ban management system for Source engine-based game servers, such as Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) or Team Fortress 2 (TF2). In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing SourceBans++ on macOS.

Prerequisites

Before we start, make sure you have the following software installed on your macOS system:

• Git
• Apache web server
• PHP
• MySQL

If you don't have any of these software installed, you can install them using Homebrew, a popular package manager for macOS.

1. Open Terminal and type the following command to install Homebrew:

$ /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

2. After installing Homebrew, use it to install the required software by running the following commands:

$ brew install git
$ brew install httpd
$ brew install php
$ brew install mysql

Installing SourceBans++

Now that you have the prerequisites installed, let's proceed with the installation of SourceBans++:

1. Open Terminal and navigate to the document root of your Apache web server. This is usually located at /Library/WebServer/Documents/.

$ cd /Library/WebServer/Documents/

2. Clone the SourceBans++ repository using Git.

$ git clone https://github.com/sbpp/sourcebans-pp.git

3. Rename the sourcebans-pp directory to a name of your choice. For example, if you want to use sbpp as the directory name, run the following command:

$ mv sourcebans-pp sbpp

4. Open the config.php file located in the sbpp directory using your preferred text editor.

$ nano sbpp/config.php

5. Modify the following settings in the config.php file to match your MySQL database settings:

$config['database']['host'] = 'localhost';
$config['database']['port'] = 3306;
$config['database']['username'] = 'root';
$config['database']['password'] = '';
$config['database']['database'] = 'sourcebans'; // Replace with your database name

6. Save and close the config.php file.

7. Create a new MySQL user and grant it privileges to create tables and insert data into the sourcebans database.

$ mysql -u root -p

Enter your MySQL root password when prompted.

> CREATE USER 'sourcebans'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your_password_here';
> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON sourcebans.* TO 'sourcebans'@'localhost';
> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
> EXIT;

Replace your_password_here with a strong password of your choice.

8. Import the sourcebans.sql file into your MySQL database.

$ mysql -u root -p sourcebans < sbpp/sb.sql

Enter your MySQL root password when prompted.

9. Configure Apache to serve the SourceBans++ directory.

• Open the httpd.conf file located at /usr/local/etc/httpd/httpd.conf.

$ sudo nano /usr/local/etc/httpd/httpd.conf

• Uncomment the following lines to enable PHP and allow access to the sbpp directory:

LoadModule php_module libexec/apache2/libphp.so
Include /usr/local/etc/httpd/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf

• Add the following lines to the end of the httpd-vhosts.conf file located at /usr/local/etc/httpd/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    DocumentRoot "/Library/WebServer/Documents/sbpp/"
    ServerName sbpp.local
    <Directory "/Library/WebServer/Documents/sbpp/">
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

• Save and close the httpd.conf and httpd-vhosts.conf files.

10. Restart Apache to apply the changes.

$ sudo apachectl restart

11. Open your web browser and navigate to http://sbpp.local. You should see the SourceBans++ installation page.

12. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation process.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed SourceBans++ on your macOS system.

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