How to Install Mumble Server on Ubuntu 15.04

Verified and Tested 06/15/15

Introduction

In this how-to, we will be installing a Mumble VoIP server on Ubuntu 15.04. Mumble is an open-source, low-latency, high-quality voice chat software primarily used while gaming.

Install Mumble

Mumble may not be available in the default Ubuntu repository. To add the repository–

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mumble/release

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install mumble

or if that command does not work, you may do the following. —

sudo apt-get install mumble

sudo dpkg-reconfigure mumble-server

Advanced Config

To configure, open up /etc/mumble-server.ini via nano or vi (user preference):

nano /etc/mumble-server.ini

To avoid users from affecting your Mumble server negatively, you may use Mumble’s global-ban system.

The below configuration is set so that if someone attempts to connect to the server (unsuccessfully) 5 times within 60 seconds, they will be banned for 150 seconds.

autobanAttempts, autobanTimeframe and autobanTime

#autobanAttempts = 5
#autobanTimeframe = 60
#autobanTime = 150

For these rules to occur, you must remove the # in front of each line.

Serverpassword

You will be able to choose a password for your server here. Be sure to use a strong password such as: f;Q=uS6/#BK5t<(9

# Password to join server.
serverpassword=

Welcometext

This setting displays a message to the users every time they log in to the server.

# Welcome message sent to clients when they connect.
welcometext="
Thank you for choosing Atlantic.Net! We hope you enjoy your stay
"

Port

The default port used by mumble is port 64738.

port=64738

Users

With this setting, you can limit the number of users allowed on the server at one time.

users=150

Allowhtml

Set Allowhtml to true to allow HTML to be used in messages.

allowhtml=true

Press Ctrl+X to exit /etc/mumble-server.ini

Perfect, now your Mumble server is installed and configured!

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