{"id":909,"date":"2024-04-15T17:06:41","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T17:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/?p=909"},"modified":"2024-04-15T17:15:23","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T17:15:23","slug":"how-to-install-garrys-mod-on-windows-server","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/how-to-install-garrys-mod-on-windows-server\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install Garry&#8217;s Mod on Windows Server"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"909\" class=\"elementor elementor-909\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9b3260 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d9b3260\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce24b53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ce24b53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 07-02-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Garry&#8217;s Mod is a sandbox game created by Facepunch Studios. It is also known as GMod. It was first made in 2004 as a mod for Half-Life 2 by Valve Corporation by Garry Newman. It developed into a stand-alone game over time.<\/p><p>Here\u2019s how you can install Garry\u2019s Mod on your Windows server:<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>Prerequisite for Installation:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>SteamCMD<\/li><li>Port forwarding enable<\/li><li>A Steam account (optional) for collection creation<\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>We will install Garry&#8217;s Mod Dedicated Server using SteamCMD to ensure you have the most recent build.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>Installation of SteamCMD.<\/strong><\/p><ol><li>Download the installer SteamCMD from the official website <a href=\"https:\/\/steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net\/client\/installer\/steamcmd.zip\">SteamCMD Website Download<\/a>.<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f1914e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0f1914e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 07-02-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"319\" height=\"148\" src=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Picture-2024-04-15-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-911\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Picture-2024-04-15-1.png 319w, https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Picture-2024-04-15-1-300x139.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 319px) 100vw, 319px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9cc3a40 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9cc3a40\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol start=\"2\">\n \t<li>After downloading the zip file, make a folder in the desired place.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14d3eec elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"14d3eec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"161\" src=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Picture-2024-04-15-2.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-912\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Picture-2024-04-15-2.png 723w, https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Picture-2024-04-15-2-300x67.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-817a910 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"817a910\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol start=\"3\">\n \t<li>Extract the downloaded zip file to the the newly created folder.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02e56f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"02e56f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"649\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Picture-2024-04-15-3.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-913\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Picture-2024-04-15-3.png 649w, https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Picture-2024-04-15-3-300x194.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 649px) 100vw, 649px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f501894 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f501894\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol start=\"4\">\n \t<li>Go the extracted application and then \u201cRun as Administrator\u201d to launch it. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-552a136 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"552a136\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"739\" height=\"346\" src=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Picture-2024-04-15-4.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-914\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Picture-2024-04-15-4.png 739w, https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Picture-2024-04-15-4-300x140.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 739px) 100vw, 739px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab33b35 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ab33b35\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol start=\"5\">\n \t<li>If the output looks like below, your installation of SteamCMD was successful.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-071d16c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"071d16c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"384\" src=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Picture-2024-04-15-5.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-915\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Picture-2024-04-15-5.png 879w, https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Picture-2024-04-15-5-300x144.png 300w, https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Picture-2024-04-15-5-768x369.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf53556 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cf53556\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>Installation of Garry\u2019s Mod<\/strong><\/p><ol><li>Login as anonymous on the SteamCMD.<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e28f0cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e28f0cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"92\" src=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Picture-2024-04-15-6.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-916\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Picture-2024-04-15-6.png 1019w, https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Picture-2024-04-15-6-300x34.png 300w, https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Picture-2024-04-15-6-768x88.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-edf20ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"edf20ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol start=\"2\">\n \t<li>Create a folder on where to put your Garry\u2019s Mod server files.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e751ac3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e751ac3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"82\" src=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Picture-2024-04-15-7.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-917\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Picture-2024-04-15-7.png 961w, https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Picture-2024-04-15-7-300x31.png 300w, https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Picture-2024-04-15-7-768x78.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0c9b03 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e0c9b03\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol start=\"3\">\n \t<li>Proceed to install Garry\u2019s Mod Dedicated Server.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a65eeb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3a65eeb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"149\" src=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Picture-2024-04-15-8.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-918\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Picture-2024-04-15-8.png 965w, https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Picture-2024-04-15-8-300x56.png 300w, https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Picture-2024-04-15-8-768x143.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf8d7b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cf8d7b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol start=\"4\">\n \t<li>Wait for 100% completion. Display below will show once completed.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8eca177 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8eca177\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"45\" src=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Picture-2024-04-15-9.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-919\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Picture-2024-04-15-9.png 969w, https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Picture-2024-04-15-9-300x17.png 300w, https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Picture-2024-04-15-9-768x43.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bebad42 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bebad42\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol start=\"5\">\n \t<li>Validate once again.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96e16c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"96e16c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"163\" src=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Picture-2024-04-15-10.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-920\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Picture-2024-04-15-10.png 964w, https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Picture-2024-04-15-10-300x61.png 300w, https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Picture-2024-04-15-10-768x156.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Garry&#8217;s Mod is a sandbox game created by Facepunch Studios. It is also known as GMod. It was first made in 2004 as a mod for Half-Life 2 by Valve Corporation by Garry Newman. It developed into a stand-alone game over time. Here\u2019s how you can install Garry\u2019s Mod on your Windows server: \u00a0 Prerequisite [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":914,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[36,9,12,31,10],"class_list":["post-909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tutorial","tag-garrys-mod","tag-windows","tag-windows-server-2019","tag-windows-vps","tag-windows10"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=909"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":947,"href":"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/909\/revisions\/947"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}