This guide will assume certain folder paths & filenames. You can always choose other file paths & filenames, but be vigilant that you link them all correctly. I recommend that you create folder paths WITHOUT any spaces.

Create a folder for SteamCMD @

Download SteamCMD for Windows @
https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/client/installer/steamcmd.zip
and extract the steamcmd.exe into that folder.

You can now run the executable if you want but remember, it is a commandline app !
For our purposes, we can make it a lot easier by using small scripts to automate things.
You can view the API documentation @ https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/SteamCMD

Create a text file in the SteamCMD root folder using your favorite text editor. (Notepad++)
In it dump the following lines of text & save with filename "_kf2_update.txt":


You can then create a shortcut with target:
And let it start in:

You can name it something like "_kf2_update". As you can probably guess, you can simply run this shortcut every time you want your server to update. My shortcut is located in the SteamCMD root folder but since the start path is set, you can put it anywhere you want.

In my configuration the folder structure will be like this:

Create a text file with your favorite text editor (Notepad++) in C:\Servers\SteamServers\kf2\,
in it put the following line of text and save it as a .bat file:
Mine is named:

run it once so the kf2server can create all the ini files we need to edit.
To shut kf2server down, simply press ctrl + c with the window active.
( universal commandline shut down / cancel )

Open the WebUI config file:

enable the WebUI and configure the port you want to access it with:

When you now run the KF2Server.bat to start the server you will be able to access to WebUI via the local ip of the machine it is running on + the port

The admin username is "admin" and the password is "123" as stated in your .bat file.
You can fully configure the KF2Server from there. I recommend you change the default admin password. But if that specific port is not forwarded to the WAN, it doesn't pose much of a security risk. Don't forget to remove the password line from the bat file if you change your password via the UI !

[ ! ] Since you'll be booting your server via the .bat file it is important to remember that updating KF2 might overwrite this. So you might want to create your own to prevent it from wiping your changes.

[ ! ] All mapnames in the .bat file are lowercase. So for "KF-ShoppingSpree" via console & WebUI that would be "kf-shoppingspree" in the bat file. When trying to boot with an invalid mapname it will be stuck in a never ending boot loop.

For port forwarding you need the following ports:

TIP: To make port forwarding work reliably, you really should setup static IP's for the computer running the game server. You can reserve IP adresses via your router's DHCP. If this all is a bit mumbo jumbo to you, then you might want to read up on it. If the game server works on LAN, but cannot be accessed via WAN, then there is something blocking traffic. Either it's your router or the operating system.

[ ! ] Note that some internet providers have port forwarding setup in the modem/cablebox which you should be able to modify via a configuration screen on your ISP's website. Mine is wide open & I have a very capable router doing a far better job.

On my server, windows Firewall has Both TCP & UDP traffic allowed in the "Inbound Rules" section for the kfserver.exe executable. It should prompt you when launching for the first time so you don't have to do this manually.

Open PCServer-KFEngine.ini located @

Add the folowing text to the file, outside of another section

The "644068210" is the ID of the workshop item, it is listed in the url of the item you are looking at in the workshop. (You might want to enable steam to show the page url in your steam client settings) "644068210" is the ID of KF-ShoppingSpree. You can add as much workshop items as you want.

Alternatively for your client you can find all downloaded workshop items by ID and Filenames in

If the "[OnlineSubsystemSteamworks.KFWorkshopSteamworks]" Section is already there, just add the workshop item.

In the "[IpDrv.TcpNetDriver]" section, you need to add:

When you now start your server, it should mention the Workshop stuff & check if it is downloaded or not. It can take a few minutes before it will download the workshop item. It will do so while your server is running other content. It should also automatically update the workshop item while your server is running when it is released by the creator.

!!! IMPORTANT !!!

Note that as of April 11 2016, Maps are not added to the WebUI map rotation, you must add them manually to the list, in my case: "KF-ShoppingSpree". It is the literal map string without the file extension.