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server:hosting [2016/04/18 07:05] saru [Server Settings] |
server:hosting [2018/03/05 06:26] karl reverted my "vandalism" from last time, i had been rock solid confessed, that the ports would be in the 132 range, and not 133, added mentioning of port 13325 for the watchdog |
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| * Connections issues can occur within the Crossfire client if the domain name is not full qualified. | * Connections issues can occur within the Crossfire client if the domain name is not full qualified. | ||
| - Network security to allow remote connections and communication to the metaserver (if a public server). | - Network security to allow remote connections and communication to the metaserver (if a public server). | ||
| - | * The server runs on port 13327 | + | * The server runs (by default) on port **13327** |
| * if you have a firewall, it will need to allow that port for incoming connections, | * if you have a firewall, it will need to allow that port for incoming connections, | ||
| * if you are running NAT, you will need to make sure that the connection to port 13327 gets routed to the correct server. | * if you are running NAT, you will need to make sure that the connection to port 13327 gets routed to the correct server. | ||
| - | * The metaserver runs on port 13326 and 80 (HTTP) | + | * The metaserver runs (by default) on port **13326** and 80 (HTTP) |
| * if you have a firewall, it will need to allow 13326 and 80 for incoming connections, | * if you have a firewall, it will need to allow 13326 and 80 for incoming connections, | ||
| * if you are running NAT, you will need to make sure that the connection to port 13326 gets routed to the correct server. | * if you are running NAT, you will need to make sure that the connection to port 13326 gets routed to the correct server. | ||
| * For metaserver2 updates, it is an outgoing connection to standard HTTP port (80), so very few firewalls should block it. | * For metaserver2 updates, it is an outgoing connection to standard HTTP port (80), so very few firewalls should block it. | ||
| + | ==== Watchdog ==== | ||
| + | The watchdog feature can be enabled manually in the //server/include/config.h// at [[:server:server_compiling]] as //#define WATCHDOG 1// . \\ | ||
| + | The watchdog port number is hardcoded inside //void watchdog(void)// located in the //server/socket.loop.c// source file as //13325// . \\ | ||
| + | :!: The watchdog feature may not work as it should currently until incl. server v1.70.0 to create | ||
| + | * a port at startup already ( but will create it after %503 ticks ) | ||
| + | * an //udp// port of the number 13325 ( but some random udp-port above 32768 ) | ||
| + | :!: Further it would create an additional socket, and that may lead to problems that the code does not work to add a new client. You may better not enable that feature! | ||
| ===== Installing a Crossfire Server from a Binary ===== | ===== Installing a Crossfire Server from a Binary ===== | ||
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| * The default settings file will work just fine, and is most supported | * The default settings file will work just fine, and is most supported | ||
| * The file controls many aspects of play - permadeath or not, number of starting stat points, etc. | * The file controls many aspects of play - permadeath or not, number of starting stat points, etc. | ||
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| + | === Players accounts === | ||
| + | Player account information is stored in the /var directory (on linux this is usually /usr/games/crossfire/var/crossfire/). | ||
| + | * The account file in the var directory includes account name and password information. | ||
| + | * The accounts file is linked to each player file in the file with the same name stored in /account | ||
| + | * Each player file is stored within the directory /players | ||
| + | * You will need to back up each of these in order to be able to keep an archive for your players. It is generally a good idea to set up an automatic archiving script such that if something gets broken any account or player may be recovered. | ||
| === DM account === | === DM account === | ||
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| - All crossfire files are text, so generally easy to back up and restore. Since files are text, one can even attempt to repair damaged/corrupted files. | - All crossfire files are text, so generally easy to back up and restore. Since files are text, one can even attempt to repair damaged/corrupted files. | ||
| - Consider using Munin (http://munin-monitoring.org/) for monitoring and tacking server resources, more of a server host or administration benefit | - Consider using Munin (http://munin-monitoring.org/) for monitoring and tacking server resources, more of a server host or administration benefit | ||
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| ==== Social Management ==== | ==== Social Management ==== | ||
| === General Tips === | === General Tips === | ||
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