Best practices for hosting multiple servers

[janne]

U probably still have it linked to the shared content...

try
rm /home/user1/cstrike/*.txt
cp /home/srcds/cstrike/*.txt /home/user1/cstrike/

[Darkfoxx]

Alright, I had to do a slight variation of that, but it worked.

You might want to include in your original guide that it is necessary to do this:

Code:

rm -f /home/user1/cstrike/*.txt

Because simply using rm will not delete the symbolic link, and cp -f will not delete the symbolic link either.

[janne]

no, i know. sry.
it wasn't meant as a guide.
more like a little help in the right direction, so you know how to build your own scripts.

I myself have it in a complete batch script that also creates complete user accounts, srcds launch scripts etc.
So all this was the basic theory from that script.

[carm]

(08-25-2008, 06:56 AM)janne Wrote:  Create a user & folder for the shared content.

Code:

sudo useradd -d/home/srcds -m srcds

Make a default srcds installation in that folder as user srcds.
Also if you want put some extra maps and plugins you need to be common for all servers. (if so, don't to edit maplist.txt etc...)

Then create the first user

Code:

sudo useradd -d/home/user1 -m user1

and as root create symbolic links from srcds

Code:

sudo cp -s -R /home/srcds/* /home/user1/

and replace user editable files with a fresh copy of their own

Code:

sudo rm /home/user1/cstrike/cfg/*
sudo rm /home/user1/cstrike/*.txt
sudo rm /home/user1/cstrike/*.db
sudo cp /home/srcds/cstrike/cfg/* /home/user1/cstrike/cfg/
sudo cp /home/srcds/cstrike/*.txt /home/user1/cstrike/
sudo cp /home/srcds/cstrike/*.db /home/user1/cstrike/

and set proper permissions for directories

Code:

sudo find /home/user1/ -type d -exec chown user1.user1 {} \;

and files

Code:

sudo chown user1.user1 /home/user1/cstrike/cfg/*
sudo chown user1.user1 /home/user1/cstrike/*.txt
sudo chown user1.user1 /home/user1/cstrike/*.db

the add user1 to group srcds so it can read its files

Code:

sudo usermod -a -Gsrcds user1

Repeat the user process for more servers.

All updates will this way only be needed on the shared content.
All users can edit their own configs and install new maps and plugins which wasn't part of the shared content.


GL!

Is this still the recommended method of setting up multiple source servers sharing the same core install?

[loopyman]

Please open your own thread.