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Reddish carpenter antOP
Hello admincraft, I'm new here.
I'm looking to become a real admin, and I don't know where to go from where I am now.
For clarification, I have been running various Minecraft (and a few other game) servers for years for myself and a couple of friends.
-# Also technically for anyone in our friend/discord, but there really isn't any traffic in that department.
So my question is this: What do I do first to improve my hosting?
We want to grow eventually, but I need to learn more before we begin trying that.
-# I am going to try to go through the various guides in the discord that I have been recommended on my last post, but I wanted to get this post out there in case someone can give me a better starting point.
I'm looking to become a real admin, and I don't know where to go from where I am now.
For clarification, I have been running various Minecraft (and a few other game) servers for years for myself and a couple of friends.
-# Also technically for anyone in our friend/discord, but there really isn't any traffic in that department.
To explain my experience level so far:
- I self host, on a separate server computer in my home (running windows 10)
-# we have 32gb of RAM right now and a 3.6ghz 8 core processor which seems to be working fine for our purposes, we are only looking for upgrades here is we get more players.
- My servers have been using various modpacks that I have created by throwing a bunch of mods together and calling it good, as well as actual modpacks from curseforge on occasion.
- Most recently, we are playing Craft to Exile II, and it seems like we are going to be sticking to this one for a good long time.
- I can generally navigate my way through editing config files to tweak various settings.
- I have next to no knowledge of writing or understanding any kind of programing language (other than changing some config settings)
- I have never used server software or alternate launchers for minecraft other than whatever comes default with curseforge, and the forge installers.
So my question is this: What do I do first to improve my hosting?
We want to grow eventually, but I need to learn more before we begin trying that.
-# I am going to try to go through the various guides in the discord that I have been recommended on my last post, but I wanted to get this post out there in case someone can give me a better starting point.
Reddish carpenter antOP
Update: I am currently trying to set up an auto restart loop for my server using .bat files and something called Ncat that I read about, so far with some success but not working as intended.
I managed to have it where my server will restart when closed, but it won't automatically shutdown.
I also have a .bat to run to prevent auto restart, which seems to work as intended.
I managed to have it where my server will restart when closed, but it won't automatically shutdown.
I also have a .bat to run to prevent auto restart, which seems to work as intended.
@Reddish carpenter ant Hello admincraft, I'm new here.
I'm looking to become a real admin, and I don't know where to go from where I am now.
For clarification, I have been running various Minecraft (and a few other game) servers for years for myself and a couple of friends.
-# Also technically for anyone in our friend/discord, but there really isn't any traffic in that department.
So my question is this: What do I do first to improve my hosting?
We want to grow eventually, but I need to learn more before we begin trying that.
-# I am going to try to go through the various guides in the discord that I have been recommended on my last post, but I wanted to get this post out there in case someone can give me a better starting point.
I'm looking to become a real admin, and I don't know where to go from where I am now.
For clarification, I have been running various Minecraft (and a few other game) servers for years for myself and a couple of friends.
-# Also technically for anyone in our friend/discord, but there really isn't any traffic in that department.
To explain my experience level so far:
- I self host, on a separate server computer in my home (running windows 10)
-# we have 32gb of RAM right now and a 3.6ghz 8 core processor which seems to be working fine for our purposes, we are only looking for upgrades here is we get more players.
- My servers have been using various modpacks that I have created by throwing a bunch of mods together and calling it good, as well as actual modpacks from curseforge on occasion.
- Most recently, we are playing Craft to Exile II, and it seems like we are going to be sticking to this one for a good long time.
- I can generally navigate my way through editing config files to tweak various settings.
- I have next to no knowledge of writing or understanding any kind of programing language (other than changing some config settings)
- I have never used server software or alternate launchers for minecraft other than whatever comes default with curseforge, and the forge installers.
So my question is this: What do I do first to improve my hosting?
We want to grow eventually, but I need to learn more before we begin trying that.
-# I am going to try to go through the various guides in the discord that I have been recommended on my last post, but I wanted to get this post out there in case someone can give me a better starting point.
32gb of RAM right now and a 3.6ghz 8 core processorWhats the cpu? Is this a separate pc as well?
You'd preferably want a linux / debian install for your machine to get the best out of it, compared to Windows.
What do I do first to improve my hosting?
Really there is a lot you can and cant do, a linux server would be the #1 best thing you can do and learn to-do to make server installing and upgrading / reinstalling / etc FAR easier
Improve your hosting is also a very broad thing when you arent asking on what specifically to imrpove. Being the performance of your servers, the playercount, the optimizations of installing servers. etc
@Reddish carpenter ant Update: I am currently trying to set up an auto restart loop for my server using .bat files and something called Ncat that I read about, so far with some success but not working as intended.
I managed to have it where my server will restart when closed, but it won't automatically shutdown.
I also have a .bat to run to prevent auto restart, which seems to work as intended.
I managed to have it where my server will restart when closed, but it won't automatically shutdown.
I also have a .bat to run to prevent auto restart, which seems to work as intended.
https://flags.sh/
You can just use flags.sh to make a auto restart script directly in the bat file vs external programs
You can just use flags.sh to make a auto restart script directly in the bat file vs external programs
@Tamz
You'd preferably want a linux / debian install for your machine to get the best out of it, compared to Windows.
Really there is a lot you can and cant do, a linux server would be the #1 best thing you can do and learn to-do to make server installing and upgrading / reinstalling / etc FAR easier
Improve your hosting is also a very broad thing when you arent asking on what specifically to imrpove. Being the performance of your servers, the playercount, the optimizations of installing servers. etc
32gb of RAM right now and a 3.6ghz 8 core processorWhats the cpu? Is this a separate pc as well?
You'd preferably want a linux / debian install for your machine to get the best out of it, compared to Windows.
What do I do first to improve my hosting?
Really there is a lot you can and cant do, a linux server would be the #1 best thing you can do and learn to-do to make server installing and upgrading / reinstalling / etc FAR easier
Improve your hosting is also a very broad thing when you arent asking on what specifically to imrpove. Being the performance of your servers, the playercount, the optimizations of installing servers. etc
Reddish carpenter antOP
The specific cpu is I7-9700k (according to task manager)
I also forgot to note that the the whole server is running on 500gb solid state, which we'll be expanding in the future.
I also forgot to note that the the whole server is running on 500gb solid state, which we'll be expanding in the future.
@Reddish carpenter ant The specific cpu is I7-9700k (according to task manager)
I also forgot to note that the the whole server is running on 500gb solid state, which we'll be expanding in the future.
I also forgot to note that the the whole server is running on 500gb solid state, which we'll be expanding in the future.
thats quite uh cpu 😅
whats the player counts that you get?
whats the player counts that you get?
@Tamz thats quite uh cpu 😅
whats the player counts that you get?
whats the player counts that you get?
Reddish carpenter antOP
No more than 5 currently, i think the peak player count on another game we hosted on this machine was around 15 (7 days to die a21, no mods)
My cousin (one of the friends I mentioned in the other post) put the hardware together with spare parts from his personal build.
I'm not sure if your comment is positive or negative lol
My cousin (one of the friends I mentioned in the other post) put the hardware together with spare parts from his personal build.
I'm not sure if your comment is positive or negative lol
I see
the cpu is not the best, but its not horrible to host something thats for friends and such
I wouldn't use it as a online anyone can join
Reddish carpenter antOP
We haven't been having any performance issues yet, other than when I forgot to allocate ram to the server
I figured we would have to upgrade some components before we go fully public, but I am looking into the administration and software side of things first.
With what I have right now, what would you recommend for a player cap?
It's currently at 20, but as I've mentioned, we haven't had more than 5 on minecraft
With what I have right now, what would you recommend for a player cap?
It's currently at 20, but as I've mentioned, we haven't had more than 5 on minecraft
I wouldnt go above 10 on heavily modded packs
20-40 for plugin based system
Reddish carpenter antOP
Alright, thanks again
I'll update to max players 10 (even though I don't see us hitting that max any time soon)
I'll update to max players 10 (even though I don't see us hitting that max any time soon)
@Tamz https://flags.sh/
You can just use flags.sh to make a auto restart script directly in the bat file vs external programs
You can just use flags.sh to make a auto restart script directly in the bat file vs external programs
Reddish carpenter antOP
I must have done something wrong with this because it just ended up creating a console window that would spam reset unless i killed it with ctrl + C
I've been making a lot of backups with all of the things I've been trying though so i was able to revert with no problem lol
I've been making a lot of backups with all of the things I've been trying though so i was able to revert with no problem lol
Reddish carpenter antOP
By copying some text into my run.bat from somewhere, i managed to get my server to restart automatically if stopped, but I am still unable to get it to shut down automatically for a scheduled restart.
@Reddish carpenter ant Hello admincraft, I'm new here.
I'm looking to become a real admin, and I don't know where to go from where I am now.
For clarification, I have been running various Minecraft (and a few other game) servers for years for myself and a couple of friends.
-# Also technically for anyone in our friend/discord, but there really isn't any traffic in that department.
So my question is this: What do I do first to improve my hosting?
We want to grow eventually, but I need to learn more before we begin trying that.
-# I am going to try to go through the various guides in the discord that I have been recommended on my last post, but I wanted to get this post out there in case someone can give me a better starting point.
I'm looking to become a real admin, and I don't know where to go from where I am now.
For clarification, I have been running various Minecraft (and a few other game) servers for years for myself and a couple of friends.
-# Also technically for anyone in our friend/discord, but there really isn't any traffic in that department.
To explain my experience level so far:
- I self host, on a separate server computer in my home (running windows 10)
-# we have 32gb of RAM right now and a 3.6ghz 8 core processor which seems to be working fine for our purposes, we are only looking for upgrades here is we get more players.
- My servers have been using various modpacks that I have created by throwing a bunch of mods together and calling it good, as well as actual modpacks from curseforge on occasion.
- Most recently, we are playing Craft to Exile II, and it seems like we are going to be sticking to this one for a good long time.
- I can generally navigate my way through editing config files to tweak various settings.
- I have next to no knowledge of writing or understanding any kind of programing language (other than changing some config settings)
- I have never used server software or alternate launchers for minecraft other than whatever comes default with curseforge, and the forge installers.
So my question is this: What do I do first to improve my hosting?
We want to grow eventually, but I need to learn more before we begin trying that.
-# I am going to try to go through the various guides in the discord that I have been recommended on my last post, but I wanted to get this post out there in case someone can give me a better starting point.
Ruddy Ground-Dove
Honestly? The best move you can make is move away from Windows for hosting servers. Linux is where shit gets real, there are a LOT more Linux native hosting things than there are for Windows.
Example, Windows doesn't have basic features like docker.sock so you really can't drive Docker correctly on Windows without docker desktop but it's missing the occasional common Linux stuff containers want, and most ways to host servers are better in containers.
Learn Linux, learn basic scripting using bash and Python, get used to using a terminal, study how to do things via SSH and how to secure your lab.
That's the next step for getting into this if you've been on Windows for a while.
That's the next step for getting into this if you've been on Windows for a while.
Bluetick Coonhound
Ubuntu is good for almost all things
Big community, lots of people using it, all clouds support it, and it’s easy to use
Whether headless or not
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