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Amp Game Server

Install the CubeCoders AMP (Application Management Panel) game server manager on Debian 10 in a VM.

Setup

First, install a minimal installation of Debian 10 with the following changes:

VM Name: Game Host
Hostname: Optiplex-GameHost
CPU: 4
Memory: 10 GB
Hard Disk: 50-100 GB
Enter a password for the root user
Run the command to set the timezone to UTC

Install Latest Debian

Download the latest 64-bit PC netinst iso file from debian.org
In ESXi:
- Upload the iso to the iso folder in the datastore
- Create/Register VM:
  - Create a new virtual machine
  - Name the VM, and choose Linux and Debian GNU/Linux <xx> (64-bit)
  - Specify the desired Target Datastore
  - Customise:
    - CPU:
      - Use the full amount of cores per socket to end up with one socket
    - If using NVMe storage for the datastore:
      - Add other device > NVMe controller
      - Hard Disk 1 > Controller location > NVMe controller 0
      - Remove SCSI controller 0
    - VM Options > Boot Options > Enable Force BIOS setup
    - Select other appropriate VM settings depending on desired applications
  - Confirm settings and Finish
- If autostart is desired for this machine go to Host > Manage > System > Autostart:
  - Click on the current VM
  - Enable
  - Use Start earlier and Start later to set the desired order
- Go to Virtual Machines on the sidebar and click on the current VM
  - Run and then stop the VM, it should have booted to its BIOS
  - Give the VM a static IP address from your router using the generated MAC address (found under Hardware Configuration > Network adapter 1) and desired hostname
  - Power on the VM
  - Go through the Debian setup process
    - Give an empty password for root to disable root login and setup sudo
    - In software selection, selecting only the SSH server and Standard system utilities
  - Once setup is finished and it has booted
    - Log in as the created user
    - Run:
      # Install VMWare tools if not already sudo apt install open-vm-tools # Change the SSH port to 50001: sudo sed -i "s/#Port 22/Port 50001/" /etc/ssh/sshd_config # Optionally enable root SSH login sudo sed -i "s/#PermitRootLogin prohibit-password/PermitRootLogin yes/" /etc/ssh/sshd_config # Optionally set the timezone to UTC: timedatectl set-timezone UTC exit
- Shut down the VM
- Edit VM note to be the following:
```
Minimal server installation of Debian <xx>

Ports:
50001/tcp SSH
```
- Save a snapshot called Base Install

2020/12/22 08:35 · derek

Install AMP

Acquire licence from https://cubecoders.com/AMP
Login to ssh as root
Make sure all updates are installed:
- apt update && apt upgrade
Run and add en_US.UTF-8 as an extra locale
- dpkg-reconfigure locales
Mount a NFS share to use for game backups : not sure if should be before or after install
Run and follow instructions to install AMP:
- bash <(wget -qO- getamp.sh)
Access at http://hostname.example.com:8080
Apply licence key and perform initial setup
Configuration > System Settings > Webserver
- Enable Using Reverse Proxy and set the correct IP address of the proxy
Shutdown, create VM snapshot, and start the VM again

Notes

Ignore the ADS01 instance created by default, it is the base instance of the management website and is already effectively the instance being managed, it can theoretically be renamed using: : Not actually working
- ampinstmgr ReconfigureInstance ADS01 +Core.AMP.FriendlyName "ADS(Ignore)"
Right-click on an instance in ADS to edit the port bindings, view data, update, or delete the instance
After creating a game instance and configuring, click update on the status page to download the game initially before attempting to start it.

Update

The management page shows when an update is needed
Warning: Updating restarts all game servers!
Check https://support.cubecoders.com/ for update notes
Login to ssh as root
Update the instance manager command line tool:
- apt update && upgrade
Update the AMP instances:
- runuser -l AMP -c "ampinstmgr upgradeall"
Use Shift+F5 or Shift+Command+R to refresh the AMP page with a clear cache after updating

Ports

8080/TCP      https Web Interface
8081:8180/TCP Instance management (FIXME: Not sure if need forwarding?)

5678:5688
7777:7877/TCP     RCON
8766:8866
21025:21125/TCP   Starbound
25565:25665/Both  Minecraft
27015:27115/Both  Source engine games
28015:28115/Both  Rust
34197:34297/UDP   Factorio

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