Guides

Install the CubeCoders AMP (Application Management Panel) game server manager on Debian 10 in a VM. (Use Debian 9 in future to avoid issues with Java)

• Acquire licence from https://cubecoders.com/AMP
• Install a minimal server Debian 10 in a VM with enough RAM and storage for the desired servers
• Make sure all updates are installed sudo apt update then sudo apt upgrade
• Install Java 8:
  • Since OpenJDK 8 is no longer available for Debian 10, install the openjdk-8-jre-headless deb from the debian stretch repository
• Shutdown, create VM snapshot, and start the VM again
• Mount a NFS share to use for game backups not sure if should be before or after install
• Run as root bash <(wget -qO- getamp.sh) and follow instructions
• Access at http://hostname.example.com:8080
• Apply licence key
• Shutdown, create VM snapshot, and start the VM again

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