Dedicated Server setup and management with GSM

[jimbobslimbob]

For those that have used GSM (Game Server Manager) before - or those that haven't, I have just uploaded a guide to dedicated server setup utilising it.

Those that host dedicated servers will find a lot of useful things here, such as auto-updating, timed restarts and backups and a wealth of other things to make managing your server easier. GSM has been in continuous development for around 5 years, seeing countless improvements and additions. It also features a companion DiscordBot, to manage your server remotely.

The guide:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2396422784

For those that are unaware of some of the features of GSM, here is a run-down:

Game Server Manager features - an overview
- Automatic update checking and applying via SteamCMD (with configurable delay and server warning message)
- Players online graph
- Built-in Telnet and RCON client, which can be used manually or set to automatically send messages and commands (such as shutdown and shutdown notices) to the server
- Auto-restart if server goes down
- Message/command broadcast system
- Player list showing everyone online, including ping, score, team and time online.
- INI File Parser, which displays a list of all ini file settings (across multiple files) in a list that you can sort, filter, edit, import and export as you wish.
- CPU and RAM usage display, with graph
- Network bandwidth monitor, with graph
- Ability to output status, players online and server name to a file - formatted however you want
- Single-click access to configuration.
- Detailed server information
- Internal and external IP address display
- Server up-time display
- Optional timed daily server restart.
- Timed incremental backups. Perform a daily backup of game data to a zip file.
- Automatically update game - Ability to run a maintenance / update program between restarts. e.g. SteamCMD to perform daily updates automatically. The server will start back up again when this program finished / ends so you minimise downtime.
- Option to delay timed restarts. i.e. The server will be turned off and the program will wait X seconds before attempting to restart it.
- Telnet to server
- 1 click backup and maintenance
- Remote commands to start, stop, backup, update and send commands to your server.
- Game Profiles - Multiple instances of the program can be run with multiple configurations.
- Designed to be "universal" and work with a multitude of games.

[Sky]

jimbobslimbob eredeti hozzászólása:

cwkronk eredeti hozzászólása:

*snip*
I've tried changing the ports to to other services I know are working and it still shows as down. I'm suspecting it's some kind of protocol issue with Windows server.

Just a quick reply to this - it's NOT a WIndows server issue. I have tested on 3 separate versions of Win Server (2012, 2012R2 and 2016) and it's fine. It also makes no sense at all that it would be related to that.

Screenshot of it running and working on 2012R2: https://www.jimbobslimbob.com/images/upload/WinServer2012R2.jpg

I'm running on Server 2019, so that takes care of any version that you would want to run.

[jimbobslimbob]

Sky eredeti hozzászólása:

jimbobslimbob eredeti hozzászólása:

Just a quick reply to this - it's NOT a WIndows server issue. I have tested on 3 separate versions of Win Server (2012, 2012R2 and 2016) and it's fine. It also makes no sense at all that it would be related to that.

Screenshot of it running and working on 2012R2: https://www.jimbobslimbob.com/images/upload/WinServer2012R2.jpg

I'm running on Server 2019, so that takes care of any version that you would want to run.

Nice to know - thanks for the info!

[Walker]

Maybe im dumb but i wanna mod my valheim server how do i go about that using GSM? anyway you can do a step by step on that? im also curious how i can set up ppl to be admins on my server or whitelist ppl?

[Melvrik]

Any fix for this issue (running Win 11 Pro) when attempting to use Discord webhooks? "Error sending Discord notification: The request was aborted: Could not create SSL/TLS secure channel." I've tried enabling all supported versions of TLS, still getting the error. The webhook looks fine in Discord, and I'm using the "Copy Webhook URL" button that Discord provides to copy+paste it directly into GSM.

[jimbobslimbob]

Meliodas eredeti hozzászólása:

Any fix for this issue (running Win 11 Pro) when attempting to use Discord webhooks? "Error sending Discord notification: The request was aborted: Could not create SSL/TLS secure channel." I've tried enabling all supported versions of TLS, still getting the error. The webhook looks fine in Discord, and I'm using the "Copy Webhook URL" button that Discord provides to copy+paste it directly into GSM.

It's nothing you are doing wrong - A Discord update broke functionality a while back and I have not yet had the time to dedicate to a fix.

[Melvrik]

jimbobslimbob eredeti hozzászólása:

It's nothing you are doing wrong - A Discord update broke functionality a while back and I have not yet had the time to dedicate to a fix.

Thanks for the quick reply mate.

[frostyfire03530]

jimbobslimbob eredeti hozzászólása:

It's nothing you are doing wrong - A Discord update broke functionality a while back and I have not yet had the time to dedicate to a fix.

Is there a repo up that we could help contribute a fix to GSM and the Bot? Went to run my server and also noticed the SSL/TLS issue in the log.

[Detona]

I created a small nodeJS to forward to Discord Webhook, its simply but work like a charm.
https://i.imgur.com/3AAdJBW.png

https://github.com/ErickVal/GSMtoDiscord

[jimbobslimbob]

Detona eredeti hozzászólása:

I created a small nodeJS to forward to Discord Webhook, its simply but work like a charm.
https://i.imgur.com/3AAdJBW.png

https://github.com/ErickVal/GSMtoDiscord

What a diamond. Thank-you for this - and I am sure the community appreciates it also. I will one day get around to fixing this (life has been a little hectic). Until then, I am sure many will be thankful for the fix. This is awesome.