Server Setup and Life

This documentation covers how to setup and maintain the server, from first install to opening your game to the public.

Installation & running

• Installation
  • Initialize a new game
  • Start the new game
  • Restarting and stopping
  • See server logs
  • Server configuration
  • Register with the Evennia Game Index (optional)
  • The Next steps
• Installing with GIT
  • Summary
  • Linux Install
  • Mac Install
  • Windows Install
• Installing with Docker
  • Running your game as a docker image
  • Create your own game image
  • How it Works
  • Additional Creature Comforts
• Installation Troubleshooting
  • Check your Requirements
  • Confusion of location (GIT installation)
  • Virtualenv setup fails
  • Localhost not found
  • Linux Troubleshooting
  • Mac Troubleshooting
  • Windows Troubleshooting
• Installing on Android
  • Install Termux
  • Prerequisites
  • Running Evennia
  • Caveats
  • Troubleshooting
• Upgrading an existing installation
  • Evennia v0.9.5 to 1.0
• Non-interactive setup
• Start Stop Reload
  • Starting Evennia
  • Foreground mode
  • Reloading
  • Resetting
  • Rebooting
  • Shutting down
  • Status and info
  • Killing (Linux/Mac only)
  • Django options
  • Advanced handling of Evennia processes

Configuring

• Game Settings and Configuration direcotry
  • Settings file
  • Other files in the server/conf directory
• Evennia Default settings file
• Choosing An SQL Server
  • SQLite3
  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL / MariaDB
  • Add MySQL configuration to Evennia
  • Others
• Evennia Game Index
  • Connect with the wizard
  • Manual Settings
  • Non-public games
• IRC
  • Configuring IRC
  • Setting up IRC, step by step
• Grapevine
  • Configuring Grapevine
  • Setting up Grapevine, step by step
• RSS
  • Configuring RSS
• How to connect Evennia to Twitter
  • Configuring Twitter
  • Install the twitter python module
  • A basic tweet command
  • Next Steps
• Client Support Grid
  • Client Grid
  • Workarounds for client issues:

Going public

• Online Setup
  • Connecting from the outside
  • SSL
  • Relevant SSL Proxy Setup Information
  • Hosting locally or remotely?
  • Cloud9
• Security
  • Know your logs
  • Disable development/debugging options
  • Handle user-uploaded images with care
  • Disable the web interface
  • Change your ssh port
  • Set up a firewall
  • Use an external webserver
• Making Evennia, HTTPS and WSS (Secure Websockets) play nicely together
  • Getting certificates
  • Installing and configuring HAProxy
  • Putting it all together
• Apache Config
  • mod_wsgi Setup
  • mod_proxy and mod_ssl setup