Dedicated Server Questions

[funnylord]

A few questions that for the life of me, i cannot google due to the amount of ad referencing the search brings up.

*Move this to Java based dev help if needed , but its not really help coding, just help with a setup...wasnt really sure how that would qualify as java based*

1: Dedicated Server and VPS. I know what they are, and how each one varies from the other.

- How do you get your files to said machines?
(remote access? upload it to it, and the server setup would be the same essentially?)

- Can CentOS work, or must i use Windows.


2- For a Domain name registered, how would i set that up to work for my website ...i already did the name server thing, but it didnt work...show me what im doing wrong?


3: Would this fix issues with Ports overlapping (im not sure if this is 100% on my server, but my client forces you to open the same port everyone else is on, so it auto closes the connection - No Error - and process ends before the game opens up (no.bat error)
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Just need to know if port issues would be removed, since everyone would be connection to the DEDI IP seperatly now
(ran into issues being on the same computer as server)

[MentaL]

[Dell Honne]

1. You can upload it to a place like mediafire and download it on the server. You can use FTP or RDP (Remote desktop) as well to get your files.

You can use anything as long as the files can run on the OS.

2. The nameserver is the thing your supposed to do. Point them to your servers IP address and then wait 24-48 hrs (Sometimes it's instant but it depends) Sometimes providers will do it for you or give you instructions on how to do it. Check their FAQ.

3. Most likely not but I'm not sure. In fact some server providers don't even let you open up ports for private servers.

/Hope this helped somewhat.

[greenelfx]

For the domain name, feel free to PM me if you can't figure it out

[DarkX411]

Upload to server:
Using FTP would probably be ideal but AFAIK most server OS's don't have FTP installed automatically. You could use WinSCP to transfer the files over SFTP though, or go through the simple install of FTP.

Access:
Windows - RDP
Linux - Putty(Ideally), or VNC(Dunno how to use this)

Domain:
The nameserver thing would only work if you have set up a DNS server ON your Dedi/VPS. Depending on where you get your domain you probably get free DNS hosting with the registrar, so you'd set an A record to the server IP.

Hopefully that clarifies some of it.

[SXMaple]

Upload to server:
Using FTP would probably be ideal but AFAIK most server OS's don't have FTP installed automatically. You could use WinSCP to transfer the files over SFTP though, or go through the simple install of FTP.

Access:
Windows - RDP
Linux - Putty(Ideally), or VNC(Dunno how to use this)

Domain:
The nameserver thing would only work if you have set up a DNS server ON your Dedi/VPS. Depending on where you get your domain you probably get free DNS hosting with the registrar, so you'd set an A record to the server IP.

Hopefully that clarifies some of it.

For VNC you have to install KDE/GNOME/ETC & VNCserver