So - not sure you are in a windows server environment or not - but if so...
I have spent a fair amount of time working this stuff out. I have arrived at a solution that uses mostly "out of the box" Microsoft tools. I have wrapped my srcds game instances as windows services, using srvany.exe. Many folks swear by FireDaemon - but srvany is completely free, works just fine and has no restrictions in terms of the number of wrapped services. This free tool is part of the windows server toolkit and is freely downloadable from Microsoft. I have 3 games running as services (HL2DM, CSS and DOD:S). As well, I run fpspingbooster.exe and hlstatx.pl as windows services, also wrapped with srvany. I created a set of .reg registry files and .bat files that automate the whole thing. For scheduled tasks, e.g. nightly hldsupdate, hlstatx awards and just restarting the services because I am paranoid about memory leaks, I use Windows Scheduler and bat files. Works like a charm. To give you an idea of what i mean, here is my InstallAll.bat file - that creates and starts the services: ------------ d: cd "d:\Program Files\Valve\HLServer" net stop srcds_cstrike net stop srcds_hl2mp net stop srcds_dod net stop srcds_pingbooster net stop srcds_hlstatsx instsrv "srcds_cstrike" remove instsrv "srcds_hl2mp" remove instsrv "srcds_dod" remove instsrv "srcds_pingbooster" remove instsrv "srcds_hlstatsx" remove instsrv "srcds_cstrike" "D:\Program Files\Valve\HLServer\srvany.exe" instsrv "srcds_hl2mp" "D:\Program Files\Valve\HLServer\srvany.exe" instsrv "srcds_dod" "D:\Program Files\Valve\HLServer\srvany.exe" instsrv "srcds_pingbooster" "D:\Program Files\Valve\HLServer\srvany.exe" instsrv "srcds_hlstatsx" "D:\Program Files\Valve\HLServer\srvany.exe" regedit /S srcds_cstrike.reg regedit /S srcds_hl2mp.reg regedit /S srcds_dod.reg regedit /S srcds_pingbooster.reg regedit /S srcds_hlstatsx.reg net start srcds_pingbooster net start srcds_cstrike net start srcds_hl2mp net start srcds_dod net start srcds_hlstatsx pause --------- Note the use of the silent regedit to set the srvany parameters for the services. Here is an example of a .reg file: -------- Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\srcds_dod] "Type"=dword:00000110 "Start"=dword:00000003 "ErrorControl"=dword:00000001 "ImagePath"=hex(2):43,00,3a,00,5c,00,50,00,72,00,6f,00,67,00,72,00,61,00,6d,00,\ 20,00,46,00,69,00,6c,00,65,00,73,00,5c,00,57,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,6f,00,77,\ 00,73,00,20,00,52,00,65,00,73,00,6f,00,75,00,72,00,63,00,65,00,20,00,4b,00,\ 69,00,74,00,73,00,5c,00,54,00,6f,00,6f,00,6c,00,73,00,5c,00,73,00,72,00,76,\ 00,61,00,6e,00,79,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,00,00 "DisplayName"="srcds_dod" "ObjectName"="LocalSystem" "FailureActions"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,53,00,65,\ 00,01,00,00,00,60,ea,00,00,01,00,00,00,60,ea,00,00,01,00,00,00,60,ea,00,00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\srcds_dod\Parameters] "AppDirectory"="D:\\Program Files\\Valve\\HLServer" "Application"="D:\\Program Files\\Valve\\HLServer\\srcds.exe" "AppParameters"=" -console -game \"dod\" -tickrate 66 +fps_max 600 +maxplayers 32 -port 27025 +map dod_kalt +rcon_password \"somesecretcrap\"" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\srcds_dod\Security] "Security"=hex:01... .... several lines omitted for security reasons they wouldn't work on your machine anyway ... [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\srcds_dod\Enum] "0"="Root\\LEGACY_SRCDS_dod\\0000" "Count"=dword:00000001 "NextInstance"=dword:00000001 --------------------- You can create these files by manually using Regedit, then exporting the registry key and saving the file. As for robustness - in Windows server, you can specify what actions you want to take if the service fails. I find that this works only to a limited extent. I am using HLSW. My opinion about that tool is mixed - but it mostly does the job. Any questions, feel free to contact me directly at gr1955 at hotmail dot com Best of luck. Frazer
From: "Adam Sando" Reply-To: [email protected] To: Subject: [hlds] Accessing srcds console remotely (for admin) Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 11:05:11 +1030 Hi guys, I have setup a Source dedicated server and am trying to automate it and any associated processing so that I never have to logon to the host and perform work manually. At present I am using Server Checker to detect when the srcds.exe process crashes so that it is automatically restarted, however I have found a few problems that I would like to try find a way to get around. I want to take down the server at ad-hoc times and run the hlds update tool to update any game files when an update is released. At present I have to do this manually. I have written a vbscript that terminates the serverchecker.exe and srcds.exe processes so that I can then run the update, however if srcds.exe is terminated without typing 'quit' in the console, the log files are not updated! Does anyone know how you would pass a 'quit' command to a remote srcds console so that you could perform regular updates like this?? Any help would be appreciated :) p.s.- I also noticed that Server Checker simply terminates the process too when you hit 'stop' on an active server. Makes stats processing a pain :( Regards, Adam. _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
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