LlamaServer down for next few hours

[Elegy]

Hrm, given the state of all llamaserver-based MP games, I think a good rule of thumb would be to apply some sort of turn delay on every game + quickhost to make sure people don't stale all over the place. As the Admin of SummerMadness I don't seem to be able to submit or request any turn delays so I'm mildly concerned for what to do.

[llamabeast]

Hi all,

To add to the hilarity I've come down with some minor disease, hence me not posting or anything yesterday (instead I inexplicably decided to make a butternut squash stew and completely wore myself out chopping the squash, so I had to go to bed).

BUT, as a bonus since I'm off work I've had time to finally sort the server out. You should all get an e-mail in the next minute or two explaining the situation. Basically, the server's all fixed, but it may have done some stuff without e-mailing you. You should check your game's page on llamaserver.net and request a turn resend if the game has hosted without sending you your new turn file.

[llamabeast]

Hi all,

To add to the hilarity I've come down with some minor disease, hence me not posting or anything yesterday (instead I inexplicably decided to make a butternut squash stew and completely wore myself out chopping the squash, so I had to go to bed).

BUT, as a bonus since I'm off work I've had time to finally sort the server out. You should all get an e-mail in the next minute or two explaining the situation. Basically, the server's all fixed, but it may have done some stuff without e-mailing you. You should check your game's page on llamaserver.net and request a turn resend if the game has hosted without sending you your new turn file.

[rdonj]

Thank you llamabeast for working so diligently to fix the issues the poor llamaserver developed in transit. Your tireless efforts on behalf of the community most certainly do not go unnoticed or unappreciated. Actually I think a few people may have started shrines to you in their basements.

I hope you are feeling better soon. Did you ever get to eat that stew?


Edit: Also, I have requested turn resends for all my games that have hosted since the server issues began. Everything seems to be in good working order now.

Heh, Overlords has a week to submit turns. I think that should be enough time for anyone.

[llamabeast]

Oh, aaminoff: Thanks for the offer, but I think I have quite a good system set up now. The trouble is moving house, which I've done quite a bit over the last few years.

One issue I haven't sorted in this house yet is that the box is going to live in the lounge, and my monitor etc are in a different room (the conservatory actually). So over the last few days I just keep on carrying the server box into the conservatory to do stuff to it. It would obviously be better if I could just ssh into it. Anyone have any idea how to set up ssh between computers at home? Maybe it has something to do with router settings or something?

LingChih: You should be find with Overlords. There doesn't seem to be a game called Early Days though. Hmm. I wonder if some have gone missing. Let me know if so, and I'll look into it.

[aaminoff]

Originally Posted by llamabeast

Anyone have any idea how to set up ssh between computers at home? Maybe it has something to do with router settings or something?

Well, you could try to figure out what IP address your router is giving it, but presumably you have some sort of dynamic DNS setup so that www.llamaserver.net will work. Why not just ssh llamaserver.net? You would have to tell your router to forward the ssh port (22) just as you do the http port (80). That has the advantage that you could do it from work too if necessary (and if they allow it), or from a cybercafe.

If you are worried about opening up your machine to ssh from the whole internet then you could set firewall rules on the router or on the box itself to only allow in certain IP ranges, like the range from your ISP and the range from your workplace.

I'm making educated guesses here about your setup, but you did ask for advice.

[llamabeast]

Ah, it's TheEarlyDays. I've postponed that for you Lingchih (sorry for interferenc Burnsaber, but I figured I should try to save Lingchih being as he specifically posted about his worries during the week). No games seem to have gone missing - phew!

[thejeff]

As far as I know, ssh should be easy to setup.
I'm more familiar with Linux, so I don't know it there's something weird you have to do with Windows machines. I think you'd just need a ssh server running on the llamaserver. And not be blocking port 22 with a firewall.

You might have to open the port on the router, but I'd expect that to only be needed for connections from outside the home network.

[llamabeast]

I am running Linux. What do you take me for? And I know how to set the machine up to receive ssh connections ('ssh localhost' works). The thing I'm not sure about is how to actually refer to the machine, i.e. I type "ssh what"?

[Gandalf Parker]

Originally Posted by llamabeast

I am running Linux. What do you take me for? And I know how to set the machine up to receive ssh connections ('ssh localhost' works). The thing I'm not sure about is how to actually refer to the machine, i.e. I type "ssh what"?

I just ssh dom3minions.com
or I ssh 63.199.8.158
which bypasses going off onto the net to convert the name to an IP I already know anyway.

But since Windows is my desktop I usually use free PuTTY anyway which gives me nice things like a scroll back window. Not that I use it much. (in general ssh has given me more problems on the server than telnet has)

Also, I have dom3minions on a KVM switch with my win desktop. They are fairly cheap. The keyboard/video/mouse switch lets me toggle which machine is "attached" to my keyboard/monitor.