Server Setup and Life

This sums up all steps of maintaining your Evennia game from first installation to production release.

Installation and running

• Installation
• Installing with GIT
• Installing with Docker
• Installation Troubleshooting
• Installing on Android
• Upgrading an existing installation
• Non-interactive setup
• Start Stop Reload
• Updating Evennia

Configuration

• Changing Game Settings
  • Settings file
  • Other files in the server/conf directory
• Evennia Default settings file
• Choosing a database
  • SQLite3 (default)
  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL / MariaDB
  • Other databases
• Connect Evennia channels to Discord
  • Configuring Discord
  • Step-By-Step Discord Setup
• Connect Evennia channels to Grapevine
  • Configuring Grapevine
  • Setting up Grapevine, step by step
• Connect Evennia channels to IRC
  • Configuring IRC
  • Setting up IRC, step by step
• Connect Evennia channels to RSS
  • Configuring RSS
  • Setting up RSS, step by step
• Connect Evennia to Twitter
  • Configuring Twitter
  • Setting up Twitter, step by step

Going Online

• Evennia Game Index
  • Connect with the wizard
  • Manual Settings
  • Non-public games
• Online Setup
  • Connecting to Evennia over the Internet
  • SSL and HTTPS
  • Hosting Evennia from your own computer
  • Hosting Evennia on a remote server
  • Hosting options and suggestions
• Client Support Grid
  • Client Grid
  • Workarounds for client issues:
• Security Hints and Practices
  • Know your logs
  • Disable development/debugging options
  • Handle user-uploaded images with care
  • Disable the web interface (if you only want telnet)
  • Change your ssh port
  • Set up a firewall
  • Use an external webserver / proxy
• Configuring HAProxy
  • Getting certificates
  • Installing and configuring HAProxy
  • Putting it all together
• Configuring NGINX for Evennia with SSL
  • SSL on the website and websocket
  • Telnet SSL
  • Don’t Forget!
• Configuring an Apache Proxy
  • Running Apache as a proxy in front of Evennia
  • Run Apache instead of the Evennia webserver