Server Setup and Life

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

Installation and running

• Installation
  • Requirements
  • Install with pip
  • 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
  • Virtualenv
  • 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
  • Reloading
  • Stopping
  • Foreground mode
  • Resetting
  • Rebooting
  • Status and info
  • Killing (Linux/Mac only)
  • Django options
  • Advanced handling of Evennia processes
• Updating Evennia
  • If you installed with pip
  • If you installed with git
  • If you installed with docker
  • Resetting your database

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 IRC
  • Configuring IRC
  • Setting up IRC, step by step
• Connect Evennia channels to Grapevine
  • Configuring Grapevine
  • Setting up Grapevine, 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 an Apache Proxy
  • Running Apache as a proxy in front of Evennia
  • Run Apache instead of the Evennia webserver