[XAseco] switchServer v0.3 beta

[schmidi]

Time for some updates.

Didnt find enough time to bring ZS2 to an end but wanted to make use of some of the new features. => switchServer was born.
One of the main goal is to keep the HUD clean. Its possible to show/hide the list, of course this is also done automatically by passing CP or finish.
Further i introduced a templatesystem to give admins the ability to change the layout as simple as possible (hopefully).
Plugins for other controller (Aseco, FAST, ...) will follow.


Default Layout
minimized:

maximized:



Connecting Servers
There are 4 different ways to connect servers.
  Sockets
  Servers are connected by private nonblocking UDP-sockets.
  (Xmlrpc-port-number is just to make config as simple as possible)
  PublicSockets
  Servers are connected by TCP-sockets.
  Main routine to connect servers on two different machines. Make sure your setup is secured but ports are reachable.
  Files
  Data is stored in a file.
  Shared Memory
  Similar to sockets but available only on linux.


Config
Options are configurable in switchServer.xml.
  Servers
   To make the server visible to others, enable/config your prefered method(s).
   PublicSocket:
    ip: local ip you want to use (empty for all local ips)
    port: tcp-port you want to use (i recommend to use ports above 10000)
    password: you MUST specify one.

  Fetchers
   Add servers you want to show in list. You may add as many methods in any order you prefer.
   PublicSocket:
    ip: remote ip
    port: remote port
    password: remote password


>> switchServer v0.3 beta <<

Templates are located in plugins/switchServer.
Detailed docu for templates will follow.

Plugins for other controller (Aseco, FAST, ...) are WIP.

[Jojo_44]

Hi schmidi,

is this the follower of "the ZeroSwitch 1" ? I thought, you are developing the "Zero Switch 2" with bueddl. I will stay at the ZS because the method to get the ServerData with xmlrpc is very laggy. My Server laggs strongly.

best regards, Jojo

[schmidi]

Hi schmidi,

is this the follower of "the ZeroSwitch 1" ? I thought, you are developing the "Zero Switch 2" with bueddl. I will stay at the ZS because the method to get the ServerData with xmlrpc is very laggy. My Server laggs strongly.

I already had written most of this code when Bueddl decided to stop developing ZS. Didnt find enough time to bring ZS2 to an end but wanted to make use of some new features. => switchServer was born.
I am running this plugin for several weeks now, didnt find time to put a release togehter.

But most important this plugin is not using xmlrpc at all. Its using private nonblocking-UDP-sockets. Xmlrpc-port-number is just to make config as simple as possible. It may be confusing without further documentation...
Btw an option for using shared-memory is on the way...

[Jackel]

ok, installed this on both my 80k and 70k server which are on the same machine, set there xmlrpc ports in the switchserver.xml file and made sure that both servers are set too true on allow xmlrpc ports in the server configs and neither server is showing the other. Xaseco is 1.10,PHP is 5.2.6 on Win Server 03. and no errors are showing. and there is no active firewall turned on with this server.
Am I missing something????

Update: made a couple changes too main server and I also my servers were not on same versions of Xaseco. my 80k server is on 1.10 and my 70k server was 1.08. I updated Xaseco on my 70k server and turned off Windows ICS Service and it started working as designed. now if there was a way too connect too our third server that is beiong hosted elsewhere.

[Olymptor]

I added my xml ports, so it works.
But how add a server which is not on same PC or worse same network ? A server which is on a PC's friend.
This option will be later ?

[schmidi]

made sure that both servers are set too true on allow xmlrpc ports in the server configs

As i mentioned earlier its not using the xmlrpc-port of the server. Pls disable xmlrpc_allowremote for security reasons.
Instances are connected by private nonblocking UPD-sockets (xmlrpc uses TCP). Its just the same port-number....

But how add a server which is not on same PC or worse same network ? A server which is on a PC's friend.
This option will be later?

This is work in progress...

[Jackel]

As i mentioned earlier its not using the xmlrpc-port of the server. Pls disable xmlrpc_allowremote for security reasons.
Instances are connected by private nonblocking UPD-sockets (xmlrpc uses TCP). Its just the same port-number....

was just eliminating one possible issue at a time trying too get both my servers too find the other. I understand it's using udp ports. but with the limited documentation available I just had too eliminate one thing at a time til it started working.

[schmidi]

new connection-methods added
other little improvements

switchServer v0.2 beta

[Jackel]

can we get a quick explanation on how the new connection methods work please. just a tad bit lost on how to configure them.
personally I'm looking at useing the file version seeing I'm trying too link three servers together (two on same machine, the third are on another machine but located in another state) can this script do that?

[nocturne]

Nice work, schmidi. Really went creative with the different connection options.

Personally, I never had a problem with xmlrpc lag, though, at least with up to 5 servers (two on one box, 3 on a remote box). It seems like it's still a viable option for those looking to link servers from different networks together.

I made a bit of a server switch plugin for our community for Aseco, which of course is admitted inspired by zero switch. I tested MySQL, file based, and xmlrpc (not quite able to manage sharedmem and unblocked udp, hehe). After settling on xmlrpc (only rational way I found to link server chat without creating a behemoth of a multi-server chatstream script), 200 lines later I was done. It's been working great so far, perhaps because it doesn't do any useless loops... Just sends the chat queries, connect events, and checks the other servers once a minute (certainly often enough, by my standards).

Guess what I'm saying is... more often than not, less is more.

Anyways, great work! Certainly appreciate the unimposing style. It's getting to the point I can't stand racing on Xaseco servers due to only having a 4 inch square of space available in the middle of the screen to race on after all the useless widgets have taken their toll.

[schmidi]

can we get a quick explanation on how the new connection methods work please. just a tad bit lost on how to configure them.
personally I'm looking at useing the file version seeing I'm trying too link three servers together (two on same machine, the third are on another machine but located in another state) can this script do that?

just make the files access-/readable to the other host. (http, ftp, smb, ...) all protocols/wrappers supported by file_get_contents are useable.
for example use "http://1.2.3.4/server1.txt" as filename.

[Jackel]

<!-- updater-methods you want to use -->
<updaters>
<!-- false to disabled -->
<socket>false</socket>

<!-- filename or false to disable -->
<file>xxxxx</file> <---so here I would place the file name (servers.txt) or location(http://cobragaming.org/home)?

<!-- true to enable (linux only) -->
<shared_mem>false</shared_mem>
</updaters>


<!-- servers shown in list -->
<servers>
<!-- <socket>5001</socket> -->
<file>dummy.txt</file> <---then just a the name of a text file goes here?
<!-- <shared_mem>dummy</shared_mem> -->
</servers>

[schmidi]

just an example config for server1
server1: /var/www/ is readable to server 2 & 3 via http
server2: http://cobragaming.org/server2.txt
server3: http://1.2.3.4/server3.txt

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<!-- updater-methods you want to use -->
	<updaters>
		<!-- false to disabled -->
		<socket>false</socket>

		<!-- filename or false to disable -->
		<file>/var/www/server1.txt</file>

		<!-- true to enable (linux only) -->
		<shared_mem>false</shared_mem>
	</updaters>


	<!-- servers shown in list -->
	<servers>
		<!-- <socket>5001</socket> -->
		<file>http://cobragaming.org/server2.txt</file>
		<file>http://1.2.3.4/server3.txt</file>
		<!-- <shared_mem>dummy</shared_mem> -->
	</servers>

[Jackel]

ok, got it now.
UPDATE:I Thought I did.
getting this error on the first two servers I'm setting this up on.

[PHP Warning] unpack(): Type L: not enough input, need 4, have 0 on line 24 in f
ile C:\xaseco\plugins\switchServer\FileDataFetcher.php

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<updaters>
		<!-- false to disabled -->
		<socket>false</socket>

		<!-- filename or false to disable -->
		<file>http://cobragaming.org/home/servers/CRSElite.txt</file>

		<!-- true to enable (linux only) -->
		<shared_mem>false</shared_mem>
	</updaters>


	<!-- servers shown in list -->
	<servers>
		<!-- <socket>5001</socket> -->
		<!-- <file>http://cobragaming.org/home/servers/CRSDen.txt</file> -->
		<file>http://cobragaming.org/home/servers/CRSPit.txt</file>
		<!-- <shared_mem>dummy</shared_mem> -->
	</servers>

I haven't set the Den up yet. and this is from my 80k server, the 70k server is the same just with the CRSpit address at the updaters. and the CRS Elite in severs shown. both servers are giving the same error.

[Greco]

nice work