# Production configuration This document describes the recommended setup for an non-containerized Atlas server. ## System requirements | Dependency | Version | Notes | | --- | --- | --- | | go | 1.21.0+ | | | git | | for downloading code | | gcc | | other C compilers will work fine | | systemd | 250+ | 250 is needed for credentials to work
240 is needed for data directory stuff | | logrotate | 3.18.0+ | older versions may also work | | zstd | | optional, for logrotate compression | | sqlite3 | 3.37+ | 3.37 is needed for strict tables | ## Installation 1. Install Atlas. ```bash # option 1: latest version sudo GOBIN=/usr/local/bin go install -v -trimpath github.com/r2northstar/atlas/cmd/...@main ``` ```bash # option 2: from local git clone git clone https://github.com/r2northstar/atlas cd atlas sudo GOBIN=/usr/local/bin go install -v -trimpath github.com/r2northstar/atlas/cmd/... ``` To update it later, use the same `go install` command. 2. Install the website files. ```bash sudo git clone https://github.com/R2Northstar/NorthstarTF /usr/share/northstartf ``` To update it later: ```bash sudo git -C /usr/share/northstartf pull ``` To automatically update the website periodically: ```bash sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/northstartf-pull.service ``` ```ini [Unit] Description=Pull NorthstarTF website [Service] Type=oneshot User=root Group=root WorkingDirectory=/usr/share/northstartf ExecStart=git -c pull.ff=only pull ProtectSystem=strict ProtectHome=yes ReadWritePaths=/usr/share/northstartf PrivateTmp=yes PrivateMounts=yes ``` ```bash sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/northstartf-pull.timer ``` ```ini [Unit] Description=Periodically pull NorthstarTF website [Timer] OnCalendar=hourly RandomizedDelaySec=5m [Install] WantedBy=timers.target ``` ```bash sudo systemctl enable --now northstartf-pull.timer ``` 3. Download the [IP2Location](https://lite.ip2location.com) DB5 (or higher) database. If you update it later while Atlas is running, you will need to run `/usr/bin/systemctl kill --signal=SIGHUP atlas.service`. 4. Set up the Atlas service user and group. ```bash sudo nano /etc/sysusers.d/atlas.conf ``` ``` u atlas - "Atlas" /var/lib/atlas /usr/sbin/nologin ``` ```bash sudo systemd-sysusers ``` ```bash # give another user direct read-only log and database access sudo usermod -aG atlas youruser ``` 5. Configure Atlas. ```bash sudo mkdir /etc/atlas sudo nano /etc/atlas/config ``` Example configuration (see [pkg/atlas.Config](../pkg/atlas/config.go) for config docs): ```properties # listen config ATLAS_ADDR= ATLAS_ADDR_HTTPS=:443 ATLAS_CLOUDFLARE=true ATLAS_HOST=northstar.tf ATLAS_SERVER_CERTS=@northstartf # don't need debug or lower log levels ATLAS_LOG_LEVEL=info # log pretty error+ logs to stdout/journald ATLAS_LOG_STDOUT=true ATLAS_LOG_STDOUT_PRETTY=true ATLAS_LOG_STDOUT_LEVEL=error # log info+ logs to the log file ATLAS_LOG_FILE=/var/log/atlas/atlas.log ATLAS_LOG_FILE_LEVEL=info ATLAS_LOG_FILE_CHMOD=0640 # original master server api config ATLAS_API0_MAX_SERVERS=1000 ATLAS_API0_MAX_SERVERS_PER_IP=25 ATLAS_API0_TOKEN_EXPIRY_TIME=24h ATLAS_API0_ALLOW_GAME_SERVER_IPV6=false ATLAS_API0_MINIMUM_LAUNCHER_VERSION=1.11.3 ATLAS_API0_REGION_MAP=default ATLAS_API0_SERVERLIST_EXPERIMENTAL_DETERMINISTIC_SERVER_ID_SECRET=@api0_server_id_secret ATLAS_API0_SERVERLIST_VERIFY_TIME=10s ATLAS_API0_SERVERLIST_DEAD_TIME=30s ATLAS_API0_SERVERLIST_GHOST_TIME=2m ATLAS_API0_STORAGE_ACCOUNTS=sqlite3:/var/lib/atlas/accounts.db ATLAS_API0_STORAGE_PDATA=sqlite3:/var/lib/atlas/pdata.db ATLAS_API0_MAINMENUPROMOS=file:/etc/atlas/mainmenupromos.json ATLAS_API0_MAINMENUPROMOS_UPDATENEEDED=file:/etc/atlas/mainmenupromos_updateneeded.json # username lookup ATLAS_USERNAMESOURCE=eax-origin # origin (the account MUST have app-based two-factor authentication set up) ATLAS_ORIGIN_EMAIL=email@example.com ATLAS_ORIGIN_PASSWORD=@origin_password ATLAS_ORIGIN_TOTP=@origin_totp ATLAS_ORIGIN_HAR_GZIP=true ATLAS_ORIGIN_HAR_SUCCESS=/var/log/atlas/har ATLAS_ORIGIN_HAR_ERROR=/var/log/atlas/har ATLAS_ORIGIN_PERSIST=/var/lib/atlas/origin.json # eax EAX_UPDATE_INTERVAL=24h EAX_UPDATE_BUCKET=60 # metrics ATLAS_METRICS_SECRET=@metrics_secret # web ATLAS_WEB=/usr/share/northstartf/dist # ip2location ATLAS_IP2LOCATION=/usr/share/ip2location-lite/IP2LOCATION-LITE-DB11.IPV6.BIN # misc ATLAS_JOKES=true ``` Note: The `@` values in the config are references to systemd credentials, which will be described later. ```bash sudo nano /etc/atlas/mainmenupromos.json ``` ```json { "newInfo": { "Title1": "%$rui\/bullet_point%`2This text is yellow`0 and this is white!", "Title2": "%$rui\/bullet_point%Blah blah blah.", "Title3": "%$rui\/bullet_point%Another `2bullet point`0!" }, "largeButton": { "Title": "", "Text": "", "Url": "", "ImageIndex": 0 }, "smallButton1": { "Title": "", "Url": "", "ImageIndex": 0 }, "smallButton2": { "Title": "", "Url": "", "ImageIndex": 0 } } ``` ```bash sudo nano /etc/atlas/mainmenupromos_updateneeded.json ``` ```json { "largeButton": { "Title": "Update Northstar", "Text": "An update is required to play multiplayer.", "Url": "https://github.com/R2Northstar/Northstar/releases/latest", "ImageIndex": 12 } } ``` 6. Create the systemd unit. ```bash sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/atlas.service ``` ```ini [Unit] Description=Atlas After=network.target [Service] Type=notify User=atlas Group=atlas ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/atlas /etc/atlas/config ConfigurationDirectory=atlas LogsDirectory=atlas StateDirectory=atlas StateDirectoryMode=0750 AmbientCapabilities=CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE ProtectClock=yes ProtectKernelTunables=yes ProtectKernelModules=yes ProtectKernelLogs=yes ProtectControlGroups=yes ProtectHome=tmpfs ProtectSystem=strict PrivateTmp=yes PrivateDevices=yes PrivateMounts=yes LimitNOFILE=32000 LimitNPROC=32000 Restart=on-failure RestartSec=15s StartLimitIntervalSec=60 StartLimitBurst=4 [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target ``` 7. Set up systemd credentials (doing it this way prevents unprivileged users from reading secrets). ```bash sudo mkdir /etc/systemd/system/atlas.service.d echo "[Service]" | tee /etc/systemd/system/atlas.service.d/credentials.conf ``` For each credential (in the example config: `northstartf.key`, `northstartf.crt`, `api0_server_id_secret`, `metrics_secret`, `origin_password`, `origin_totp`), ```bash sudo systemd-creds --pretty encrypt --name credential_name - - | tee -a /etc/systemd/system/atlas.service.d/credentials.conf # paste the data, then press ctrl+d ``` Note: If you make a mistake or need to change the credentials, you'll need to remove the corresponding lines from `credentials.conf`. 8. Set up logrotate (optional). ```bash sudo nano /etc/logrotate.d/atlas ``` ``` /var/log/atlas/atlas.log { daily missingok rotate 900 dateext compress compresscmd /usr/bin/zstd compressext .zst compressoptions --long uncompresscmd /usr/bin/unzstd delaycompress postrotate /usr/bin/systemctl kill --signal=SIGHUP atlas.service endscript } ``` Note: The `postrotate` script is required to tell atlas to re-open log files. Note: `delaycompress` is needed to prevent the re-open from being racy. 9. Import data from the old [NorthstarMasterServer](https://github.com/R2Northstar/NorthstarMasterServer) database (optional). ```bash sudo mkdir /var/lib/atlas sudo atlas-import --progress /path/to/old/playerdata.db /var/lib/atlas/accounts.db /var/lib/atlas/pdata.db ``` 10. Start atlas. ```bash sudo systemctl daemon-reload sudo systemctl enable --now atlas.service ``` ## Maintenance - **Get service status** ```bash sudo systemctl status atlas ``` - **Restart** ```bash sudo systemctl restart atlas ``` - **Reload files** (logs, ip2location db, etc) ```bash sudo systemctl kill --signal=SIGHUP atlas ``` - **Backup databases** ```bash sudo -g atlas sqlite3 /var/lib/atlas/accounts.db 'VACUUM INTO "/path/to/backup/accounts.db"' sudo -g atlas sqlite3 /var/lib/atlas/pdata.db 'VACUUM INTO "/path/to/backup/pdata.db"' ``` This safely creates a consistent backup of a running Atlas instance. - **View error logs** ```bash sudo journalctl -u atlas ``` - **View systemd credentials** ```bash sudo CREDENTIALS_DIRECTORY=/run/credentials/atlas.service systemd-creds list ``` - **Query database** ```bash sudo -g atlas sqlite3 -readonly /var/lib/atlas/accounts.db sudo -g atlas sqlite3 -readonly /var/lib/atlas/pdata.db ``` - **Query database (read-write)** ```bash sudo -u atlas sqlite3 /var/lib/atlas/accounts.db sudo -u atlas sqlite3 /var/lib/atlas/pdata.db ``` - **Profile memory/cpu usage** 1. Enable the debug server by adding `INSECURE_DEBUG_SERVER_ADDR=127.0.0.1:8080` to the config and restarting Atlas. 2. If necessary, forward the port locally over SSH. 3. Use `go tool pprof` to view the profile, for example: - `go tool pprof -http : http://127.0.0.1:8080/debug/pprof/heap` - `go tool pprof -http : http://127.0.0.1:8080/debug/pprof/profile?seconds=30` - **Debug a failed Origin login** 1. Get the latest HAR archive from `/var/log/atlas/har`. 2. Uncompress it. 3. Open it in a viewer like [this one](http://www.softwareishard.com/har/viewer/). Note that the network tab in browser devtools often doesn't work since they aren't fully spec-compliant. You can reset the Origin auth state by removing `/var/lib/atlas/origin.json` and restarting Atlas. ## Monitoring Sample promscrape config: ```yaml global: scrape_interval: 15s scrape_configs: - job_name: 'atlas' static_configs: - targets: - 'northstar.tf:443' scheme: https relabel_configs: - # enable internal metrics target_label: '__param_secret' replacement: 'YOUR_METRICS_SECRET' - # enable geohash-based metrics target_label: '__param_geo' replacement: 'true' - # prettify the instance name source_labels: ['__address__'] target_label: 'instance' regex: '^(?:.+//)([^/:]+)' replacement: '${1}' ``` Note: VictoriaMetrics generally performs better than Prometheus. ## Automatic database backups You can use [Litestream](https://litestream.io/) for real-time database backups. ### Installation 1. Install Litestream. ```bash wget -qO- https://github.com/benbjohnson/litestream/releases/download/v0.3.9/litestream-v0.3.9-linux-amd64-static.tar.gz | sudo tar xzvf - --no-same-owner -C /usr/local/bin litestream ``` 2. Create a template systemd service and configuration directory. ```bash # note: we restrict the permissions since the configs usually contain credentials sudo mkdir --mode=0700 /etc/litestream sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/litestream@.service ``` ```ini [Unit] Description=Litestream (%I) [Service] User=root Group=root Restart=always ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/litestream replicate -config /etc/litestream/%I.yml ProtectClock=yes ProtectKernelTunables=yes ProtectKernelModules=yes ProtectKernelLogs=yes ProtectControlGroups=yes PrivateTmp=yes PrivateDevices=yes PrivateMounts=yes [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target ``` 3. Create the configuration for Atlas. ```bash sudo nano /etc/litestream/atlas.yml ``` ```yml dbs: - path: /var/lib/atlas/accounts.db replicas: - url: sftp://USER:PASSWORD@SERVER:PORT/litestream/accounts retention: 336h # 14d snapshot-interval: 24h sync-interval: 300s - path: /var/lib/atlas/pdata.db replicas: - url: sftp://USER:PASSWORD@SERVER:PORT/litestream/pdata retention: 336h # 14d snapshot-interval: 24h sync-interval: 300s ``` Note: Update the database paths as required. You can also use other kinds of replicas or change the times as described [here](https://litestream.io/reference/config/). Note: You will need enough free disk space to store `snapshot-interval` worth of database changes locally. 4. Start litestream. ```bash sudo systemctl enable --now litestream@atlas.service ``` ### Recovery 1. Stop litestream (it will break if the database is recreated while it is running) and atlas. ```bash sudo systemctl stop litestream@atlas atlas ``` 2. Remove the old database. ```bash sudo rm -rfv /var/lib/atlas/{,.}{accounts,pdata}.db{,-wal,-shm,-litestream} ``` Note: Change the path as required. 3. Restore the database. ```bash sudo litestream restore -v -config /etc/litestream/atlas.yml /var/lib/atlas/accounts.db sudo litestream restore -v -config /etc/litestream/atlas.yml /var/lib/atlas/pdata.db ``` Note: See [here](https://litestream.io/reference/restore/) for additional options like restoring old versions. Note: You can also run these commands separately and use the `-o` flag to restore to a new copy of the database. 4. Start litestream and atlas. ```bash sudo systemctl start litestream@atlas atlas ``` ### Maintenance - **View backup status** ```bash sudo litestream generations -config /etc/litestream/atlas.yml /var/lib/atlas/accounts.db sudo litestream generations -config /etc/litestream/atlas.yml /var/lib/atlas/pdata.db sudo litestream wal -config /etc/litestream/atlas.yml /var/lib/atlas/accounts.db sudo litestream wal -config /etc/litestream/atlas.yml /var/lib/atlas/pdata.db ``` - **Download an old version of a database** ```bash sudo litestream restore -v -config /etc/litestream/atlas.yml -timestamp 2022-12-12T06:00:00Z -o pdata-old.db /var/lib/atlas/pdata.db ```