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diff --git a/docs/modding-and-development/development/northstarmasterserver/README.md b/docs/modding-and-development/development/northstarmasterserver/README.md index a647fea..664ce18 100644 --- a/docs/modding-and-development/development/northstarmasterserver/README.md +++ b/docs/modding-and-development/development/northstarmasterserver/README.md @@ -1,3 +1,11 @@ -# NorthstarMasterServer +# Hosting a Master Server -TODO +## Introduction + +The master server is responsible for centralizing game servers created by players, it also verifies that connecting players own an Origin account with Titanfall 2. + +There's no need to host your own master server to play games with other people, you can use [direct connect](../../installing-northstar/using-northstar/direct-connect.md) or just setup a [normal server](../basic-listen-server.md) that announces itself to `northstar.tf`. This tutorial is aimed for those who want to contribute improvements to the code or test their own changes to the project. + +## Contents + +* [Deploy](deploy.md) diff --git a/docs/modding-and-development/development/northstarmasterserver/deploy.md b/docs/modding-and-development/development/northstarmasterserver/deploy.md index c01ea79..e1d5985 100644 --- a/docs/modding-and-development/development/northstarmasterserver/deploy.md +++ b/docs/modding-and-development/development/northstarmasterserver/deploy.md @@ -1,3 +1,27 @@ -# Deploy +# Deploying Master Server -TODO +## Development + +A Development Master Server uses http requests, it should be used for development purposes on your local machine. + +### Installation steps + +1. Clone [NorthstarMasterServer](https://github.com/R2Northstar/NorthstarMasterServer). +1. Copy the default [dev.env](https://github.com/R2Northstar/NorthstarMasterServer/blob/main/dev.env) to `.env` replace the ip with `127.0.0.1`. +1. Run `npm install` && `npm run watch`. + +Your master server is now running, to connect to it you need to change some configuration files. + +Northstar default masterserver is https://northstar.tf, to point to a new location you need to modify this URL in the `autoexec_ns_server.cfg` and `autoexec_ns_client.cfg` config files. + +### Enabling HTTPS + +HTTPS should be used if you plan for other people to use your master server. It can be enabled pretty easy with [Caddy](https://caddyserver.com/). Download a Caddy binary and create a `Caddyfile` with the following content: + +``` +{$SHORTDOMAIN:localhost} { + reverse_proxy http://127.0.0.1:8080 +} +``` + +After configuring your DNS domain you can run it with `SHORTDOMAIN=example.com caddy run`. Caddy will automatically generate and maintain your certificates for you, check its documentation for more info: https://caddyserver.com/docs/ |