LlamaServer down for next few hours

[Elegy]

Hrm, given the state of all llamaserver-based MP games, I think a good rule of thumb would be to apply some sort of turn delay on every game + quickhost to make sure people don't stale all over the place. As the Admin of SummerMadness I don't seem to be able to submit or request any turn delays so I'm mildly concerned for what to do.

[llamabeast]

Hi all,

To add to the hilarity I've come down with some minor disease, hence me not posting or anything yesterday (instead I inexplicably decided to make a butternut squash stew and completely wore myself out chopping the squash, so I had to go to bed).

BUT, as a bonus since I'm off work I've had time to finally sort the server out. You should all get an e-mail in the next minute or two explaining the situation. Basically, the server's all fixed, but it may have done some stuff without e-mailing you. You should check your game's page on llamaserver.net and request a turn resend if the game has hosted without sending you your new turn file.

[llamabeast]

Hi all,

To add to the hilarity I've come down with some minor disease, hence me not posting or anything yesterday (instead I inexplicably decided to make a butternut squash stew and completely wore myself out chopping the squash, so I had to go to bed).

BUT, as a bonus since I'm off work I've had time to finally sort the server out. You should all get an e-mail in the next minute or two explaining the situation. Basically, the server's all fixed, but it may have done some stuff without e-mailing you. You should check your game's page on llamaserver.net and request a turn resend if the game has hosted without sending you your new turn file.

[llamabeast]

Oh, aaminoff: Thanks for the offer, but I think I have quite a good system set up now. The trouble is moving house, which I've done quite a bit over the last few years.

One issue I haven't sorted in this house yet is that the box is going to live in the lounge, and my monitor etc are in a different room (the conservatory actually). So over the last few days I just keep on carrying the server box into the conservatory to do stuff to it. It would obviously be better if I could just ssh into it. Anyone have any idea how to set up ssh between computers at home? Maybe it has something to do with router settings or something?

LingChih: You should be find with Overlords. There doesn't seem to be a game called Early Days though. Hmm. I wonder if some have gone missing. Let me know if so, and I'll look into it.

[llamabeast]

Ah, it's TheEarlyDays. I've postponed that for you Lingchih (sorry for interferenc Burnsaber, but I figured I should try to save Lingchih being as he specifically posted about his worries during the week). No games seem to have gone missing - phew!

[rdonj]

Thank you llamabeast for working so diligently to fix the issues the poor llamaserver developed in transit. Your tireless efforts on behalf of the community most certainly do not go unnoticed or unappreciated. Actually I think a few people may have started shrines to you in their basements.

I hope you are feeling better soon. Did you ever get to eat that stew?


Edit: Also, I have requested turn resends for all my games that have hosted since the server issues began. Everything seems to be in good working order now.

Heh, Overlords has a week to submit turns. I think that should be enough time for anyone.

[thejeff]

As far as I know, ssh should be easy to setup.
I'm more familiar with Linux, so I don't know it there's something weird you have to do with Windows machines. I think you'd just need a ssh server running on the llamaserver. And not be blocking port 22 with a firewall.

You might have to open the port on the router, but I'd expect that to only be needed for connections from outside the home network.

[llamabeast]

I am running Linux. What do you take me for? And I know how to set the machine up to receive ssh connections ('ssh localhost' works). The thing I'm not sure about is how to actually refer to the machine, i.e. I type "ssh what"?

[thejeff]

Ahhh. It's a DNS question.

The simple answer is either the machine name or its IP address. If you've given it a static IP, it's probably easiest just to add the name and IP to /etc/hosts on the machine you're trying to get to it from. If you're getting a dynamic ip from the router, there should be a way to make it give a static ip.

[Benjamin]

And I awake to a turn sitting in my inbox (I had already requested the resend).

Hooray! Thanks llama.