Server Discussion CommandStar: Real-Time Chat, Online Players, and Server Status

Just installed this today. Pretty straightforward installation, and definitely a neat piece of code, thanks!

 

0.1.5 - Refactor, Server Status, and Bug Fixes
Download: https://github.com/seriallos/commandstar/releases/tag/v0.1.5

New

• Server status check is available but defaults OFF
  • This is due to a socket file descriptor leak in the starbound server code. If you use this feature, be aware that it will eventually cause the server to crash once the server has reached the open file limit.
  • More info, discussion, and a possible fix on the starbound forums:http://community.playstarbound.com/...leased-socket-files-too-many-open-files.54833
• Ignores chat lines that start with # (Starlight admin prefix)

Fixes/Tweaks

• Player list and world list should clear out when server restarts
• All colors codes should be filtered out. For example, ^#cyan;
• Reading old chat is easier now. You won't get bounced to new messages when they show up. (Thanks to malobre for initial code!)
• Fixes bug where active systems would disappear on change

Technical

• Major codebase refactor
  • starboundserver/server.coffee manages the log watcher and network monitor
  • Moved a bunch of files/dirs around for better organization
    • server.coffee is now lib/commandstar.coffee
    • classes/ is now lib/
• Bunch more tests

 

0.1.6 - Server Totals and Data Persistence

Download: https://github.com/seriallos/commandstar/releases/tag/v0.1.6

This may be another unstable release. NeDB is a brand new dependency that I've
only been able to test on my own low-pop servers.

Note: Server status should be usable soon as the socket leak has been fixed for
the next Starbound release. Forum link

New

• Show total worlds explored and total players seen (ever) on the server.
  • These will only start tracking with this new update.
  • Players are tracked by their game name.
• Adds several API endpoints
  • /server/worlds - Returns info on all visited worlds
  • /server/players - Returns info on all players ever seen

Fixes/Tweaks

• runServer.sh should now work from any path (Fixes #11)
• Fixes bug where slash chat was showing up on the site

Technical

• Adds NeDB as a dependency to have a bit of persistence when restarted
  • Default data path is ./data. This is configurable.
  • This will enable moving forward on a bunch of other features.
  • Using a pure NodeJS library keeps CommandStar easy to install and run.

 

Code:

USER@HOST:~/server/starbound/commandstar$ ./runServer.sh
Installing/updating dependencies...
   warn  - error raised: Error: listen EADDRINUSE

hm?
UBUNTU, config like that:

Code:

starbound:
  binPath: /home/XXX/server/starbound/linux64
  assetsPath: /home/XXX/server/starbound/assets
  dataPath: /home/XXX/server/starbound/linux64/universe
  logFile: /home/XXX/server/starbound/linux64/starbound_server.log
  configFile: /home/XXX/server/starbound/linux64/starbound.config

nothing other than above changed in config

 

That probably means that you have CommandStar already running. You'll need to make sure the old process is killed before the new one will work properly.

 

oh its 8080 port i believe i got webmin there right
will check and post later

 

Yeah, 8080 is the default. You can change the listenPort in the configuration to be whatever you want.

 

Little self-promotion - if you like CommandStar, go give me a few stars on the mod page:

http://community.playstarbound.com/index.php?resources/commandstar.776/

 

Any idea why I'm getting this path error? My config looks good as far as I can tell!


http://i604.photobucket.com/albums/tt126/mortalsinn/Untitled-15.jpg

Yikes...that's a bit hard to read - Let me know if you need a larger version


Edit: in that picture I removed the .config and .log extensions as a test but I get the same error with or with out the extensions

 

Think the configFile needs to end with 'starbound.config', not just 'starbound'.

 

I did that the first time, got the same error. Notice in the error message in your command star console the path it shows...its adding double \\ when in the config I have single \

any ideas?

 

I think I see it now - try wrapping your paths in double quotes and make sure configFile is using starbound.config. The double slashes are expected in those error messages.

I believe that should work. If it does, I'll update the default config to have the double quotes as well.

 

I tried single quotes, double quotes etc.. nothing worked. Also, I can't name my config file "starbound.config" because I'm using Starrybound and if I do that, Starrybound creates a new config file "starbound" with out the .config

could that be the issue?

 

Hmm, I thought Starrybound just rewrites the starbound.config with its own values and it kept the .config as part of the filename. I've only played around with it on Linux and a slightly older version, though.

Is the starbound config file that it makes still just plain JSON?

Is Steam in 'Program Files', not 'Program Files (x86)'?

The code that's throwing the error is pretty straightforward - it's unable to find a file at the location provided. The two ways this could happen is if the config file is being parsed incorrectly or there's no file actually there

I'll see if I can test this out on my own PC to see what's going on.

 

I just did a quick test on my own PC and everything seemed to be working. starbound.config was still in the main starbound directory after starrybound was running. So it seems there's no inherent conflict between CommandStar and Starrybound at first glance on my system.

Double check your paths and make sure they are wrapped in double quotes. If that still doesn't work, I might request a bit more detail in a PM to see if we can get to the bottom of the issue.

 

I installed Visual studio express, it changed the config to XML configuration and when I edit it with Notepad ++ all the variables are listed in one continuous long line now, not vertically like it used to be. Would that have anything to do with it?

 

That shouldn't have an effect. CommandStar should be able to parse the JSON whether it's pretty printed or not.

 

You use Starrybound?

 

Master branch has been updated to support new log lines for Furious Koala.

Will make a real release once I'm certain everything is stable with the new release.

 

Hello,

To get this viewable to an outsider you can port forward the IP and it'll be public view (Example IP) http://85.2.514.21:8080 <-- This isn't an actual IP don't try it.

Most routers support this and if your stuck on how to port forward there is a ton of guide on the forum already to get the starbound server itself working

Hope this helps.