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11-12-2008, 22:50 | #1 |
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Pitboss on web server
Is it possible to host a pitboss on my own website of straland.com? Or is that impossible? I guess it's not, because it runs on linux...
The site is hosted by Digitalus. Here are the details (for what it's worth): "Unlimited alias adresses, unlimited subdomains, perl scripting, PHP scripting, CGI support (on request), SSI (Server Side Includes), POP3, IMAP4, APOP, FTP access, Frontpage extensions (on request), webmail, personal statistics, HTTPD logs, Java Runtime Environment, SSL 128-bit (optional), autoresponding and forwarding, webbased control panel, Flash en Shockwave support, Python 2.1, .htaccess"
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11-12-2008, 23:20 | #2 |
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Couple of things:
I've tried to run Pitboss on my Linux box using Cedega but it didn't. The Digitalus details don't mention Linux or I missed something. It pretty much looks like a straightforward host implementation. Imho a Pitboss can run on any Windoze box that can run BtS. That potentially includes the CDZ server but 1) Can it run BtS? and 2) What would that mean for forum performance and the other stuff it is running? As far as I can see Pitboss can't be run from straland.com.
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11-12-2008, 23:56 | #3 |
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As far as I know it has always used Linux, but it could've been changed over the years. In any case, the problem is of course having BtS on the server, which requires far too much space. Silly, because for the pitboss you don't need to install the whole game with it's sound and video files. (Not that I blame Firaxis for that; pitboss is only used by less than 1% of all civ-players.) I only have 600 MB at present.
So how about CDZ then?
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12-12-2008, 00:14 | #4 |
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PP?
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13-12-2008, 22:49 | #5 |
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Well CDZ runs on a windows machine so that's ok . HD space shouldnt be a major issue I suppose, we have plenty of space as long as we install on the right partition. So that's another issue tackled. Only doubts I have is the processor speed/graph card. I dunno if running a pitboss game means the game actually has to run or if it runs without the GUI and just handles the moves. Also the installation process will be a challenge. We can't put a DVD in the net server so we need to RDesktop with local drives I suppose. That will need a decent upload speed to get 3.5GB up. Also we prolly need deodorant because we cant put a DVD in.
I;m not really worried about CDZ performance, it's currently the only serious site on this server and it doesn't really puts much strain on the server/database performance. So we can give it a try during the holidays. Looking for volunteers with decent upload speed to get this thing tried out
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14-12-2008, 04:25 | #6 |
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There is no need to have actual disk in the drive and hence, a deodorant. All is needed is a clean install of vanilla and BTS. Then, there is an issue of stability and ports. The ports got to be open and this might make server actually vulnerable since PB does not tolerate any type of limitations of the port traffic. We've thought about it at CFR and quickly abandoned the idea.
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