Palworld
Memory leak fix: Palworld auto-restart and monitoring
Mitigate Palworld dedicated server memory leaks on Unreal Engine 5: RSS usage monitoring and graceful auto-restart via RCON upon threshold breach.
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The craft of running game servers
Setup guides, diagnostics and practical decisions for running games on your own VPS.
Rust
Rust WebRCON setup: remote administration and security
Configure secure WebRCON in Rust: enable rcon.web, bind to loopback, and reverse proxy WebSocket connections through Nginx with TLS encryption.
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Engineering
Game server DDoS mitigation: iptables, nftables and UDP filtering
Protect your Linux game server against UDP floods and volumetric attacks using nftables: rate limiting, connection tracking, and invalid packet drops.
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Engineering
Automated game server backups: systemd timers and zstd
Automated game server world backups on Linux: parallel zstd compression, systemd timer scheduling, and retention policy pruning.
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Engineering
Auto-restart a crashed game server: systemd and crash limits
Auto-restart crashed game servers via systemd: configuring Restart=on-failure, mitigating crash storms with burst limits, and save timeouts.
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Counter-Strike 2
Install a CS2 server on Linux: SteamCMD, files and GSLT
Step-by-step setup of a dedicated CS2 server on Linux: SteamCMD staging, GSLT authentication, and resilient systemd configuration.
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Engineering
Game server update maintenance: backups and rollback plan
Game server maintenance window procedures: player alerts, cold snapshot verification, SteamCMD updates, and immediate rollback criteria.
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Engineering
Move a game server to another VPS with minimal downtime
Migrate a dedicated game server to another VPS with zero downtime: two-phase rsync staging, save delta transfers, and service validation.
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Engineering
Game server disk full: diagnosis and safe log cleanup
Diagnose game server disk exhaustion on Linux: inode validation, locating unlinked open files with lsof, and safe journal vacuuming.
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Engineering
Size a game server VPS from the actual workload
Size a game server VPS from actual workload demands: single-core IPC over core count, tiered RAM budgeting, and NVMe IOPS throughput.
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Engineering
Find why a Linux game server crashed
Locate why your Linux game server crashed: exit codes 137, 139, and 143, kernel dmesg OOM Killer audits, and coredumpctl stack traces.
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Counter-Strike 2
High CS2 server ping: network or CPU load
Distinguish network transit ping from sub-tick CPU processing delays in CS2: core inspection, performance governors and socket buffers.
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