would be a great resource to have a thread here @ut99.org which shows some step-by-step tutorials on setting up a descent server from Start to Fin.
few things to perhaps include in your Setups could be;
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- Tools for Monitoring the server (VPS/Dedicated) DDOS protection / Monitoring.
- Security Patches for the OS itself (windows/Linux)
- Firewall Setup for said OS (IPTables/Windows Advanced firewall) settings or scripts.
- Bandwidth and Min/Max Server resources (RAM/CPU) needed for xx Player Games.
# Actual Proceedures for installing the Server including;
- Mods , ServerActors/Packages , MapVotes etc .
- Server Protection Packages and which one's go with each other ie; ADV_Patch , ServerCrashFix , Etc
- Admin Tools to monitor Server Activity and hopefully working Links to these tools (would be appreciated)
- Etc.
Shall edit as info is provided
Linux Server Links external:
Skills Linux server setup (old) @ unrealadmin.org
noccer's UT99 Linux Install Debian (recent) ~German
r3uk very detailed Linux Server install
Windows Server Links external
mistrealm Windows Server install
Complete Server Downloads
Medors Preconfigured Server Downloads | Mirror ut-files.com
Duel Windows / Linux Server download | Mirror#1 | Mirror#2 ut-files.com
More info & support
Testing Server for properly redirected files
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temp - rename your UT/Cache folder..
connect to your server - and watch downloads...
you will see which files are missing easily.. make a note and see what can be done.
! sometimes the file downloading slow is not the culprit but rather the one before it.. so F10 / Reconnect or ;
Console:
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set input up reconnect
set input down disconnect
sometimes it is the smallest of files before a larger one which is not redirected.. these 'non-redirected-files' will cause all consecutive files to download slowly.
! we do need a patch for this ^ client/server-side ...
if for some reason you can't upload file.u.uz due to mismatches.. then make sure that it is last 'Package' to be sent.
So place at end of list in ServerPackages=
^this way it will not slow down all other file's which are in queue to be sent.
* Also you will need to do the test for all "Game-Types" , is a bit of work but worth it in the end.
after done testing and finding non-redirected files then you can delete newly created Cache Folder and rename old one back
^ and your config will be as it was before testing.
I understand that you may be using a Shared Redirect Server (Yay, GameServers.com) which means certain files cannot be uploaded..
best way around this is to a.) stop paying them for semi-function Redirect Service & rent a cheap $10-$20 hosting account from godaddy or other and use that as personal Redirect.
hope that helps.