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Update On: 23 Jul 2021cPanel Game Server Installation

cPGS is a software module that provides you to set up and run a game server. You are even capable to run cPGS on its server and games on separate servers.

Requirements

gcc
Perl 5+
OpenSSL (including headers, usually in a separate package called something like openssl-devel or ssl-dev)
Net::SSLeay perl module
IO::Socket::SSL perl module
IPC::Run perl module

cPanel Game Server Installation Steps

1) cPGS should be installed in WHM, as the root user (not a reseller), in the “Manage Plugins” section.

2) Remote servers (without cPanel installed) can be connected in WHM once cPGS has been established. There is a link on the Game Server Administration page to “Install Remote Server” which provides you several various means by which to install the server remotely. If this isn’t working for you for some purpose, put in a support ticket and we can help troubleshoot it.

3) After the establishment on the cPanel or remote server(s), configure the /var/Cpanel/cpgsd.cfg file. This uses for both indirect and limited connections.

allowedips: comma-delimited list of IP locations that are permitted to talk to the daemon server (default: 127.0.0.1)
logfile: path to the log for cPGSD (default: /var/log/cpgsd.log)
sslpem: the SSL PEM file to use. This can be created by the cpgsd_install script (default: /var/cpanel/cpgs.pem)
pkgdir: location of the game server package files (default: /home/gameservers/)
secret: the given secret key/pass you will use between servers. Be sure this value is the same on any servers involved in cPGS
qstat: path to the qstat binary for preparing stats on some games (default: /usr/local/bin/qstat)
root: the base directory for cpgsd files (default: /var/cpanel/)
port: port that cpgsd listens on. do not change if at all possible. (default: 2092)

4) Start up the cpgsd.pl daemon on any gameserver boxes.
The start up script: /var/cpanel/cpgsd.pl
This will log data to /var/log/cpgsd.log by default.
You can change the log file by editing /var/cpanel/cpgsd.cfg and setting the logfile= variable.

5) Log in to WHM on the cPanel company and begin configuring users you will support running gameservers.
6) Log in to the user’s cPanel description and configure the gameserver, begin it up and, assuming all is well.
That's all!!