Remote server management only

[bystrick]

I'm working with a friends hosting company to have the server hosted remotely. What I can't seem to figure out is if RAT can work solely on a remote server, as I can't seem to manage what I'd assume are simple things, like server autostarts/restarts, without having a Local server setup. I've tried to specify a remote server folder structure (/steamcmd/7D2D/) instead of a local folder (C:\..) in the Local config, but I can't seem to access or use anything from the server configuration spaces when strictly operating remotely.

Is there a step I'm missing? Everything else works as intended as far as I can see, but I can't seem to line up functions that would otherwise work if I was using a local server, and I'd really love to manage this server remotely rather than run a CPanel all the time. Thanks!

 

[Trekkan]

If your server is remote from RAT, then pretty much everything on the "Local" tab isn't going to do much for you. All of the other features though, should work fine. So basically, RAT can't remotely start your server, etc.

I am going to be adding in the ability to shut down the server on the restart times, etc. But it would then be up to the host to detect the server is down and restart it. Basically, there isn't much I can do as far as server processes and whatnot remotely, as RAT only has a telnet connection into the server to work with in that case.

 

[bystrick]

Good deal - I was afraid that might be the answer, but didn't know if there was a way to hook the RAT application into the remote server space to setup similar to a local host but using the remote directories/files. Appreciate the quick response! Looks like I will be researching some potential serverside scripts to call instead once I get used to more of the innards. Bonus: RAT was quick and easy to install, including the required mods, on the remote server so I appreciate the work that I'm able to leverage!

 

[Trekkan]

Good deal - I was afraid that might be the answer, but didn't know if there was a way to hook the RAT application into the remote server space to setup similar to a local host but using the remote directories/files. Appreciate the quick response! Looks like I will be researching some potential serverside scripts to call instead once I get used to more of the innards. Bonus: RAT was quick and easy to install, including the required mods, on the remote server so I appreciate the work that I'm able to leverage!

Excellent to hear! I've considered adding in FTP support for RAT, but... that ends up using a lot of bandwidth with multiple backups, etc... and might cause more issues than solve, so I've never done it. I'm sure someone has written a mod or whatnot that will cover what you need though. =)