Cannot start Linux Dedicated server

[Wolfey]

Hi, I've been having some weird issues when trying to get my linux dedicated server going.

 

I've googled the issue, and it doesn't seem to be happening with anyone else.

 

When I start the server with "sh startserver.sh" it will start with, from the bash screen:

 

eac_server.so [x64] :: onload()
eac_server.so [x64] :: unload()

 

Then the server will stop.

 

I was able to fix that by using "sh startserver.sh -dedicated -nographics" (which was weird, since serverstart.sh includes those flags.)

 

When I do this, I get the following:

 

eac_server.so [x64] :: onload()
System.Net.Sockets.SocketOptionName 0x1b is not supported at ipv6 level

Then, once again the server will hang.

 

Higher up in the log file I see the full code for that sockets error, posted below:

 

2019-06-07T19:08:06 0.621 INF NET: Starting server protocols
[b]Bind exception: System.Net.Sockets.SocketException: Protocol option not supported
 at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.SetSocketOption (SocketOptionLevel optionLevel, SocketOptionName optionName, Boolean optionValue) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
 at LiteNetLib.NetSocket.BindSocket (System.Net.Sockets.Socket socket, System.Net.IPEndPoint ep, Boolean reuseAddress) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 , errorCode: ProtocolOption

 

Something interesting about the second case, however, is that the log is being flooded with the following error, after it seems to parse through my serverconfig.xml:

 

NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
 at GUIWindowManager.Update () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 

(Filename:  Line: -1)

 

I won't spam that one, since it repeats every half second or so.

 

 

For giggles I tried to host the server with a GUI enabled (Inadvisable in a server environment, I know) and it gave the same issue.

 

Any help would be appreciated, guys!

[SylenThunder]

Could you put the full log in Pastebin?

[Wolfey]

Sure!

 

https://pastebin.com/79wKC8KL

 

I snipped off the repeating error at the bottom, but it will continue until you ctrl+c the server.

[Wolfey]

Okay I think I fixed part of my issue, but I'd like to reply here in case anyone else is having similar issues.

 

I had set a "Worldname" in my serverconfig.xml, when a world did not exist yet.

 

I checked .config/unity3d/the fun pimps/player.log and that was the log file that told me that.

 

[steamworks.NET] Could not initialize GameServer

 

And the server hangs after that.

 

I have steamcmd already, but I didn't see any steam services that needed to run for a ubuntu server.

 

EDIT:

 

Steamnetworking is also disabled in the config.

[Wolfey]

I was able to fix this by running the 64-bit version of the server, I was running 32 for debugging.

 

I think I should be good now? The default serverstart.sh doesn't seem to work.

[SylenThunder]

I was able to fix this by running the 64-bit version of the server, I was running 32 for debugging.

 

I think I should be good now? The default serverstart.sh doesn't seem to work.

Hmm, it should. I use it on my test servers. (I use LGSM for the others.)

 

The log you gave shows running 64-bit version. It's got an error right away though.

 

2019-06-08T09:11:18 0.250 INF Command line arguments: ./7DaysToDieServer.x86_64 -logfile 7DaysToDieServer_Data/output_log__2019-06-08__09-11-16.txt -quit -batchmode -nographics -dedicated -dedicated -nographicsArgumentException: An element with the same key already exists in the dictionary.
 at System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary`2[system.String,System.String].Add (System.String key, System.String value) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
 at GameStartupHelper.ParseCommandLine (System.String[] args) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
 at GameManager.Awake () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 

Which is understandable because you have -dedicated twice.

 

Then it has a bind exception on one of the ports later, which could be a previous instance not fully shut down, or something else is already using a port you're trying to configure the server to use.

 

Can you upload your serverstart.sh so I can compare it to mine?

[Wolfey]

Absolutely!

 

For reference, if I don't have that second -dedicated in the server crashes at the command line.

 

#!/bin/sh
cd "`dirname "$0"`"

PARAMS=$@

CONFIGFILE="serverconfig.xml"
while test $# -gt 0
do
if [ `echo $1 | cut -c 1-12` = "-configfile=" ]; then
	CONFIGFILE=`echo $1 | cut -c 13-`
fi
shift
done

if [ "$CONFIGFILE" = "" ]; then
echo "No config file specified. Call this script like this:"
echo "  ./startserver.sh -configfile=serverconfig.xml"
exit
else
if [ -f "$CONFIGFILE" ]; then
	echo Using config file: $CONFIGFILE
else
	echo "Specified config file $CONFIGFILE does not exist."
	exit
fi
fi

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=.
#export MALLOC_CHECK_=0

if [ "$(uname -m)" = "x86_64" ]; then
./7DaysToDieServer.x86_64 -logfile 7DaysToDieServer_Data/output_log__`date +%Y-%m-%d__%H-%M-%S`.txt -quit -batchmode -nographics -dedicated $PARAMS
else
./7DaysToDieServer.x86 -logfile 7DaysToDieServer_Data/output_log__`date +%Y-%m-%d__%H-%M-%S`.txt -quit -batchmode -nographics -dedicated $PARAMS
fi

 

Using the serverstart.sh shipped with the game.

 

We're up and running now, but might be helpful to understand what went wrong here.

[SylenThunder]

Are you running as root, or as a user? I always run it as a user account. (Each of my instances has its own user account.)

[Wolfey]

As a user. Running as root is bad voodoo.

[SylenThunder]

Ok, that's really strange then. You're running 18.04 which is the same as me, and I haven't ever run into that.

[Wolfey]

I've manually installed mono on my system, but I could see from the logs that it was using the mono.dll's from the server data. (I even tried updating those for giggles.)

 

This whole thing was the reason why I posted, I was following every guide to a tee, but no luck. Kinda had to improvise. Maybe the startup script is broken? I have to use my own right now.

[SylenThunder]

Yeah, I use custom scripts for my public servers. Still haven't had this much issue with the default script when I'm doing mod testing though.

 

I like Alloc's scripts, but they feel a bit dated atm. I use LGSM for most of my servers now.

[Wolfey]

I didn't like how hardcoded everything was. I didn't want to use the default username, and it was really hard to change every little thing.

 

I was really thinking I was missing some dependency but apparently not. Biggest other thing was changing the map name to "RWG"

[SylenThunder]

That's why I like LGSM. It offers a LOT of customization in your setup, but is still pretty easy to use and configure. The monitoring tool with notifications is off the charts too. It is a little complex to grasp the first time around, but once you do it's pretty amazing. I'm even currently hosting a 16.4 server with it. (Had to edit their scripts a little bit to pull that off though.)

 

LOL, the RWG I never understood why they changed that. It's been a standard for almost 10 Alphas, but now they change it up to mess with all of us. I still screw that one up when writing configs.

[Wolfey]

Me either! It should work out of the box with an untouched config, haha.

 

I've never looked into LGSM, I kinda figured it would be easy enough to host servers on a linux server (easier than Windows, anyway). They look fun!