Server Setup Tutorial?

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Originally Posted by ZeroBurner Step by step guide on how to make the server working. IMPORTANT: This tutorial is intended to align the community with my progresses there are some open items or if you prefer things that are not working in this release From my tests what is not working right now is: - You cannot login any GM character (This can be caused from several factors maybe an alternate client is needed) - You cannot drop any item to the floor from your char, I suspect this can be solved starting the maps in a certain order but I'm not really sure about that. All the rest seems to work right now. Disclaimer: Since I'm a really busy person :D and I'm the person who's writing this tutorial I will post only the procedure using windows server 2003 Enterprise SP2 32 bit I'm not going to provide any link for licensed software or any cracked item You will be responsible to find everything you need on your own, I will share only free items for your convenience I've decided to use Windows 2003 Server Enterprise SP2 32bit since I think this windows version is the more robust and reliable I've found until now. If you want to follow my tutorial you must use the paths as I've specified or the auto-build script will not work. In any case you are free to change everything on your own :) Everything is free here and I'm not jealous of things I'm releasing! What do you need: VMWARE Workstation Windows 2003 32 bit (you can use the one with SP2 integrated) If you are using a clean Windows 2003 you will need also the SP2, you can download it from microsoft for free (The SP not the OS) (I've added the SP also to my share) Python 2.7 32 bit (in my share) PyODBC for this version of python (in my share) Apache http sever 2.0 (in my share) Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 runtime libraries (in my share) My share link [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] Step 1: Install Windows Server 2003 SP2 on a virtual machine, I'm using VMWARE since I've an ESX server at home but you can chose whatever you want, I've tested it also on VMWARE Workstation without any problem. I've tried on Oracle Virtual Box and IT DOES NOT WORK, at least for me.... I suggest you to create the VM with a BRIDGED network adapter, this will make things easier :) Each Map works as a separate process, this means you will need a good machine to execute the software. I'm using 4 cores and 16Gb of memory and the server runs correctly with all the maps. I've not done any regression test to identify the minimum requirements, but I've successfully executed a lot of maps in a 2cores 8Gb of memory machine. You will need around 60Gb to install everything but I suggest you to create a 100Gb disk if you have enough space. IMPORTANT NOTE: Is mandatory to define an administrator password otherwise you will have severe issues installing and using the Database IMPORTANT NOTE2: You are obliged to use a static ip assignement, no DHCP, tested and is not working IMPORTANT NOTE3: If you install Windows Server 2003 Standard you will have the 4GB limit, so is useless to give more than 4 GB of memory. take note of the IP address you assigned to the server, you will need it. Step 2: Prepare the environment REBOOT THE MACHINE EVERY TIME IS REQUESTED! Don't skip reboots or things can give you problems remember is windows :) Before all i suggest you to install a good text editor (like scite or Notepad++) on the virtual machine 0) If you are installing on a VM install the guest additions (like vmware tools or whatever) 1) Install SP2 2) Install Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 runtime libraries 3) Install Python 2.7.5 32 bit (install for all users with default options on c:\python27) 4) Install PyODBC (All default options, it should find automatically where to install) 5) Install Apache 2.0 In Network Domain and in Server Name put your vM Ip address Put an Email (is not necessarely a valid email) on Admin Email address Install for all users! Select Custom and Change the install directory to c:\httpd Verify you can reach the web server from a web browser Now we need to configure apache to execute python cgi a) Remove c:\httpd\Apache2\cgi-bin\printenv.pl b) Remove everything in c:\httpd\Apache2\htdocs (NOT THE DIRECTORY ITSELF! ONLY THE CONTENT) c) Edit C:\httpd\Apache2\conf\httpd.conf Search for uncommented line: Options Indexes FollowSymLinks (if you install from the binary I posted should be row 267) Change it to: Options Indexes FollowSymLinks ExecCGI Search for: #AddHandler cgi-script .cgi (if you install from the binary I posted should be row 778) Remove the # to uncomment the line and add .py to the end of the line (will become: AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .py) Save the file Restart apache Start -> All Programs -> Apache HTTP Server 2.0 -> Control Apache Server -> Restart copy the testenv.py script to c:\httpd\Apache2\cgi-bin\ Open your web browser to http://<yourvmip>/cgi-bin/testenv.py you should see a simple web page that will demonstrate python is working and correctly configured After that you can remove the file c:\httpd\Apache2\cgi-bin\testenv.py 6) Create an administrative account on your VM to run the MSSQL services, this will be the database owner account I'm lazy to explain how to create it from graphical intefaces so I will guide you trough the old fashion command line style :D Decide a password, I will reference it as yourpassword on the following lines open a command prompt on your vm and give the following commands: net user mssqladmin yourpassword /add net localgroup Administrators mssqladmin /add You should set password never expires flag for this user, to do that you can: press start, right click on my computer click manage click on Local users and groups on the right pane dobule click on users double click mssqladmin tick password never expires click ok 7) Install SQL Server 2008 R2 on your machine For this phase your VM should be able to connect to the internet otherwise you will have to install your prerequisites manually (.net 3.51 and others) This phase can require up two reboots of your virtual machine After the setup support file is completed you will be promped for the installation type Select SQL Server Feature Installation Install Everything EXCEPT the Reporting Services On the Server Configuration leave the default instance! This is mandatory or 9d will not work as well as the autoconf script. Now the service accounts page should open, click on "Use the same account for all SQL Server services" Insert the credentials of your mssqladmin user click next On the next page select Mixed Mode (SQL Server authentication and Windows Authentication) specify a password for your sa user (you will need this password really soon :)) Click on Add current user Click on Add -> on the box that will open write mssqladmin and click check names; click ok Click NEXT again, click Add current user Click on Add -> on the box that will open write mssqladmin and click check names; click ok click next click next click next click install wait :D 8) Create a directory on c:\ called scripts copy the content of the scripts directory in my share inside the directory c:\scripts 9) Extract the content of the file posted on the release topic (the 9dragons server rar) to c:\9dragons on your virtual machine 10) Copy the file ND_LOG_0_backup.bak from my share to c:\9dragons\DB Expecially if you are using SQLExpress copy the file ND_HISTORY_0_backup_2012_04_15_021519_2283750.bak on to c:\9dragons\DB replacing the old one 11) Launch the c:\script\autoconf.py script (I suggest you to do from a command prompt) c: cd \scripts autoconf.py The script will ask you for some details, provide them 1st the IP address of your db server 2nd the password you defined for the SA user on step 7 During this phase your system can become unresponsive if you try to perform other tasks! 12) Copy the file c:\scripts\lump.dat onto C:\9dragons 13) On to the directory svrctl there is a link called LOG_SERVER right click on it and do properties change the ip at the end of the target with your vm ip address Step 3: Import the web content Under My share there is a web directory Copy the content of cgi-bin to c:\httpd\Apache2\cgi-bin Copy the content of htdocs into c:\httpd\Apache2\htdocs edit the file c:\httpd\Apache2\htdocs\ND1\PATCH.PSC Change the IP address 192.168.0.211 to your VM ip address Step 4: Configure your client to access this 9dragons server Extract the 9dragons client from the release in your machine (not the VM) on your machine edit the file C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts add the following entries (replacing 192.168.0.211 with your vm ip address) 192.168.0.211 onnetnprotect.http.internapcdn.net 192.168.0.211 nprotect.cdnetworks.net 192.168.0.211 nprotect.pb.in.th 192.168.0.211 nprotect.unbbz.com 192.168.0.211 9dragons.http.internapcdn.net Launch the ndreg Editor contained inside the client write your vm ip address into: Status server Login Server into patch server write (replacing 192.168.0.211 with your vm ip address) [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] Step 5: Go back to your VM and launch the script CheckProcedures.py This script must be executed everyday, I suggest you to schedule it to be executed every midnight and everytime you login... Go into your VM and launch the Server using the links in your c:\scripts\svrctl folder you need to execute the scripts in the following order: 1) LOG_SERVER 2) MS 3) NDLOGIN_US 4) DS_SERVER if you want to use it I've created a batch file that start the entire server, if you used my configuration script to install the server, and you have c:\scripts\dbauth.py you can use the batch file I'm attaching, this will allow you to start a single component or all the server components in the correct order. To use it you need to have the dbauth.py correctly configured, and this is done by the autoconf.py This will start the server components but not the maps, for the maps I'll post something later today To work the script needs to be copied into your c:\scripts directory and is contained in my share under the script directory (Start9dServer.bat) once the DS Server is started completely (it will need something like 30 seconds normally) open the DS_SERVER window press ESC write set server open press enter (This will open the server) Now launch the maps There is one shortcurt for each map inside svrctl launch at least bamboo Step 6: Open the client using ndlauncher if you did everything correctly it should start to patch You can login with any user that already exist in this db (check the Ninedragons_Accounts to find one) with the default password On the next days I will post more info on how to change other things... like exp rate and other stuffs Inside the scripts directory you have a changepassword script that can help a lot :) To exit any component press esc on the window and write quit... this will close the item if you close the first map you open everything will crash Step 6: Additional Configurations 1) Server Rates There is a file that is loaded everytime a map start, so if you make a change to the file you need to restart the maps that are running. edit the file c:\9dragons\gs\nfofile\groupbonus.txt change the multipliers for group 0 the multipliers are self explicative 2) Refine Rates The file required to change the refine success rate is SERVER ONLY the same file is placed encrypted also on the client but for other purposes, not for the rates. the rates client side are IGNORED. let's say that if you want to change the item required to refine you need to change both the files but if you want just to change the refine rate you need to modify it just server side. Edit the file c:\9dragons\GS\nfofile\InchantTable.TXT and... each row represent a refine level, the first number represent the level the other two numbers the min and max success possibilities, change the min/max and you will change the success rate. The refinement success rate is expressed in 1/1000000 (seven digits) so it goes from 0 that is 0% to 1000000 that is 100% change all the numbers to 10000000 3) Item Mall Regarding the item mall there is a stored procedure in the database go under MSSQL Server Management, open the CIS_DB > Programmability > Stored Procedures > db.Sp_Purchase_Using right click and press execute Stored Procedure on the user_id value you need to put the USERNAME on cart_itemCode you need to write a valid item code on the game_server write 0 on the item_price write what number you want, does not matter... Click ok and you will have the item like you purchase something in 9d item mall inside your purchase history. for a valid list of items, you can find it on c:\9dragons\gs\nfofiles\cashitempackage.txt inside this file the first number is the valid id that you can use in the procedure, the other numbers represent info about the content. they reference to the item table and this values must match the encrypted version inside the client otherwise it will fail to deliver. the last column is the description. if you scroll down you will found also the us items. 4) The Official Map management system Based on the EU Release that shdoc1 has kindly signaled me I've modified the map control system to work on this server. What you need to do: Download the updated mapcontrol from my share extract somewhere on your 9d VM Let's assume you have extracted it onto c:\MAPCONTROL To configure it you need to: 1) edit the file c:\MAPCONTROL\Commander\env.ini Replace the IP address with your VM ip address 2) Copy the file c:\9dragons\env\ServerEnv.inf into c:\MAPCONTROL\Commander\ 3) Edit the file C:\MAPCONTROL\Ctrl\env.ini Replace the IP address with your VM ip address Now it's configured. To use it, you need to execute first LocalServerCtl.exe from c:\MAPCONTROL\Ctrl after is started you need to execute the LocalCommader.exe from c:\MAPCONTROL\Commander A nice Interface will start... Click on the group 0 from the Group List Now you can start the maps one by one or all together. To start a single map you need to click on the Number of the map, the click is not really precise, so click the number until it become blue (Selected) then click ON on Server Command. If you want to start all the maps (Is really CPU/Memory consuming so if you don't have a good machine you'll need to pay attention to that) you can use the group command, like all on etc etc 5) The Zero's create user stored procedure I've created a procedure to create a user into your 9d server copy the file into your server, double click it and when management studio loads, click on the ! to execute query. create_add_user.sql is in my share This will create a stored procedure you can access from: NineDragons_Account > Programmability > Stored Procedures > dbo.pr_Create_Account Right click and Execute Stored Procedure. This will require you to insert a username and password and will create account and password data in the various tables. You can integrate it with any webserver, if the user already exist the procedure will obviously fail. Making the oper_tool working require two different phases, one to configure the DB and one to configure the oper_tool itself. Configuring the DB: 1) Open the MSSQL server Management Studio and expand the GMS db to go into tables 2) Right click on dboLocalServerData and select edit top 200 rows 3) Select the line 1(Yang) and right click on the row, select delete 4) Do the same for row 2 (Yin) 5) click on charac_addr value (should be 10.101.102.51) to edit it write the ip of your db server there (the VM or wherever you've installed the MSSQL) 6) Move to charac_id and write sa 7) on charac_password write your sa password (the one you have defined during mssql installation and autoconf.py) 8) Leave Charac_dbname as is 9) Move to log_addr and write the ip of your db server there (the VM or wherever you've installed the MSSQL) 10)change log_id to sa 11)change log_password to your sa password (the one you have defined during mssql installation and autoconf.py) 12) Move to ds_addr and write the ip of your db server there (the VM or wherever you've installed the MSSQL) 13) Move to ms_addr and write the ip of your db server there (the VM or wherever you've installed the MSSQL) 14) Move to history_addr and write the ip of your db server there (the VM or wherever you've installed the MSSQL) 15)Move to history_id and write sa 16) Move to history_password and write your sa password (the one you have defined during mssql installation and autoconf.py) 17) Start pressing the TAB KEY until you go to the next line and all the red exclamation marks disappears 18) Right click on dbo.UserDBData and click Edit top 200 rows 19) on address write your vm db ip address 20) on id write sa 21) on password write your password 22) press tab until your red exclamation marks does not disappear 23) edit the top 200 rows of the dbo.OPER_list table 24) search the join date value for the first row and take note on how the date is stored, this depend on how your locale is set so will change from machine to machine is important to take note of this format, you can also copy this value and reuse it and reuse it for every new account you create I suggest you to cleanup this table deleting row by row like we did on step 3 for the servers You will need to repeat this tasks for each machine you want to enable open the oper_tool on the machine where you want to run the gm_tool take not of the HOST NAME exactly how is written in the Login table 25) edit the top 200 rows of the dbo.OPER_list table 26) start on the blank line and write the following values: 27) on oper_id write a username of your choice, like admin or gmbla or whatever you like, this user does not need to exist as a 9d user 28) on password write a password for this login 29) on oper_name write something like your name or whatever you want, is not important 30) on oper_nick leave the value as is (NULL) 31) on ip leave the value as is (NULL) 32) on pc_name write the hostname you noted 33) on oper_level write 1 34) on join_date write a date in the style noted on step 24 To configure the oper_tool open it click on configuration on DB address write the ip of your db server on id write sa on password write your sa password on the DB write GMS click apply setting Now write the ID and PASSWORD you've created and... that's all... if you did everything correctly it should work like a charm. enjoy it!