[HowTo] Run a PRoCon Layer (1.4.0.6) with Linux+mono

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Originally Posted by XpKiller*:

 

Setting up Procon on Linux

 

NOTICE: PRoCon is developed for Windows! Expect Problems! You will NOT get the same support as if you running it on Windows

 

Supported PRoCon Versions:

• PRoCon 1.4.0.6 is WORKING

Requirements:

• a Server with Linux
• Mono 2.6+ installed ( other Version might work)
• on Debian mono 2.6.7 (Debian 2.6.7-5) is working
• Some linux knowledge
• a text editor of your choice (nano, vim, ...)
• No root rights needed

Step-by-Step

 

• Download PRoCon and put on your linux host
• create a folder and unzip the zip there

  Code:

  mkdir PRoCon-1.2.0.0
  
  cp procon-1.2.0.0.zip PRoCon-1.2.0.0/
  
  cd PRoCon-1.2.0.0
  
  unzip procon-1.2.0.0

  Now it should look like this:

  Code:

  drwxr-xr-x 3 xpkiller users     4096  6. Apr 12:51 Configs
  -rw-r--r-- 1 xpkiller users  1345396  7. Mär 22:09 GeoIP.dat
  -rw-r--r-- 1 xpkiller users   199680 16. Mär 12:11 Ionic.Zip.Reduced.dll
  drwxr-xr-x 2 xpkiller users     4096  6. Apr 12:57 Localization
  drwxr-xr-x 5 xpkiller users     4096  6. Apr 12:51 Media
  drwxr-xr-x 5 xpkiller users     4096  6. Apr 12:51 Plugins
  -rwxr--r-- 1 xpkiller users 15652065  6. Apr 13:45 procon_1.2.0.0.zip
  -rw-r--r-- 1 xpkiller users     6144  6. Apr 12:50 PRoCon.Console.exe
  -rw-r--r-- 1 xpkiller users    13824  6. Apr 12:50 PRoCon.Console.pdb
  -rw-r--r-- 1 xpkiller users   585216  6. Apr 12:19 PRoCon.Core.dll
  -rw-r--r-- 1 xpkiller users   935424  6. Apr 12:19 PRoCon.Core.pdb
  -rw-r--r-- 1 xpkiller users   282112 16. Mär 12:11 procon.doc
  -rw-r--r-- 1 xpkiller users  1171456  6. Apr 12:50 PRoCon.exe
  -rw-r--r-- 1 xpkiller users  1013248  6. Apr 12:50 PRoCon.pdb
  -rw-r--r-- 1 xpkiller users     6144  6. Apr 12:51 PRoCon.Service.exe
  -rw-r--r-- 1 xpkiller users    17920  6. Apr 12:51 PRoCon.Service.pdb
  -rw-r--r-- 1 xpkiller users    62464  6. Apr 12:50 PRoConUpdater.exe
  -rw-r--r-- 1 xpkiller users    34304  6. Apr 12:50 ProConUpdater.pdb

• run the Procon.Console.exe to create the Configs

  Code:

  xpkiller@linux-ty0m:~/PRoCon_1.2.0.0> mono PRoCon.Console.exe 
  Procon Frostbite
  ================
  By executing this application you agree to the license available at:
          http://myrcon.com/licenses/myrcon.pdf
  If you do not agree you must immediately exit this application.
  ================
  This is a cut down version of PRoCon.exe to be used by GSPs and PRoCon Hosts.
  Executing this file is the same as "PRoCon.exe -console 1"
  No output is given.  This is as cut down as we're gunno get..
  
  Executing procon...
  Running... (Press any key to shutdown)

• Stop it by press any Key
• Now look at the Config folder and open the procon.cfg

  Code:

  /////////////////////////////////////////////
  // This config will be overwritten by procon.
  /////////////////////////////////////////////
  procon.private.window.position Normal 0 0 0 0
  procon.private.options.setLanguage ""
  procon.private.options.chatLogging False
  procon.private.options.consoleLogging False
  procon.private.options.eventsLogging False
  procon.private.options.pluginLogging False
  procon.private.options.autoCheckDownloadUpdates True
  procon.private.options.autoApplyUpdates False
  procon.private.options.showtrayicon True
  procon.private.options.minimizetotray False
  procon.private.options.closetotray False
  procon.private.options.allowanonymoususagedata True
  procon.private.options.runPluginsInSandbox False
  procon.private.options.allowAllODBCConnections False
  procon.private.options.allowAllSmtpConnections False
  procon.private.options.adminMoveMessage True
  procon.private.options.chatDisplayAdminName True
  procon.private.options.layerHideLocalPlugins True
  procon.private.options.layerHideLocalAccounts True
  procon.private.options.ShowRoundTimerConstantly False
  procon.private.httpWebServer.enable False 27360 "0.0.0.0"
  procon.private.options.trustedHostDomainsPorts

• Add your server

  Code:

  procon.private.servers.name "85.14.234.211" 47200 "German Wildcards [GWC] Conquest | 300% Tickets | GGC-Stream"
  procon.private.servers.add "85.14.234.211" 47200 "rconpassword"

  Important:

  Set the languges:

  Code:

  procon.private.options.setLanguage "au.loc"

  And set those lines to "False" otherwise it will crash

  Code:

  procon.private.options.autoCheckDownloadUpdates False
  procon.private.options.autoApplyUpdates False
  procon.private.options.allowanonymoususagedata False

  Note:

  You might change the sandbox setting to false.

• Now you need to create the server config file:

  The name needs to match with the server in the procon.cfg file

  Like:" 85.14.234.211_47200.cfg"

• Paste the default content:

  Code:

  /////////////////////////////////////////////
  // This config will be overwritten by procon.
  /////////////////////////////////////////////
  procon.protected.layer.enable True 27260 "0.0.0.0" "PRoCon[%servername%]"
  procon.protected.playerlist.settings true 2 0,4939024 0,5
  procon.protected.chat.settings False False True 0 0
  procon.protected.events.captures False 200 False
  procon.protected.lists.settings False
  procon.protected.console.settings True True True True True True
  procon.protected.timezone_UTCoffset 0

  Note:

  You might want to change the layerport/ip.

• Now we need to create the first layer account

  Open accounts.cfg:

  Paste this:

  Code:

  /////////////////////////////////////////////
  // This config will be overwritten by procon.
  /////////////////////////////////////////////
  procon.public.accounts.create "Test" "test"

• Now open your server config again add the privileges

  85.14.234.211_47200.cfg

   

  Code:

  /////////////////////////////////////////////
  // This config will be overwritten by procon.
  /////////////////////////////////////////////
  procon.protected.layer.setPrivileges "Test" 3972679
  procon.protected.layer.enable True 27260 "0.0.0.0" "PRoCon[%servername%]"
  procon.protected.playerlist.settings true 2 0,4939024 0,5
  procon.protected.chat.settings False False True 0 0
  procon.protected.events.captures False 200 False
  procon.protected.lists.settings False
  procon.protected.console.settings True True True True True True
  procon.protected.timezone_UTCoffset 0

• Now the Config part is done!
• Run the Console and try to connect to it

  Code:

  mono ProCon.Console.exe

  If you can connect, lets go to the next step and run it as a service
• Create a startup.sh

  Code:

  #!/bin/bash
  cd /home/xpkiller/PRoCon_1.2.0.0
  mono-service2 -l:./proconservice.lock PRoCon.Service.exe

  make it executable

  Code:

  chmod +rx startup.sh

• Create the shutdown.sh

   

  Code:

  #!/bin/bash
  
  cd /home/xpkiller/PRoCon_1.2.0.0
  
  kill `cat ./proconservice.lock`

  make it executable

  Code:

  chmod +rx shutdown.sh

• Workaround for Version 1.4.0.5/6

  You need to create a symlink in the Proconbasedir:

  Code:

  ln -s mysql.data.dll MySql.Data.dll

• Run the startup.sh
• Now you should be able to connect to your new Linux PRoCon Layer Server, Enjoy
• To Stop the Service execute the shutdown.sh file

Note:

The PRoCon Service takes about 20 - 25 MB of Ram

 

 

Troubleshooting:

 

• Check if the Process is running

  Code:

  ps -ef | grep mono

• Check if the IP and port is bound

  Code:

  netstat -nlp | grep mono

 

Please give Feedback

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Originally Posted by XpKiller*:

 

Placeholder

 

just for the case i need more place

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Originally Posted by Oo-Supervicto-oO*:

 

Thx

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Originally Posted by XpKiller*:

 

Fixed a typo in Step 13.

 

Code:

#!/bin/bash
cd /home/xpkiller/PRoCon_1.2.0.0
mono-service2 -l:./proconservice.lock PRoCon.Service.exe

instead of

Code:

#!/bin/bash
cd /home/xpkiller/PRoCon_1.2.0.0
mono-service2 -l:./proconservice.lock ProCon.Service.exe

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Originally Posted by ShavedApe*:

 

Thnx for this I was looking for this a little while ago

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Originally Posted by kayjay*:

 

Does plugin work with this? I remember a thread a while back that had something to do with running procon under linux, but as a result one wouldn't be able to run plugins..

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Originally Posted by XpKiller*:

 

the most plugins should work.

I fixed the plugin part in procon and given it to Phil.

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Originally Posted by NSGod*:

 

Nice...

 

Preliminary tests show that this may also work in Mac OS X with the mono framework installed (/Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework).

 

If I have a chance, I'll take a break from (my) ProconCore.framework and look at whipping up a GUI to add the LaunchAgent launchd job (already did something like that in "Other Apps Helper" part of Source Finagler; shouldn't be too hard to repurpose it).

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Originally Posted by indignation23*:

 

I love you XpKiller ^^

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Originally Posted by Singh400*:

 

Out of interest...are there are advantages to running the layer on Linux as opposed to Windows?

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Originally Posted by XpKiller*:

 

Linux root server or vps are often cheaper the windows boxes.

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Originally Posted by k4n30*:

 

Just a suggestion or idea, setup procon config on windows ie: Steps 1 - 11 as alot of this is easier using the GUI, then zip it up and unzip on Linux and go from step 12 onwards.

 

Saves alot of time, but there may be something I'm missing. I'm not very experienced in Linux.

 

Also if there was a problem eg: You state its not developed for windows, can you then zip it up again and move it to a windows machine and debug if necessary?

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Originally Posted by ronin*:

 

Also if there was a problem eg: You state its not developed for windows, can you then zip it up again and move it to a windows machine and debug if necessary?

procon layer IS developed for windows its linux its not.

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Originally Posted by Phil_K*:

 

Hi.

 

We have no dedicated development focus which covers linux like iOS done by Decker and Android by leomar75.

 

Procon Frostbite is developed for Windows but we tried to have it mono compatible. This allows to run it on Linux with the help of mono. I would guess it also might run under Mac OS X with the help of mono.

 

But to answer k4n30 question:

You could zip up your Linux hosted Procon folder, transfer it to a Windows machine and run it there for debug because the same files are used as mono runs the windows files.

 

Greets

Phil.

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Originally Posted by Mikey85_PL*:

 

Hi,

 

My procon on linux is working, comunicating with server, but it can't see any plugins, can anyone help me to fix it?

 

Sorry for my english.

Greets

Mikey

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Originally Posted by khyoshi*:

 

Out of interest...are there are advantages to running the layer on Linux as opposed to Windows?

I would say if you happen to already run a linux-based server for other things then the advantage would be that you dont have to have a new machine for this.

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Originally Posted by Geordie_Ben*:

 

A Noobie question here guys,

 

Is Centos 5x a linux os? I have followed all the steps and im getting an error while hitting "mono ProCon.Console.exe" saying "Cannot open assembly ProCon.Console.exe."

 

I dont have the greatest of knowledge on CentOS

 

Regards,

Geordie

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Originally Posted by XpKiller*:

 

Could you check the mono version. Centos is linux disti which stuck very long on old software version. You might need to install an additional software repro to get an newer mono release. Are you file permissions are correct?

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Originally Posted by Geordie_Ben*:

 

Could you check the mono version. Centos is linux disti which stuck very long on old software version. You might need to install an additional software repro to get an newer mono release. Are you file permissions are correct?

Hey XpKiller,

 

Heres my version of mono --version,

 

Mono JIT compiler version 2.10.8 (tarball Wed Jun 27 00:07:07 BST 2012)

Copyright © 2002-2011 Novell, Inc, Xamarin, Inc and Contributors. www.mono-project.com

TLS: __thread

SIGSEGV: altstack

Notifications: epoll

Architecture: amd64

Disabled: none

Misc: softdebug

LLVM: supported, not enabled.

GC: Included Boehm (with typed GC and Parallel Mark)

 

As for the file perms, what do i need to check? I'm running everything as root user on the vps. If you would be so kind to instruct me on what needs doing with the file perm that would be great.

 

Regards,

Geordie

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Originally Posted by Geordie_Ben*:

 

P.s

 

Just managed to run it, now i see this...

 

 

 

Unhandled Exception: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object

at PRoCon.Core.PRoConApplication.HighestNetFrameworkV ersion () [0x00000] in :0

at PRoCon.Core.PRoConApplication.SendUsageData () [0x00000] in :0

at PRoCon.Core.PRoConApplication.ReconnectVersionChec ker () [0x00000] in :0

at System.Threading.Thread.StartInternal () [0x00000] in :0

[ERROR] FATAL UNHANDLED EXCEPTION: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object

at PRoCon.Core.PRoConApplication.HighestNetFrameworkV ersion () [0x00000] in :0

at PRoCon.Core.PRoConApplication.SendUsageData () [0x00000] in :0

at PRoCon.Core.PRoConApplication.ReconnectVersionChec ker () [0x00000] in :0

at System.Threading.Thread.StartInternal () [0x00000] in :0

root@geordie [~/PRoCon-1.2.0.0]#

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Originally Posted by Phil_K*:

 

Hi.

 

The 1.2.0.0 has a bug dealing with the creation of the usage.xml which is fixed in the next version.

Take a look at the procon.cfg and set "procon.private.options.allowanonymoususagedat a" to False.

 

Greets

Phil.

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Originally Posted by johnny5*:

 

Are you guys saying it works? Or it sort of works.

 

I'll give it go if you say it works.

 

I think you said it sort of works, sorry bout that.

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Originally Posted by XpKiller*:

 

It works if you follow the steps in my how to. But I cant say if every plugin will work.

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Originally Posted by Geordie_Ben*:

 

Thanks Xp,

 

I have this now working, the only issue im now facing is startup.sh to run this as a service.

 

i get this error............... "-bash: ./startup.sh: /bin/bash^M: bad interpreter: No such file or directory"

 

And this is how my code looks

 

#!/bin/bash

cd /root/PRoCon_1.2.0.0

mono-service2 -l:./proconservice.lock PRoCon.Service.exe

 

Does anything look out of place here?

 

Regards,

Geordie

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Originally Posted by XpKiller*:

 

Thanks Xp,

 

I have this now working, the only issue im now facing is startup.sh to run this as a service.

 

i get this error............... "-bash: ./startup.sh: /bin/bash^M: bad interpreter: No such file or directory"

 

And this is how my code looks

 

#!/bin/bash

cd /root/PRoCon_1.2.0.0

mono-service2 -l:./proconservice.lock PRoCon.Service.exe

 

Does anything look out of place here?

 

Regards,

Geordie

it seems that you dont have bash installed try

 

#!/bin/sh instead of #!/bin/bash

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Originally Posted by Geordie_Ben*:

 

it seems that you dont have bash installed try

 

#!/bin/sh instead of #!/bin/bash

No that still gives me the same error Killer

 

EDIT: I'm sure i have bash installed aswell, i run a bot.sh for a ts3 bot and that has a bash command init

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Originally Posted by XpKiller*:

 

strange

and what happens if leave that line out?

 

Are the file permissions are correct? is the files executeable?

 

try chmod +x startup.sh

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Originally Posted by Phil_K*:

 

Hi.

 

Thanks Xp,

 

I have this now working, the only issue im now facing is startup.sh to run this as a service.

 

i get this error............... "-bash: ./startup.sh: /bin/bash^M: bad interpreter: No such file or directory"

The file has line breaks encoded for windows, see the ^M at the end.

You can use vi to edit and delete them or do a dos2unix convert.

 

Greets

Phil.

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Originally Posted by XpKiller*:

 

ahh Phil i over seen that^^

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Originally Posted by Geordie_Ben*:

 

Hey Guys,

 

Thank you both for your support, i got this 100% working. The startup.sh did indeed have linebreaks init and that seemed to have done the trick, so a massive thanks for all the support

 

Regards,

Geordie