Virtual Servers

Overview

THIS FEATURE HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED YET

TCAdmin allows you to split your server's resources into virtual servers. This feature does not use virtualization software. Basically you can create a virtual server with 1 or more IPs, cores, x amount of ram and x amount of disk space. In TCAdmin it will look like a normal server.

Possible Implementations

Sell dedicated cores and memory.

Assign a virtual server to a user or reseller so he can create game servers.

Distribute your game servers across different drives.

If you have 3 hard drives you can create 2 additional virtual servers with unlimited memory and disk space. Their user files path will each point to different drives.

Configure game servers on specific IPs.

If you want to a game type to only use a specific IP you can create a virtual server with that IP. In the virtual server's game and voice settings only allow that game to be created. In the main server's settings allow all games except that one and in the IP settings disable game and voice servers for the virtual server's IP.

Limitations

Windows Service Manager

On Windows, the service manager must always run in service mode. If you start a service that is assigned to a virtual server while the service manager is running in console mode it will be stopped after a few seconds.

Games and Services

The game must be able to run as a guest (non-root) user. Each virtual server has its own user. The game servers run as that user, overriding any setting in the game's Run As tab.

CPU usage shown in the System Resources Widget

There are 2 different ways CPU usage is displayed for a virtual server.

1- If the virtual server only has 1 core it will show CPU usage of all the services in that virtual server.

2- If the virtual server has 2 or more cores it will display the actual CPU usage of that core. If other processes are running on that core their CPU usage will be visible even if it does not belong to that virtual server.

Memory Usage

Services running in the virtual server may use more memory than assigned. Memory limits are enforced by the system monitor depending on your configuration. Configure the system monitor in the main server's settings.

Linux Disk Usage

The quota package must be installed and configured so TCAdmin can restrict disk usage according to the virtual server's configuration. For more information read your distro's documentation.

Licensing

Virtual servers do not require additional licenses. You only need 1 license for the main server.