{"id":1528,"date":"2020-12-02T15:42:15","date_gmt":"2020-12-02T15:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smartfoxserver.com\/blog\/?p=1528"},"modified":"2021-06-24T07:52:26","modified_gmt":"2021-06-24T07:52:26","slug":"launching-smartfoxserver-in-the-cloud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smartfoxserver.com\/blog\/launching-smartfoxserver-in-the-cloud\/","title":{"rendered":"Launching SmartFoxServer in the cloud"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In early November 2020 we have launched a new cloud service called Overcast<\/a> which joins the family of SmartFoxServer products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this short series of articles we will be taking a look at how Overcast works, how to get started and and how it can help new or existing projects based on SmartFoxServer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

SmartFoxServer in the cloud<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Essentially Overcast<\/a> provides SmartFoxServer in the cloud, meaning that you can get all of the SFS2X features<\/strong> you’ve learned and used, directly in the cloud, from a convenient web interface, and without having to manually set up the hosting and server yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This includes also the database side of things, as Overcast allows you to deploy one or more MySQL<\/strong> servers for your storage needs that can be accessed from you SmartFox instances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00bb Launching servers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

To give you an idea of how Overcast<\/a> works in practice here’s a quick example of how a new SmartFoxServer instance is created from the Overcast HQ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once you have created an account you will start by creating an Application<\/strong> which will contain your SmartFox and database servers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Click on Create new<\/strong> and enter the details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Application is now created and you can proceed by creating a new server <\/strong>via the “+” icon on the right side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Step 1<\/strong>: choose the Region of the world where to launch the server and “SmartFoxServer” as its type.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Step 2<\/strong>: assign a server name and choose the size of the hardware that will run the server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Step 3<\/strong>: choose the SFS2X version you want to install and assign an Admin password.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Finally double check the summary and choose a billing plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00bb Managing your servers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

After launching one or more servers you will find all of your instances listed in the Application page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From here you can access the details page, which contains runtime statistics and data about the server. Also you can click the tool box icon<\/strong> to launch the AdminTool or the gear icon<\/strong> to access more options, such as restarting the server, creating a snapshot and terminating the instance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00bb Setup and connection<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Via the toolbox icon<\/strong> you can launch the server’s AdminTool<\/strong> and login with username “sfsadmin<\/em>” and the password you specified at the time of creation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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By default a SmartFoxServer instance launched in Overcast starts with no Zones<\/strong> defined, so we recommend to start setting up the server by creating one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Select the Zone Configurator<\/strong> tab and in the left hand panel click on the +Z<\/strong> button to add a new Zone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When you’re done with the Zone settings hit the Submit<\/strong> button. This will store the configuration on the server side. Now you can select the Zone name from the left hand menu and click the “Play<\/strong>” button (right arrow) to start up the Zone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can now test the server from the client side, by opening a connection and logging in the Zone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s an example client code in Unity \/ C# to connect to your server:<\/p>\n\n\n

\npublic class ConnectionExample : MonoBehaviour\n{\n    private SmartFox sfs;\n     \n    void Start()\n    {\n        \/\/ Create the SmartFox client instance\n        sfs = new SmartFox();\n         \n        \/\/ Add event listeners\n        sfs.AddEventListener(SFSEvent.CONNECTION, OnConnection);\n        sfs.AddEventListener(SFSEvent.LOGIN, OnLogin);\n         \n        ConfigData config = new ConfigData();\n        config.host = "10.11.12.13";    \/\/ replace with your server IP\n        config.port = 9933;\n        config.zone = "MyGameZone";     \/\/ replace with the correct Zone name\n         \n        \/\/ Connect\n        sfs.Connect(config);\n    }\n     \n    \/\/ Handle connection event\n    private void OnConnection(BaseEvent evt)\n    {\n        if ((bool)evt.Params["success"])\n        {\n            sfs.Send(new LoginRequest("TestClient"));\n        }\n        else\n        {\n            Debug.Log("Failed connecting to server!");\n        }\n    }\n\n    \/\/ Handle login event\n    private void OnLogin(BaseEvent evt)\n    {\n        Debug.Log("Login success!");\n    }\n}\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
\u00bb Next steps<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
In the next installment we will walk you through the deployment of a game example in Overcast, including server side code and client, so that players can access it from the web.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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