Install Guide - 2023

[ashxfire]

Hi All,

I'm keen to play BNT again, having not played since 2009/10, so I'm looking to create my own server. I know a few are out there, but the ones I've found don't valid SSL certs, which always makes me a bit nervous

Is there a guide on here on how to set up and configure a server? I know Windows isn't advised, but I have both a Windows and Linux machine I'd happily use, testing performance against each other with Windows being a local-only game.

Let me know, and thank you in advance!

Ash

[TheMightyDude]

Try looking up Let's Encrypt: Let's Encrypt - Getting Started it is what we use here.
I set ours up years ago, so things may of changed within that time.

Basically Let's Encrypt gives out Free Certs that last up to 3 months, so you automate with CRON (on Linux) to shutdown Apache, get new CERTS and then restart Apache.

You might also need to lookup SSL Security as well.

[ashxfire]

Thanks for this, appreciate the response

The question isn't on SSL certs specifically, as I have experience setting those up using Let's Encrypt and OpenSSL, it's more on an installation guide for getting my own server up and running. I couldn't see one on the Forum but imagine I'm just looking in the wrong place xD

[TheMightyDude]

Thanks for this, appreciate the response

No problems.

The question isn't on SSL certs specifically, as I have experience setting those up using Let's Encrypt and OpenSSL, it's more on an installation guide for getting my own server up and running. I couldn't see one on the Forum but imagine I'm just looking in the wrong place xD

I assume you are referring to getting BNT installed on a Linux Server?

There is an install doc located in the docs folder, sadly that is outdated.


What are the Server Specs:

• Linux OS Version.
• Apache Version.
• MySQL (or equivalent / fork) Version.
• PHP Version.

Also what BNT Version was you hoping to run and where did you get the version from?

Due to BNT was originally coded for PHP 3 and older, it has had loads of issues that had to be hacked to get working to save on having to change huge amounts of code.
The code on Sourceforge will have issues, but after some changes should work, I only stopped running one here at the moment due to health issues where I am unable to monitor the game(s) and people will and do take advantage of that.

Once I know what BNT version you will be using and your Server Specs I can test and see if it will work out of the box and what is needed to get it to work.
Its that very first initial run that has the issue, all resets after that is fine.