Dbserver
A dbserver instance is a "shard", which is known to players as "a server" (Freedom, Defiant, etc). It performs several roles:
- storing and retrieving objects in the database on behalf of some of the other servers
- proxying messages between some other servers
- coordinating player transfers
- assorted random features that didn't have anywhere else to live
Despite the name, relatively little of dbserver's code is related to managing the database, and it is not the only server which has a database.
Services
dbserver listens on several ports, each one providing a different service. Most services correspond to another server which will connect to dbserver.
Details of the network protocols are on Dbserver-protocols
Command line arguments
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Start the dbserver as a logserver instead. (This also happens if the executable name is "logserver".) |
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Disable encryption between the client and dbserver. |
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Enable production mode/disable development mode. Document production mode. |
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Start all static non-DontAutoStart maps automatically on startup. |
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Start up to n static maps on startup. |
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Enable verbose logging. |
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Run a database shutdown test on the n first containers and then exit. n is 100 by default. |
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Run a performance benchmark and then exit. |
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Run a load test of n runs on the database and then exit. n is 0 by default. |
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Run a duplication test of n runs on the database and then exit. n is 0 by default. |
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Run an update test of n runs on the database and then exit. n is 0 by default. |
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Load the on-disk flat format (.defs or .bins) of Ents, Supergroups, Teamups and Leagues to the database, then exit. Only works in development mode. |
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Dump the database containers of Ents, Supergroups, Teamups and Leagues to the on-disk format, then exit. Only works in development mode. |
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Load a dump file. Defaults:
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Revisit DB (after import?) and fix broken links. Defaults:
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Export a dump file. |
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Enable packet debug info (data type and length). Enabled by default if the build is FULLDEBUG, disabled otherwise. |
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Echo logs for the generic memlog instance to the console. |
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