Multiple DCS servers on one machine?

[Tricky11]

How do i set up 2 servers on one machine? Anyone have a how to guide?

[Maverick87Shaka]

How do i set up 2 servers on one machine? Anyone have a how to guide?

 

Basically you just need to create two different shortcuts of your DCS server binary, and add for each one a specific "working folder". Start the game/server one at a time, wait to finish loading, and close it. In this way DCS create for you the folders and all files needed, then you can(have to) edit the config file, remember to specify different port for each server.

 

On my server I have this two shortcuts:

 

DCS.exe --server --norender -w Krasnodar
DCS.exe --server --norender -w PersianConquest

 

So in my SavedGames folder I have:

 

So....just add -w <yourservername> and you're ready to go

Edited October 14, 2019 by Maverick87Shaka

[USSR_Rik]

If you want to run and control via web-gui two and more DCS servers, you have to:

 

1. Assign different home folders using -w key as described in post Maverick87Shaka

2. Assign different DCS port (default 10308, second, third etc. ones must be different ) - file serverSettings.lua in home Config folder

3. Assign different control ports in (home Config folder) autoexec.cfg (webgui_port parameter)

 

See this post (russian): https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=3893624&postcount=18

 

 

[Rudel_chw]

Excellent info, will keep it in mind for when I upgrade my server hardware, as it would allow me to have a training server together with a combat one :)

[Tricky11]

Cheers chaps. I will have a go later

[Tricky11]

ok let me get this straight.. i dont need to separate installs?

[discwalker]

You don't need separate program installs.

You need separate write folders.

Initialized by one or multiple batch files.

edit: .bat file example:

start dcs.exe --server --norender -w serverFolder1
start dcs.exe --server --norender -w serverFolder2

 

my second installs config\autoexec.cfg:

disable_write_track = true
webgui_port = 8089

 

and working with my web browser here after i manually update the port to 8089 (from default 8088 )

file:///C:/DCS_open_beta/WebGUI/index.html#/en/settings

Edited October 26, 2019 by discwalker

[Tricky11]

ok i cant find my autoexec.cfg file for either server?

[Maverick87Shaka]

ok i cant find my autoexec.cfg file for either server?

 

Create it from the scratch, don't worry if it doesn't exist at the moment. Put it inside saved game, config folder, and that's it.

[Tricky11]

Create it from the scratch, don't worry if it doesn't exist at the moment. Put it inside saved game, config folder, and that's it.

 

Ahhh thanks ever so much

[ravczyPL]

I tried according to supported instructions. I have two problems. First, DCS DLC Registration. On the first server I don't have this at startup. Secondly, the program freezes and not all files are created in the home directory.

 

 

I tried with logging in on the same account and on two different ones

 

 

Log:

 

Can't load render backend 'dx11backend.dll' Can't find mod...

Edited March 24, 2020 by ravczyPL

[ravczyPL]

Ok, --server --norender resolve my issue but i have another :)

 

2020-03-24 21:22:40.674 INFO Dispatcher: Terrain theatre

2020-03-24 21:22:40.674 INFO Dispatcher: Start

2020-03-24 21:22:40.688 INFO Dispatcher: Terrain theatre

2020-03-24 21:22:40.689 ERROR Dispatcher: Failed to load terrain

2020-03-24 21:22:40.689 INFO Dispatcher: Stop

2020-03-24 21:22:40.690 ERROR VFS: VFS_open_write: CreateFile(C:\Users\DCS\Saved Games\DCS.openbeta_server_2\Tracks/.trk): Unknown error

2020-03-24 21:22:40.690 ERROR Dispatcher: Cannot save track: Cannot open C:\Users\DCS\Saved Games\DCS.openbeta_server_2\Tracks/.trk

2020-03-24 21:22:41.146 INFO Config: netview stopped

2020-03-24 21:22:41.146 INFO TERRAIN: lSystem::CleanScenes()

2020-03-24 21:22:41.147 INFO EDCORE: (dDispatcher)enterToState_:3

[Maverick87Shaka]

Ok, --server --norender resolve my issue but i have another :)

 

Your windows user that are actually running the dcs.exe seems doesn't have write permission on C:\Users\DCS\Saved Games\DCS.openbeta_server_2\ folder

 

It's a common error when you're trying to "impersonate" an application, "run as..."

[ravczyPL]

I resolved this issue in another way. I copy all files and change some parameters, and works fine.

[Invisibull]

I've hit a roadblock while trying to set up 2 servers on one machine. The first server works fine, but when I try to run the second one, using the method described above, it logs in fine, but then nothing else happens and I'm left unable to click anywhere until I force dcs to close via task manager. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

 

 

*I can't have it run OK after adding the -w "server name" command. ("C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta Server\bin\DCS.exe" -w server1) It's at that point that it always locks up and won't produce a white screen as it does when I run the default "DCS World OpenBeta Server" shortcut.

 

 

**[sOLVED] I've solved the issue by alt-tabbing into another window and running the webgui from there.

Edited July 11, 2020 by Invisibull
update

[KaptinKaos]

Anyone have a fairly straight forward solution to restarting multiple servers on the same machine? I am failing at life and can't get more than one of my servers to restart using these.

DCS Restart Script EN Instance 1.bat

DCS Restart Script EN Instance 2.bat

DCS Restart Script EN Instance 2.bat

Edited December 22, 2020 by KaptinKaos

[BoneDust]

Since the hotfix we can get one server only running.  Anyone else having this issue?

[BoneDust]

It seems we can only run Syria and Caucasus theatre mission on our server; Nevada and Persian Gulf will not load.

[Maverick87Shaka]

On 1/5/2021 at 1:26 AM, BoneDust said:

It seems we can only run Syria and Caucasus theatre mission on our server; Nevada and Persian Gulf will not load.

Uhm, we can run all the instance at the same time without any issue, on all different map that we're usual to host, Caucasus,Syria and Persian Gulf.
I suspect it's your configuration or mission that requires something special and crash the server. what DCS.log says?

Edited January 7, 2021 by Maverick87Shaka

[BoneDust]

On 1/7/2021 at 1:14 PM, Maverick87Shaka said:

Uhm, we can run all the instance at the same time without any issue, on all different map that we're usual to host, Caucasus,Syria and Persian Gulf.
I suspect it's your configuration or mission that requires something special and crash the server. what DCS.log says?

 

Thanks.  We ended up cleaning our server install, reinstalling DCS and that fixed the issue.

[Quicksplice]

Step by step:

 

For those looking to Create multiple server instances on one machine, 7th Fleet created an instruction book to supplement the forum posts on how to do so: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1a9QKMhSPMF-gS4rAH-mWc45ziD1mooleQGQnwa9JoDs/edit?usp=sharing