UGCC Documentation

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Welcome to the documentation section for Brainless Tech's Ultimate Gameserver Control Center (UGCC). New users should review the entire Getting Started section to become familiar with UGCC's abilities, requirements, and different modes of operation.

Version release notes
Community pledge on closed source

Getting Started

• Tutorials
• Introduction
• Features
• Requirements
• Database Backends
• Web Panel Modes
• Installation package types
• Manual Install Archive Contents

Licenses

• Price comparison
• Licensing FAQ
• Transfer a license

Webserver Configuration

• EzUGCC
• EzUGCC for Linux
• Installing IIS
• Linux users please see our Install Guides

Linux (*nix, BSD) Specific

• Linux Install Guides
• EzUGCC for Linux
• Installing & configuring the monitor (Win & Linux)
• Common Linux Issues
• Enable debug info for useful error messages

Manual Install Information

• Configuring the web panel
• Post install optional but recommended tasks

Encryption (HTTPS / FTPS)

• Force panel to redirect to HTTPS when accessed via HTTP
• Generate and configure the panel to use SSL certificates (FTP and EzUGCC)

Auto Installer (and related (server moves, reinstall, WHMCS integration, etc.)

• Automated Game Server Installation Quick Start Guide
• Troubleshooting
• Reinstall Tool Feature information
• Server Moves
• Installer Utility Cache
• Automated Game Installation Information (PDF)
• Auto Installer Templates
• Need an installer config that doesn't exist?
• WHMCS Module and integration

Configuring the Panel

• Configuring remote panels
• Game type information and management
• Customizing the appearance of the panel
• Adding custom menu items
• Map images for query tool
• Localization/Translating the panel

The Monitor

• Installing & configuring the monitor (Win & Linux)
• How to add/configure a remote node
• Crash detection and monitoring
• Integrated FTP server details
• Remove a banned IP from the integrated FTP server

Using the Panel

• Setting up your first server
• Game server templates
• View game server window/console while using panel

Special features that can be used with game servers

• Automated Steam Workshop Mod installation and update
• Extras Tool (Install mods, punk buster, git sync, anti-cheat updates, etc.)
• Server Dependencies
• Console Tool
• Automated game server updater
• Graceful server shutdowns (MC, Rust, 7dtd)
• Using interrupt signal (sigint) with Panel for graceful shutdowns
• File tool setup
• Resource (CPU/RAM) Monitoring
• Variables that can be used for server settings
• Dynamic live server status images
• Using PID files (also how to use 'su' in the panel to run servers as other users)

Upgrading

• Manual install instructions
• EzUGCC; please see the upgrade instructions at the EzUGCC page
• EzUGCC for Linux users, please see the upgrade instructions at the EzUGCC for Linux page

Users and Groups

• Admin Accounts
• Giving multiple users permissions to a server (Group management)
• Sub-user accounts
• Setting up a demo account/user

Game and Application Specific Guidance

• Using steamcmd
• Steamcmd with steamguard
• Game/Application specific notes -- guidance for running certain games with the panel
• Using punkbuster with the panel

Troubleshooting/Help

• Troubleshooting panel's query and RCON connectivity issues
• When trying to start a server, the panel hangs
• Troubleshooting issues with game servers
• General troubleshooting steps
• ASP.net troubleshooting/potential issues (apache, EzUGCC, IIS, etc.)
• UGCC Local Broker
• Contact info

Technical Details

• API/Controlling game servers outside of the panel
• Login from an external site
• How to apply permissions
• Decreasing memory usage and improving load times

Other tools

• Scrappier - Dump console output to log file
• UGet API Tool - Interact with API from the command line
• Brokers - View server consoles when started through panel