Multiplayer Mode

Multiplayer-mode allows multiple operators (players) to connect to the same Sliver server and collaborate on engagements. The easiest way to setup a server for multiplayer is to use the Linux install script which will configure the server as a systemd service. However, any Sliver server binary supports multiplayer mode.

New Players (Operators)

Operators will need to download their preferred platform's client software from the releases page. (Or build from source if they like) Clients can connect to servers of differing platforms (e.g. a Windows client can connect to a Linux server). Operators and servers authenticate using Mutual TLS. The client certificates are automatically generated and managed for you using the new-player command. If you did not install the server as a systemd service, be sure to leave the server console running in screen or tmux.

NOTE: The new-player and multiplayer commands are only accessible from the server's console (see below if you're running in daemon mode).

[server] sliver > new-player --operator moloch --lhost example.com

[*] Generating new client certificate, please wait ...
[*] Saved new client config to: /Users/moloch/Desktop/moloch_example.com.cfg

Important: Before clients can connect to a server you must start an RPC listener with the multiplayer command. The default port is TCP/31337.

You can now give this configuration file moloch_example.com.cfg to the operator and they can connect to the server using the sliver-client binary. The sliver client will look for configuration files in ~/.sliver-client/configs/ or you can specify an exact config file with the -config flag. The configs directory can contain multiple configs for different servers.

$ ./sliver-client
? Select a server:  [Use arrows to move, type to filter]
> example.com
  localhost

CLI

If the server is running in daemon mode (as is the default with the Linux install script), you can use the server binaries' CLI to generate operator configuration files:

./sliver-server operator --name zer0cool --lhost localhost --save zer0cool.cfg