Port management between instances

[psihius]

Well, I run into this myself with the latest event - I forgot to define specific ports for each server, and had to read the log to see that I derped.
I voiced an idea to put a file into the instance config folder like "port.xxxxx" and read those when creating a new instance, so we can assign a unique port to the instance.

[maikelwever]

Would it also be okay to re-use the existing SERVER_PORT= parameter in init.conf?

[psihius]

Yes, reusing SERVER_PORT is best, just need to make sure it does not collide.
Extra level - reuse ports that were used by deleted instances :)

[maikelwever]

Using a non-default port does not have any implication on the game: eg: the game can still be found in the server browser?

[zackman0010]

Correct, port does not affect the ability to be seen in the server browser

[psihius]

Ofcourse, the game is connecting to the server browser and telling it where it can find it, not the other way around. Otherwise you could not run multiple servers on a single IP address :)