WARDEN is a server watchdog, that ensures operation and connectivity of source-based servers. It uses the source query protocol to check whether or not a server is reachable. If it isn't reachable, after a specified timeout, it will end the server task and restart it with the supplied parameters.
- Team Fortress 2
- Garry's Mod
- Synergy
- Half-Life 2 Deathmatch
- Counter Strike: Source
- Most source-based games.
Config.wa should be in the same directory as the WARDEN executable.
The format of config.wa must be EXACTLY as follows.
There is no space between the = and the value, all configuration keys are case sensitive.
EXECUTABLE=srcds.exe the path or name to the server's executable.
parameters=-console the parameters of which to execute the server's exe with.
QuickRestart protects against startup loops that use constant resources. Basically, if the server crashes X amount of times in Y seconds, then it will wait a time period before restarting the server.
QuickRestartTime=20 This controls how fast is considered a "fast restart". Meaning the server didn't start successfully, and crashed too soon.
QuickRestartMax=5 The amount of times the server can restart before waiting for QuickRestartWait time
QuickRestartWait=20 The amount of seconds to wait after restarting too fast too many times.
HideWindow=false Attempts to FreeConsole on the SRCDS window and redirect stdout / stderr to the WARDEN window. Only works if you're using SrcdsConRedirect.
ProtoWatch periodically querys your server to see if it will respond to a challenge request. If it does, this means that it's likely running correctly, and accepting players. If the server consecutively fails a specified number of challenge requests, ProtoWatch will force WARDEN to restart the server.
PW_Enable=true Enables or disables ProtoWatch
PW_IP=127.0.0.1 The IP of which ProtoWatch looks for, this should be the public IP of your server.
PW_PORT=27015 The port of which your game server is running on, usually 27015, it's different if you specify it.
PW_PingDelay=2 The time in between challenges in seconds.
PW_PingTimeout=2 How long the game server has to respond to the challenge in seconds.
PW_MaxFailedPings=6 How many times the server can fail the challenges (consecutively) before it is forcibly restarted.
PW_StartupDelay=40 Time it takes for your server to start up to its map -- this controls delayed activation of ProtoWatch.
The maximum amount of downtime this will have your server can be calculated by.
StartupDelay + ((PingTimeout + PingDelay) * MaxFailedPings) + 2
Check the 'examples' folder in the repo :)
WARDEN is provided with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, express or implied. I am not responsible for any damages or sufferage that may be caused by the use or misuse of WARDEN.