Using you SSH key (I named mine utt9.pem) connect the provided in the details of your newly created mv ut99.pem chmod 400 ssh -i ~/.ssh/ut99.pem connected, you'll need to install some packages so that everything runs sudo apt-get sudo apt-get install unrar-free libsm-dev libxi6Īlso the installation requires libgtk-1.2 which is long outdated. With the instance created, you'll need to SSH into it to perform additional configuration. You'll also need to allow TCP22 for management.įinally, reserve and associate an Elastic IP to the instance so that your users don't have to use a long hostname when defining your server (within 'Open Location' in the game).įor the most part will be following the configuration detailed on the Ubuntu help pages. In the end, I used a different port to help us get around any outbound filtering that might be in place on the various networks our players would be originating from. The default requirement is UDP 7777, which may work for you. The next thing you'll need to do is set up firewall rules. I created a special key pair for this server: Set tags if you wish, since I dont have many AWS instances, I don't have much use for them so I left blank:Ĭreate your SSH keys so you can remotely connect or use existing ones.

The storage configuration doesn't really matter since it's just a temporary use server. I selected 'No preference' for the geographic region in which the instance resides since we'll be having users join globally.Īlso set any advanced preferences, which I left default. Select 'Ubuntu Server 12.04.1 (LTS)', be sure to select 32-bit or you'll run into some problems later on. The EC2 instance configuration is pretty straightforward. If your situation is different or you intend to host a game for not so trusted people, you might want to check out some UT99 Admin forums for additional anti-cheating and general security protections for dedicated UT servers. Also this is a non-critical server on an open network. Keep in mind this configuration is intended to use on a temporary, as needed, basis.

Initially I created a dedicated Ubuntu VM however it didn't scale well over our internal VPN with various users, so instead I opt'ed for an Amazon Web Services based system. This week's activity was an Unreal Tournament LAN Party, and I figured I'd share the setup in case anyone else wanted to do the same - not particularly security related but still fun :)

We do a lot of 'team building' at Foundstone - it comes in all varieties.

Unreal 99 server addons