hiroman Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 Hello, I want to make a tutorial how to create a free AWS EC2 and use it for your game for 1 year.  1. You need to register your AWS account and setup your billing details. (You can find how to do this on the Internet)  2. After you create your account you should wait some time and you will be able to use the AWS console.  3. Go to EC2 -> Instances -> Launch Instance   4. Select your OS (you can use everything what can host your server). In this tutorial we will use the Windows Server 2019 Base. I highly recommend to use one of the Linux distros if you want a good performance!   5. Now you will need to pick t2.micro type if you want free server.   6. After you create your EC2 (it will take some time), you will be able to connect via RDP. You can already upload your server folder but you couldn't connect because the ports aren't configured.  7. Go to EC2 -> Security Groups. Select your Instance's security group and add inbound rules: You need to create Custom TCP/UDP Rules and setup ports which you want to use.   8. After this go to your Windows Instance via RDP and run Windows Firewall. Then create a new Inbound rule.   9. Setup two rules (For TCP and UDP) as I did it on the screenshots below.     10. You are ready! Now you can run your server and it will work fine! Of course, the performance is very low but it's free! Enjoy!  P.S. On Linux there are the same steps, but you don't need to configure firewall. Also you need to download mono!  jcsnider, Zetasis, Khaikaa and 7 others 7 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcsnider Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 I'm surprised that you can even run Windows server 2019 off 1gb of ram. Otherwise very nice tutorial hiroman and Yukizava 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiroman Posted July 24, 2019 Author Share Posted July 24, 2019 1 hour ago, jcsnider said: I'm surprised that you can even run Windows server 2019 off 1gb of ram. Otherwise very nice tutorial You can host ~10 players on this, it's approved fact Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yukizava Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 +rep hiroman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zetasis Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 So what I’m gathering from this is basically this would work great for a dev team. Maybe not so much for actual players but a dev team I could see this being really helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibier Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 43 minutes ago, Zetasis said: So what I’m gathering from this is basically this would work great for a dev team. Maybe not so much for actual players but a dev team I could see this being really helpful.  Indeed, depend on the stability but for now it's even better than what jc's hosting give you for 5$/month so it's really interesting for developping a game in team for a year and then migrate to jc's hosting or another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiroman Posted July 25, 2019 Author Share Posted July 25, 2019 9 hours ago, Zetasis said: So what I’m gathering from this is basically this would work great for a dev team. Maybe not so much for actual players but a dev team I could see this being really helpful.  8 hours ago, Gibier said:  Indeed, depend on the stability but for now it's even better than what jc's hosting give you for 5$/month so it's really interesting for developping a game in team for a year and then migrate to jc's hosting or another. You can install Linux on this machine for free too, and you will get better performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kibbelz Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 3 hours ago, hiroman said: Â You can install Linux on this machine for free too, and you will get better performance. You may want to really emphasise this in your tutorial. Linux hosts are wayyyy better. hiroman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khaikaa Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 How much does that hosting server cost after that year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiroman Posted July 25, 2019 Author Share Posted July 25, 2019 17 hours ago, Khaikaa said: How much does that hosting server cost after that year? It will depend on Instance type: https://aws.amazon.com/ru/ec2/pricing/on-demand/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andical Posted August 7, 2019 Share Posted August 7, 2019 This still works! (windows server only, couldnt make ubuntu work) Im developing a game with a friend and we really needed this to work together. Thanks!!! Will show my work soon. Its soooo good hiroman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiroman Posted August 7, 2019 Author Share Posted August 7, 2019 30 minutes ago, Andical said: This still works! (windows server only, couldnt make ubuntu work) Im developing a game with a friend and we really needed this to work together. Thanks!!! Will show my work soon. Its soooo good I'm pleased that my tutorial helped someone! Good luck with your projects! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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