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Posted 5 years ago
#1
Hey everyone, 
Hopefully this is the right spot to post this. What companies do people recomend for Rust Hosting? 

I'm looking for:
- Automatic oxide updates 
- Automatic steam updates 
- Automatic wipes

Does anyone know who I should go through? Thank you everyone for your time. 
Posted 5 years ago
#2
Alkad.org
Posted 5 years ago
#3
5e66756d923c1.jpg DezLife
Alkad.org

Thank you, not really english based guess I should of specified that haha but thank you, I'll look into them. 

Posted 5 years ago
Last updated 5 years ago
#4
https://low.ms/game-servers/rust-server-hosting

We have the three things you are looking for. Also, We have made a bot in our Discord server that announces when the Oxide update is ready in the control panel, it is usually about 1-2 minutes after.
Posted 5 years ago
#5
My host was for a long time 
Hosthavoc they are really good I have a good experience with them no issues at all,
The only thing is tbat they are expencive thats al 
I guess they an look on they site 
Hosthavoc.com
Posted 5 years ago
#6
lowms
https://low.ms/game-servers/rust-server-hosting

We have the three things you are looking for. Also, We have made a bot in our Discord server that announces when the Oxide update is ready in the control panel, it is usually about 1-2 minutes after.

Ah,
Thank you! Is there anyway you provide like a 24 hour trial for me to give it a shot? Thank you. 

Posted 5 years ago
#7
TruxDeadnitro
My host was for a long time 
Hosthavoc they are really good I have a good experience with them no issues at all,
The only thing is tbat they are expencive thats al 
I guess they an look on they site 
Hosthavoc.com

Thank you for the suggestion, but they do not offer anything I am looking for. 

Posted 5 years ago
#8
lowms
https://low.ms/game-servers/rust-server-hosting

We have the three things you are looking for. Also, We have made a bot in our Discord server that announces when the Oxide update is ready in the control panel, it is usually about 1-2 minutes after.

Weird thread where lowms comes in with their first post advertising. Never seen that on uMod ever before.

I will say that low.ms is one of the best hosts.

Posted 5 years ago
#9
5d66db4201195.jpg?uid=5d66db72ac9cd RyanFromRust

Weird thread where lowms comes in with their first post advertising. Never seen that on uMod ever before.

I will say that low.ms is one of the best hosts.

Hey Ryan,
Do you know if their oxide/steam updates can be automated or do they have to be installed manually? 

Posted 5 years ago
Last updated 5 years ago
#10
low ms doesn't have any sort of auto updating of mods. I used their FTP with FileZilla like most people, manually sending the updated mods.

Merged post

Hey, I was re-reading what low ms posted. They have buttons to update oxide and Rust, and I think they have a configurator for auto-wipes.

My post is only related to auto-updating mods, themselves. I recommend low ms.
Posted 5 years ago
#11
Arcade

Hey Ryan,
Do you know if their oxide/steam updates can be automated or do they have to be installed manually? 

The main concern with auto updating of plugins is that on rare occasions the removal of data and config files is recommended before updating, (you can lose a lot of editing/configuration choices) , If the host is doing it they have no concerns of what changes you have made in the configs and will update it automatically, I prefer examining what the update does before i update. One example is that at one point ConnectDB and Player Rankings by Ankawi both updated at the same time , I unthinkingly updated both without backing up my data (on player hours/ranks) and lost the lot, which meant a lot of rearranging as some kits/permissions are rank based.
A few server hosts (incl mine) has Oxide/Steam update buttons on their dashboards which  saves a little time.

Posted 5 years ago
#12
Agreed, pookins. We've seen versions of auto updaters, before. But they don't take that into account. I'm also one to post asking devs to notate in their update notes to mention if they're changing/updating data/config files.

I'd imagine the type of person looking to auto-update everything without taking into account anything is a new admin. Who needs to learn anything when there is an 'auto' switch? I'm thinking about kids touting GameCache but not knowing what L2 or L3 caches are.
Posted 5 years ago
Last updated 5 years ago
#13
Limited auto updating of software packages is often done in the software world when semantic versioning is being followed. The issue is a lot of plugin updates have rolled out from devs on uMod that do not follow semver. That is, backwards incompatible changes are being released without updating the plugin's major version number.

All of the following would be considered backwards incompatible changes:
  • Data is deleted
  • Config from previous version of the plugin is no longer compatible (requires consumer to delete it)
  • A feature is removed
  • A feature now requires another plugin to be installed
  • A feature now requires a permission when it did not previously
  • A feature now is now disabled by default due to a new config option being introduced (the default value of new config options should mimic the previous behavior or the change is considered backwards incompatible)
Basically anything that requires the consumer to do something is essentially a backwards-incompatible (or "breaking") change. We could do better to educate uMod plugin devs on how to follow good versioning practices.
Posted 5 years ago
#14
5d66db4201195.jpg?uid=5d66db72ac9cd RyanFromRust
low ms doesn't have any sort of auto updating of mods. I used their FTP with FileZilla like most people, manually sending the updated mods.

Merged post

Hey, I was re-reading what low ms posted. They have buttons to update oxide and Rust, and I think they have a configurator for auto-wipes.

My post is only related to auto-updating mods, themselves. I recommend low ms.

Hey Ryan,
Thank you for being very helpful, I will give them a shot most likely and see how it goes. For auto-updatating oxide is I can update the plugins themselves as need be as many of mine are also custom. What I meant is auto-updating oxide as a whole, not the plugins (for force wipe when I am not home). I work on force wipes haha, so I want to make sure the server wipes efficently thank you for your feedback! 

Posted 5 years ago
#15
Arcade

Hey Ryan,
Thank you for being very helpful, I will give them a shot most likely and see how it goes. For auto-updatating oxide is I can update the plugins themselves as need be as many of mine are also custom. What I meant is auto-updating oxide as a whole, not the plugins (for force wipe when I am not home). I work on force wipes haha, so I want to make sure the server wipes efficently thank you for your feedback! 

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