AWCustomServer

What is this?

This is the Server for AWCustom. It is a C++ Server written principally using boost.beast.

It uses a MySQL server to persist data.

Build Environment

This server builds for Linux using GCC-14 or higher.

Required Libraries

• boost (tested with 1.84.0)
• FreeImage (Not necessary for the server, but required for utilities)
• OpenSSL 1.1
• zlib (tested with 1.2.12)

Build Instructions

1. Setup Libraries

• Install Boost 1.84.0 or later
  • This will require downloading of the source and building for the target environment. The defaults are fine, so from the command line it's just ./bootstrap and ./b2.
• Install OpenSSL
  • sudo apt install openssl
• Install FreeImage and zLib
• Install GCC-14 or later

2. Run Cmake to setup build targets

• My usual setup is to make a directory release from the root of the project, and run cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release .. from that directory
• For debug the command is cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug .. (which should be done from a debug directory instead for disambiguation)

3. Run make to build the project
4. Create app.properties in the build directory, filled with the following properties:

• serverPort=2001
• dbHostName=localhost
• dbPort=3306
• dbUser=
• dbPass=
• dbName=

5. Run the server. From the release directory the command is ./AWCustomServer/Server (assuming app.properties is in the release folder)

The server will error when it tries to perform SQL operations because the server doesn't know how to setup the tables itself on the server. This will be fixed later.