Charm Needed: Terraria server

I've recently updated the charm, and its been tested with an EC2 configuration setup. I can confirm i have the installation and startup scripts working as intended.

Hi Chuck

I've taken a run through your charm - here is some feedback:

1) copyright is empty

2) README.markdown

It would be nice if the README had more information about how to use the charm - makes it easier for luddites like me who know nothing about what this charm does to use it!

3) hooks/install

Just in case this hook gets run more than once you should also scrub /opt/terraria otherwise the hook will fail to work properly on second execution (for example if a service unit gets recycled).

Ideally you should also verify the download from github.com using a checksum - I know that this is not possible using tags but it right be possible with straight downloads.

4) hooks/start

OK - this is where I hit a bit of a blocker.

i) You need to specify #!/bin/bash at the top of this script - otherwise it won't execute.

ii) mono /opt/terraria/TerrariaServer.exe -port 7777 -maxplayers 16 -autocreate 2 -w "/opt/terraria/juju-world.wld"

This command has a few issues

a) Its interactive - so it will just sit there waiting for user input which won't happen

b) It never completes - so the hook won't complete and the charm status won't move to 'started'

c) It runs as root

Ideally your charm should set everything up and then run the server as a daemon process using a non-root user for extra security - however I don't know /opt/terraria/TerrariaServer.exe so this might not be possible.

5) hooks/stop - missing

Bearing in mind 4) this might not make a great charm unless you can make all the required actions happen without user-interaction. If you can providing some configuration options for users of the charm would be useful as well.

Cheers

James

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