Hosting RMT Server but can't connect | Trackmania | Page 1

tough sundial Nov 10, 2023, 3:05 AM

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I hosted an RMT server using https://github.com/thexivn/RMT-Docker-server and ports 2350-2359 are forwarded in TCP and UDP. The server starts and shares a uplay link, which just launches the game and doesn't actually join. I set up a club room with the server profile I used to start the server, and it just reads 'This server is player hosted, it may be offline' or something similar. Is there anything else I can do to troubleshoot it?

Help is super appreciated.

GitHub

GitHub - thexivn/RMT-Docker-server: docker compose with TM2020 serv...

docker compose with TM2020 server, Pyplanet and RMT - GitHub - thexivn/RMT-Docker-server: docker compose with TM2020 server, Pyplanet and RMT

candid moon Nov 10, 2023, 3:56 AM

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tough sundial I hosted an RMT server using https://github.com/thexivn/RMT-Docker-server and po...

Are you hosting the server on your own PC?

tough sundial Nov 10, 2023, 4:21 AM

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yes

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should I put it on ec2?

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I have the port up to 2351 because I'm running the game on the same pc

tough sundial Nov 10, 2023, 5:03 AM

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candid moon Are you hosting the server on your own PC?

Is there something I should know about that specifically?

candid moon Nov 10, 2023, 5:04 AM

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tough sundial Is there something I should know about that specifically?

if you're runnign inside docker, did you set the "force ip address" ?

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that might be necessary

tough sundial Nov 10, 2023, 5:05 AM

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hm

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how can I do that

candid moon Nov 10, 2023, 5:06 AM

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as env in the docker-compose.yml for the trackmania service, add FORCE_IP_ADDRESS: "YOUR_EXTERNAL_IPV4:PORT"

tough sundial Nov 10, 2023, 5:06 AM

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thank you I'll try that

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interesting that using docker's port forwarding that already exposes on my ip isn't enough

candid moon Nov 10, 2023, 5:07 AM

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its more something to do with running inside WSL

tough sundial Nov 10, 2023, 5:09 AM

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seeing as I've never been able to connect to my own server, what's the recommended way to do it?

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copy the uplay link and put that in settings>join link?

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or is there a better way

candid moon Nov 10, 2023, 5:09 AM

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local network should also work

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also, I wouldn't use EC2 for server hosting 😉

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you can get much cheaper VPSs that do the job just as well

tough sundial Nov 10, 2023, 5:10 AM

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if I want to keep it for longer, I'll try that then

tough sundial Nov 10, 2023, 5:14 AM

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candid moon as env in the docker-compose.yml for the `trackmania` service, add `FORCE_IP_ADD...

This didn't seem to work, pasting the join link in settings and looking at the room on club seems to do nothing, I appreciate the help anyways even if you have no other ideas

candid moon Nov 10, 2023, 5:14 AM

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tough sundial This didn't seem to work, pasting the join link in settings and looking at the r...

what's the club and room name?

tough sundial Nov 10, 2023, 5:15 AM

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club and room name are same as my discord name

candid moon Nov 10, 2023, 5:15 AM

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i think your port forwarding might not work properly

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also, are you sure you have a proper ipv4 and not some carrier grade NAT?

tough sundial Nov 10, 2023, 5:15 AM

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hm, I port forward for other hosting often, are there other ports I need to open?

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NAT is open, and my ip is static

candid moon Nov 10, 2023, 5:16 AM

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and it's a static ipv4?

tough sundial Nov 10, 2023, 5:16 AM

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yeah

candid moon Nov 10, 2023, 5:18 AM

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Hmm

tough sundial Nov 10, 2023, 5:18 AM

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is there a tutorial I can check the steps of? I wanted to do RMT so I found this github and just went through the process that was fairly automated

candid moon Nov 10, 2023, 5:18 AM

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thinking

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there ain't really a tutorial, because either it works or it doesn't ^^

tough sundial Nov 10, 2023, 5:18 AM

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figures

candid moon Nov 10, 2023, 5:18 AM

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here lemme test something

tough sundial Nov 10, 2023, 5:20 AM

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found a random open port tester online it says port is open for tcp and udp if that's anything meaningful

candid moon Nov 10, 2023, 5:20 AM

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yea lemme check smth

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can you try and look for the room just called "chris92" and see if you can join that?

tough sundial Nov 10, 2023, 5:21 AM

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sure 1 sec

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no issues there

candid moon Nov 10, 2023, 5:22 AM

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yea so I have this setup in docker desktop

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with the FORCE_IP_ADDRESS env set

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and the ports 2351 forwarded for TCP and UDP

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tough sundial Nov 10, 2023, 5:23 AM

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hm

candid moon Nov 10, 2023, 5:23 AM

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maybe check that you're forwarding it to the proper device in your router

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and I can also join my own server thru the club its in

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so that should work when everything's properly forwarded

tough sundial Nov 10, 2023, 5:24 AM

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yeah I figured hang on doing the port forward sanity check

candid moon Nov 10, 2023, 5:25 AM

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I also have a firewall rule in my windows firewall (inbound rules) to allow ports 2351 tcp and udp

tough sundial Nov 10, 2023, 5:25 AM

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oh wait

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that could be it

candid moon Nov 10, 2023, 5:25 AM

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(two separate rules)

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not sure if those are needed

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nah i disabled the rule and it still works

tough sundial Nov 10, 2023, 5:25 AM

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worth a shot

candid moon Nov 10, 2023, 5:27 AM

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it's probably port forwarding on your end

tough sundial Nov 10, 2023, 5:28 AM

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But why would I have no issues with other port forwarded apps, and why does it appear open online?

candid moon Nov 10, 2023, 5:28 AM

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idk tbh

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sanity check, can u join the server via play -> local -> local network?

tough sundial Nov 10, 2023, 5:29 AM

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no

candid moon Nov 10, 2023, 5:29 AM

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HUH

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it doesnt even let you join thru that?

tough sundial Nov 10, 2023, 5:29 AM

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which makes me think not port forward

tough sundial Nov 10, 2023, 5:29 AM

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candid moon it doesnt even let you join thru that?

indeed

candid moon Nov 10, 2023, 5:29 AM

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yea then something's wrong

tough sundial Nov 10, 2023, 5:30 AM

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anything look out of the ordinary here?

candid moon Nov 10, 2023, 5:31 AM

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can't see anything out of the ordinary

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so, next sanity check, docker is running inside wsl2?

tough sundial Nov 10, 2023, 5:31 AM

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it always starts and immediately ends the event which I thought could be because the server is empty

candid moon Nov 10, 2023, 5:31 AM

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oh no that's normal

tough sundial Nov 10, 2023, 5:31 AM

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is there a quick way to check?

candid moon Nov 10, 2023, 5:31 AM

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there's a MapBegin_Start and a MapBegin_End event

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they're separate

tough sundial Nov 10, 2023, 5:32 AM

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oh

candid moon Nov 10, 2023, 5:32 AM

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well, you're on windows 10/11 I assume?

tough sundial Nov 10, 2023, 5:32 AM

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11 yes

candid moon Nov 10, 2023, 5:32 AM

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so you should be on WSL2 by default

tough sundial Nov 10, 2023, 5:33 AM

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yeah wsl 2

candid moon Nov 10, 2023, 5:33 AM

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ye ye

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just weird that you can't even join it

tough sundial Nov 10, 2023, 5:33 AM

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which tells me it's not a networking thing

candid moon Nov 10, 2023, 5:33 AM

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https://github.com/thexivn/RMT-Docker-server/blob/main/docker-compose.yml you use this docker-compose file, right?

GitHub

RMT-Docker-server/docker-compose.yml at main · thexivn/RMT-Docker-s...

docker compose with TM2020 server, Pyplanet and RMT - thexivn/RMT-Docker-server

tough sundial Nov 10, 2023, 5:33 AM

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yes

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ofc I changed the # change it stuff

candid moon Nov 10, 2023, 5:34 AM

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ok yea lemme try that one

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i have a feeling i know why it's failing

tough sundial Nov 10, 2023, 5:34 AM

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that's better than nothing

candid moon Nov 10, 2023, 5:35 AM

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umm

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what's your ports configuration for the trackmania service

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can u show that really quick?

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    image: evotm/trackmania:latest
    ports:
      - 2350:2350/udp
      - 2350:2350/tcp```

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these 5 lines

tough sundial Nov 10, 2023, 5:35 AM

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candid moon Nov 10, 2023, 5:35 AM

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HAH

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ok

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yea

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i know why

tough sundial Nov 10, 2023, 5:36 AM

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oh boy

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OH

candid moon Nov 10, 2023, 5:36 AM

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change it to this:

  trackmania:
    image: evotm/trackmania:latest
    ports:
      - 2351:2350/udp
      - 2351:2350/tcp```

tough sundial Nov 10, 2023, 5:36 AM

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YEAH

candid moon Nov 10, 2023, 5:36 AM

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external port : internal port

tough sundial Nov 10, 2023, 5:36 AM

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I realized as I was looking at it

candid moon Nov 10, 2023, 5:36 AM

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internal in this case in the docker container

tough sundial Nov 10, 2023, 5:36 AM

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gosh I'm so stupid

candid moon Nov 10, 2023, 5:36 AM

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all good 😄

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happens to the best of us

tough sundial Nov 10, 2023, 5:37 AM

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I use docker containers for a job PepeHands

candid moon Nov 10, 2023, 5:37 AM

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same 😄

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that's why you also need the force_ip_address thing btw

tough sundial Nov 10, 2023, 5:37 AM

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makes sense

candid moon Nov 10, 2023, 5:37 AM

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because by default it'll report as port 2350

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because in the container it's just using port 2350

tough sundial Nov 10, 2023, 5:37 AM

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it clicked when you asked to show the port config

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and I thought you meant in docker desktop

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and I saw:

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candid moon Nov 10, 2023, 5:38 AM

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haha yup

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because, even if everything else fails, you should be able to join from local network

tough sundial Nov 10, 2023, 5:38 AM

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I can join

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holy moly

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thank you so much for your help

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you're the best

candid moon Nov 10, 2023, 5:39 AM

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and so can I

tough sundial Nov 10, 2023, 5:39 AM

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how can I mark this as resolved? I don't use discord forums ever

candid moon Nov 10, 2023, 5:40 AM

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go back to community support, then rightclick your thread and edit it

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and there u should be able to assign a tag

tough sundial Nov 10, 2023, 5:40 AM

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gotcha

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thanks again

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