Sharing data across servers (Bungee, spigot)

[hazy hedge]

Hi 👋 I am looking on google like 1 week for solution for my problem and I found some solutions but I'm still not sure which is the best 😄

I need to have connected hashmaps in my plugin and also I need some communicating between servers, what I found is plugin messaging channel but I need communicating even if nobody is online, second thing I found is a custom communication trough database server (mysql, mongoDB, etc.). But I still need some help from more experienced developers, do you have some recommendations for me? 😄
Thanks in advance ❤️

[rose epoch]

100% setup a database server

[rose epoch]

This might help you get started https://www.spigotmc.org/wiki/connecting-to-databases-mysql/

[hazy hedge]

Thanks, I'm working with databases so it's not new for me 😄 But for the first time I'm coding plugin for multiple servers 😄 I need some communicating between servers, do you think I should make a custom communication trough database or is there something better than plugin messaging channel? 😄

[rose epoch]

Databases are really the only way to go, they are bit of a pain to setup, especially if its a new thing for you, but you will find yourself using them a lot in the future

Definitely a valuable skill

[hazy hedge]

Yes I get it 😄

[hazy hedge]

And for example I need to send information that player has connected, is database still the best to use for this types of things?

[rose epoch]

probably not actually, thats a very small amount of information that is only going to be used for a second or so

It really depends, if its sharing an event then do messaging channels, if its going to store that information then mysql

[hazy hedge]

I see, thank you very much ❤️ You helped me a lot 😄

[ember dune]

The other way to go is to use open sockets