Taking Hollow Knight to cloud compute.
Caution
Cloud compute costs real world money. The tutorials here try to use free tiers that can essentially be ran 24/7 for typically just a few bucks a month. However, sloppy administration of compute resources can and will lead to real world charges. Thar be dragons.
Tip
Which CSP should I choose?
- GCP - The best free plan that presently has no time limit
- AWS - Easier to set up than GCP. Free plan has better resources but limited time offering
- Azure - Best web UI / user experience, but free offering is limited and poor region options
Tip
If you do not want to use the CSPs listed or want to host these servers on your own stack, check out the server containers below!
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Pick a CSP you wish to use, follow the instructions in the documentation to allocate infrastructure.
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Launch the server containers you wish to host by following the instructions in the respective server folder.
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Play the game.
I wanted to learn about different CSPs. But some advantages that could be of interest include:
- Host a server anywhere around the globe
- Keep server traffic off your personal machine
- Do not need to give other's access to your personal network / IP
- Do not need to mess with your router for port forwarding
- No need for third party programs to create some LAN network
- Server host is now cloud platform, which is secure and reliable
- Play with as many people as you want
- No extended subscription model like game server services, use it when you need it
For issues / bugs, I probably won't fix them but feel free to open an issue. I also won't bother the modding discord, this is pretty fringe HK modding.