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Service Browser

Using the Service Browser on Windows​

To start the service manager log in to remote desktop and click on Start > Programs > TCAdmin > Service Browser.

Start/Stop a Service​

Select the service from the list and click on the start/stop/restart toolbar button.

View Interactive Services​

  • Select the service from the list. Then click on the Show Interactive Service toolbar button.
  • The service's console should be visible so you can troubleshoot it.

windows Service Browser

Using the Service Browser on Linux​

To start the service manager log in to ssh and execute the following commands. Replace /Path/To/TCAdmin/Monitor with the path to your TCAdmin Monitor folder.

tip

Typically, the default installation directory is /home/tcadmin/Monitor

to get the these paths you can run the following commands:

first cd to the path
cd /Path/To/TCAdmin/Monitor
then run the below command to enter the service browser
./servicebrowser

Start/Stop a Service​

  • Select the service from the list and click on the start/stop/restart button.

Linux Service Browser

Commandline Parameters​

The service browser can be used from the commandline to start, stop and restart a service.

Service​

  • Specify the service id that you want to control. You can specify "all" to execute the command on all services.

Command​

Specify the command to execute. Valid commands are:

  • stop : Stops the specified service.
  • start : Starts the specified service.
  • restart : Restarts the specified service.
  • write : Writes to the specified service's console. If the server has Linux the option Control console's input must be enabled in the game's settings.

Examples​

Stop the service with id 2 (Windows)

TCAdminServiceBrowser.exe -service=2 -command=stop

Stop the service with id 2 (Linux)

./servicebrowser -service=2 -command=stop

Writes "quit" to service's console (Linux)

./servicebrowser -service=2 -command=write -write=quit

Writes say hello world to service's console (Linux).

note

Notice double quotes need to be escaped (")

./servicebrowser -service=2 -command=write -write=\"say hello world\"

Writes say hello world to service's console (Windows).

TCAdminServiceBrowser.exe -service=2 -command=write -write="say hello world"