Help Setting up FTP for launcher to update client

[trancefied]

Greetings everyone!
I've setup a FTP server using FileZilla, managed to get the patch manager working and it uploaded all the files to the FTP folder.
clearly launcher only supports HTTP, not FTP. how do I get the launcher to receive updates from the FTP server? I tried setting up http using windows 10 Internet Information Services.
in launcher.ini
[Patcher]
Host=http://PUBLIC IP
UseLogin=true
username=ftp (set on FileZilla)
password=ftp (set on FileZilla)

in launcher I get the error
No such host is known (PUBLIC IP)plist:bin:80

 

[Far]

Skip about half way through to the IIS config section to create the website.

If you've already setup FTP using IIS then you just need to add a virtual directory on your website to see your FTP files.

 

[Martyn]

[Patcher]
Host=http://PUBLIC IP
UseLogin=true
username=ftp (set on FileZilla)
password=ftp (set on FileZilla)

[Patcher]
Host=http://PUBLIC IP
UseLogin=false
username=
password=

 

[trancefied]

Skip about half way through to the IIS config section to create the website.

If you've already setup FTP using IIS then you just need to add a virtual directory on your website to see your FTP files.

it worked using IIS, thank you @Far!

Post automatically merged: May 7, 2024

[Patcher]
Host=http://PUBLIC IP
UseLogin=false
username=
password=

it worked as is. using the FTP username and password are useless here I suppose?

 

[Martyn]

it worked using IIS, thank you @Far!

Post automatically merged: May 7, 2024

it worked as is. using the FTP username and password are useless here I suppose?

I assume it would only work when using an url FTP, ftp://ip rather than http://ip

Don't share the user/password, as anyone could login and mess about with stuff :P

if you didnt have a web server and only had a ftp server you could setup a user that had read only access.

 

[Far]

I assume it would only work when using an url FTP, ftp://ip rather than http://ip

Don't share the user/password, as anyone could login and mess about with stuff :P

if you didnt have a web server and only had a ftp server you could setup a user that had read only access.

The client only downloads on http

 

[Martyn]

The client only downloads on http

why does it have a username and password options? I'm pretty sure I've seen people use ftp there.

 

[Lanaya]

Use nginx, I can help you set it up, its a reverse proxy server.

 

[Far]

why does it have a username and password options? I'm pretty sure I've seen people use ftp there.

HTTP sites can be password protected too - it just sets the authorization header.

 

[trancefied]

Use nginx, I can help you set it up, its a reverse proxy server.

that'd be great, thanks!
will send a message here once the ports issue is sorted with ISP. for some reason they keep blocking them.

 

[trancefied]

solved. thanks everyone for your help!