Is it reasonable to run game servers in screen so they run in background and I can access the in out. Does it increase risk of instability? Is it just plain bad practice?
I rented a vds and started putting dedicated game servers on it for reasons I'm still not sure of yet. I think I just wanted something new to tinker with and learn because their is no goal.
I've already learned a lot of new stuff. The whole piping thing seems amazing. In my research I'm currently paused at figuring out how to set up the server to start as a service but use pipes so I can issue commands and read logs. It's going fine except I haven't found a way to do both at the same time, if that's even possible.
At any rate I keep coming back screen being such an easy solution. My natural instincts tell me I shouldn't be running the server in anything else though. Am I right?