Server Infrastructure

STKAddons is hosted by TuxFamily. We use their shared servers, and we take advantage of their geo-distributed download repository mirrors.

There are two distinct types of hosting that TuxFamily provides: the first is a fast web-area which supports dynamic content. The other is a file-area which is best used with static files. All of the downloadable game content is located in the file-area, except for the repository XML files. These need to remain on the web-area because they are often updated.

Occasionally the file-area may get de-synchronised. This was especially common when we hosted our XML files in the file-area. The file-area is made up of three public download servers, and a master file server which grants write access. The slave servers are supposed to copy files from the master server every time a file changes, but occasionally it may miss a change. New files are generally not susceptible to this. As such, the large static files remain in the file-area, and the often-updated XML files have been moved to the web-area where they are not subject to mirroring.

The IP addresses for the file-area are:

• http://88.191.250.18
• http://88.191.250.171
• http://212.85.158.13