LANager is a web application designed to make LAN parties more enjoyable for attendees and organisers alike.

• Games being played - by your LAN's attendees, updated every minute from Steam
• Events timetable - so your attendees know what's on at the LAN
• Achievements - created by you and awarded to attendees
• Attendee profiles - with a link to their Steam profile, and their gameplay history at the LAN
• Games in common - when viewing another attendee's profile
• Games recently played - showing the top games most recently played by attendees at the LAN

• Live Dashboard - showing games attendees are currently playing, and current and upcoming events, for TVs/projectors around your venue
• Guides - written by you, to help attendees learn about things like venue facilities, rules, or gameplay guides
• Links - to other websites, such as your organisation's website, or a game statistics page

• A server running Ubuntu Server 18.04 (with shell access - basic web hosting is not supported)
• A Steam API Key
• A Google API Key enabled for the Maps Embed API
• Internet access

While it's possible to run LANager on a server at your venue and make it only accessible internally, we recommend you cloud host. This allows you to easily update the site outside of your events (for example, to prepare for your next LAN), and allows your attendees to use it to find information ahead of the event.

1. Install required packages:

   sudo add-apt-repository universe
   sudo apt update
   sudo apt install php7.2-common php7.2-fpm php7.2-mysql php7.2-mbstring php7.2-bcmath php7.2-xml php7.2-zip
   sudo apt install zip composer mysql-server nginx

2. Create a Nginx site configuration:

   sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/lanager

   server {
           listen 80;
   
           root /var/www/lanager/public;
   
           index index.html index.htm index.php;
   
           # Change to your domain:
           server_name lanager.example.com;
   
           location / {
               try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
           }
   
           location ~ \.php$ {
                   include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
   
                   fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php7.2-fpm.sock;
           }
           client_max_body_size 20M;
   }
   

3. Increase PHP's upload file size limit:

   sudo nano /etc/php/7.2/fpm/php.ini

   Find and update the lines:

   upload_max_filesize = 20M
   post_max_size = 8M
   

   Restart PHP

   sudo systemctl restart php7.2-fpm

4. Enable the site:

   rm /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
   ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/lanager /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/lanager
   nginx -s reload

5. Configure MySQL:

   mysql

   CREATE DATABASE lanager;
   CREATE USER 'lanager'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'YOUR-PASSWORD-HERE';
   GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON lanager.* TO 'lanager'@'%';
   FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
   QUIT;
   

6. Clone a copy of LANager:

   git clone https://github.com/zeropingheroes/lanager /var/www/lanager/
   

7. Grant permissions:

   chgrp www-data -R /var/www/lanager/
   chmod 777 -R /var/www/lanager/storage
   

8. Install LANager's dependencies:

   composer install --working-dir=/var/www/lanager
   

9. Configure LANager:

   cd /var/www/lanager/ && cp .env.example .env && nano .env

   • APP_URL - The full URL
   • APP_TIMEZONE - Your timezone
   • STEAM_API_KEY - Your Steam API Key
   • GOOGLE_API_KEY - Your Google API Key
   • DB_PASSWORD - The password you chose for the lanager MySQL user above

10. Run first-time setup commands:

    php artisan key:generate
    php artisan migrate:fresh
    php artisan db:seed
    php artisan storage:link
    php artisan lanager:update-steam-apps

11. Visit the app URL to check that the installation was successful.

12. Enable the scheduled commands:

    crontab -e

    * * * * * php /var/www/lanager/artisan schedule:run >> /dev/null 2>&1
    

13. Disable debugging, set the site's environment to production, and enable MySQL logging:

    nano /var/www/lanager/.env

    APP_DEBUG=false
    APP_ENV=production
    LOG_CHANNEL=stack
    

• Enable debugging in your .env file.

• Create an issue with the error message(s) you see.

• If you don't see an error message, in your .env file:

  • set LOG_CHANNEL=stack
  • check for errors in /var/www/lanager/storage/logs/laravel.log

To set up the LANager for your next LAN party, you need to create a LAN page, then add Events (such as scheduled games or lunch breaks) and Guides (such as game rules) to that LAN page.

The LANager assigns the "Super Admin" role to the first account that logs into it, so make sure you log in as soon as you have completed installation.

Super Admins can perform any action on the site, including assigning roles to other users.

The first thing you need to do is to create a LAN page in the LANager. This process is the same whether your LAN party is one day or multiple days. You need to do this before you can create an event schedule, publish any guides or award achievements.

Log into the LANanger, and go to ⚙ > LANs, then select the + button to go to the LAN page creation form. Enter your LAN's details, and add a description with markdown formatting if you want to.

The LANager automatically adds anyone who signs into the LANager during the LAN party to the LAN's list of attendees. For each attendee it displays the current LAN page, which contains the LAN's timetabled events, guides and attendees list.

Once you have a LAN page for your LAN party, you can create Events and Guides to help attendees enjoy your party.

• Events are a useful way to timetable game tournaments, highlight big game sessions, schedule breaks and mealtimes, and let people know when it's time to go home
• Guides are a useful way to provide people with the rules and download links to the games you're playing, to let them know where the nearest shops and restaurants are, to provide a code of conduct for your event, and to communicate any other information you think your guests might need.

From the LAN page, click the + button next to the Events and Guides headings to go to their creation forms.

You can use markdown-formatted links in LANs, guides and events. For example, you can write a single guide, and insert a link to it on several event pages:

If you need any help, please contact one of our [tournament staff](/lans/4/guides/3) 

Where possible, it's good practice to use relative links as demonstrated above, so that if you change your domain, the links continue to work.

You can upload images to LAN pages, Events and Guides. To do this, follow these steps:

• Below the "description" text box, select "upload images".
• Upload the image you want to use.
• Next to the image, select ⚙ > Copy Markdown
• Paste the markdown into the guide, event or LAN's description field, in the location you want it to appear in the text.

The Live Dashboard make it easy for your attendees to see at a glance which games are being played, events that are in progress, and any that are upcoming.

To display the Live Dashboard, go to ⚙ > Dashboard. Alternatively, if you aren't logged in, visit the following URL:

http://(your LANager install's address)/dashboard

It's useful to display this on a TV or projector that everyone can see.

Click ⚙ > Achievements and then click the + button to create achievements that you can award to users.

To award an Achievement to an attendee, go to the navigation bar and select Achievements. This opens the list of Achievements you have awarded to attendees of the current LAN. At the bottom of the page, choose the Achievement and the attendee to award it to, then select Award.

Click ⚙ > Navigation to customise the links shown on the navigation bar. You can link to pages on the LANager or to third-party sites, organise the links into drop-down menus, and choose the order that the links appear in the navbar or dropdown.

1. Back up the database and site files:

   mysqldump -u lanager -p --extended-insert=FALSE lanager > ~/lanager-backup.sql
   tar -zcvf ~/lanager-backup.tar.gz /var/www/lanager

2. Delete any local changes and get the latest version from GitHub:

   cd /var/www/lanager
   git checkout .
   git pull

3. Remove Apache and PHP5:

   sudo apt remove php5-common php5-cli php5-mcrypt php5-curl php5-mysql libapache2-mod-php5 apache2

4. Install NGINX, PHP7.2 and MySQL 5.7:

   cd ~
   sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
   sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/nginx-mainline
   wget http://dev.mysql.com/get/mysql-apt-config_0.6.0-1_all.deb
   sudo dpkg -i mysql-apt-config_0.6.0-1_all.deb
   rm -f mysql-apt-config_0.6.0-1_all.deb
   sudo apt update
   sudo apt install php7.2-common php7.2-fpm php7.2-mysql php7.2-mbstring php7.2-bcmath php7.2-xml php7.2-zip zip nginx mysql-server
   mysql_upgrade -u root -p

5. From the normal installation instructions, follow steps 2, 3, 4, 7, 8 and 9.

6. Run the following commands:

   cd /varr/www/lanager
   php artisan key:generate
   php artisan storage:link
   php artisan lanager:upgrade-database

7. From the normal installation instructions, follow steps 11, 12 and 13.

• Vagrant
• VirtualBox
• Composer

1. git clone https://github.com/zeropingheroes/lanager && cd lanager
2. cp .env.example .env
3. nano .env
   1. STEAM_API_KEY - Enter your Steam API Key
   2. DB_USERNAME=homestead
4. composer install
5. vagrant plugin install vagrant-vbguest vagrant-winnfsd
6. vagrant up

When you complete these steps, your development environment should be available at lanager.localhost:8000.

• Found a bug? Got a great feature idea? Post it to the issue tracker!
• Want to contribute?
  • Fork the project and add the features you want to see.
  • Work on new features / bug fixes in the issue tracker.
  • If you're really hardcore, request commit access.

If you want to support the project in a non-technical way, we'd love it if you donated to us:

Enjoy using the LANager!