FBugReporter

Project Status: low activity (currently this project is not very high priority for me as I really want to work on some other projects but it does not mean that this project is abandoned - no, I actually have some very big plans on the next major (2.0) release but these things will have to wait for some time, sorry).

Supported Platforms

• Windows
• Linux

Report Contents

Here is the list of information you can send in the report:

• report name (summary),
• report text (description),
• sender name,
• sender e-mail,
• sender OS info,
• game name,
• game version,
• game screenshot (enabled by default for example project),
• attachments (any files).
  • (last 3 log files enabled by default for example project).

Try It Out

Windows users can find built versions of FBugReporter in the releases section (with *_Build.zip suffix). This archive contains an example Godot project with FBugReporter already integrated, using this example you can send reports. In order to receive reports this archive also has server_monitor.exe (that will start the server.exe) that you need to start in order to receive reports. To view received reports you can use client.exe but it requires an account which you can create after starting the server_monitor.exe using the database_manager.exe (type add-user *your name* to create an account).

The usual workflow goes like this:

• Start the server_monitor.exe, it will start the server.exe and will restart it if it crashed (thus we should start server_monitor.exe instead of explicitly starting the server.exe).
• After server_monitor.exe was started, run database_manager.exe and type command add-user *your name* to add a new user (for example: add-user john), you will receive new user's password, copy it somewhere.
• Run client.exe (server_monitor.exe needs to be running), in order to login you need to enter server's IP and port. For local usage put localhost as IP. For port look for server_config.ini (that will be generated once the server_monitor.exe is started) (it's located in %APPDATA%\FBugReporter\), look at port_for_clients line that will contain the port you need to use. Now login using the specified earlier name and the password you received, after this you will change the password and setup OTP. After everything is done you will see received reports.
• To generate new reports, open Godot project with FBugReporter integrated (build version from releases already has a project with FBugReporter integrated), open the file godot_project/scenes/reporter.gd and inside of the function func _ready() find a line reporter.setup_report_receiver("Server", "127.0.0.1:50123", ""). You now need to replace 50123 with the port for reporters (see server_config.ini again). Now start the game (scene reporter.tscn), fill the report information and send the report (while server_monitor.exe is running). You can then see new reports in client.exe (if you don't see new reports, use Refresh Report List button) while server_monitor.exe is running.

Attachments

Once you run the server for the first time, the server will generate server_config.ini that you can customize. There is a specific setting for attachments max_total_attachment_size_in_mb which specifies the maximum size in megabytes of report attachments (in total - for all files, not per file).

By default its value is 5 MB which means that you can attach any files as long as their total size is not bigger than 5 MB.

To tell if your attachments are too big or not, reporter's send_report function will ask the server for maximum allowed attachment size, calculate the total size of the specified attachments and if attachments exceed the maximum limit reporter's send_report function will return error code '9' (see example directory for more information).

How to Install

If you tried the built version from releases and now want to integrate FBugReporter into your Godot game follow this section.

To make the process of installation easier, I wrote a few scripts that you can find in the install directory of this repository.

In order to run these scripts you need to have Go installed. To run a script open a directory with the *.go file, and type cmd in the explorer's address bar, once the console is opened, type go run . in order to start the script.

• install_client.go this script will ask you where you want the client to be installed and will compile the client. It will also check if needed dependencies are installed and if not will prompt you to install them.
• install_reporter.go this script will ask you where your Godot project is located and will compile and integrate reporter into your project (with premade UI scene to send reports). It will also check if needed dependencies are installed and if not will prompt you to install them.
• install_server.go this script will ask you where you want the server to be installed and will compile the server, server monitor and database manager for you. It will also check if needed dependencies are installed and if not will prompt you to install them.

If you want to integrate FBugReporter into your Godot game, just clone/download this repository and run each script (the order does not matter), they will setup everything for you.

Once everything is done. Your project will have new files, our main interest is reporter.gd file, it uses premade reporter.tscn scene to send reports, you can customize everything as you want, you can even delete these files and start making all from scratch. But now let's focus on sending your first report.

First up, start server_monitor that was installed using install_server.go, it will generate server_config.ini file (it's located in %APPDATA%\FBugReporter\ on Windows and in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/FBugReporter/ on Linux/BSD/MacOS). This file contains server configuration that can be customized. Note that in order for changed values to be applied server_monitor restart is required. Now, in server_config.ini look for the parameter port_for_reporters. You need to put this value into reporter.gd file. In your Godot project find reporter.gd and look for _ready() function inside of it. There will be a line that looks something like this: reporter.set_server("localhost", 21580). Now change the second argument of set_server function to your port_for_reporters from server_config.ini. That's it! Start server_monitor, run generated reporter.tscn scene from your project and send your first report!

In order to view reports you first need an account. Run database_manager that was installed using install_server.go. After database_manager is started, type command add-user <your name> (for example, add-user john). You will then be asked about new user's privileges and will receive new user's password, remember it. Exit from database_manager using exit command. Open up client application that was installed using install_client.go. We now need to enter server information. For server type localhost, for port type value port_for_clients from server_config.ini (not port_for_reporters!), for username type the username you used in add-user command, for password use password that you received in database_manager. Now try to login, you will go through the first login process and will setup your new password and OTP. After everything is done you will see reports that the server received from your game!

The database that stores all information (reports, registered users, attachments and etc.) is called database.db3 (it's located in %LOCALAPPDATA%\FBugReporter\ on Windows and in $XDG_DATA_HOME/FBugReporter/ on Linux/BSD/MacOS) and it was generated when you run server_moninor for the first time. If you want to backup your database you just need to copy this database.db3 file - there are no other dependencies, just make a copy of your database.db3 file and that's it - that's your backup.

About dedicated servers

For development or testing you can run server on your computer. When you want to share your game with somebody you need to make sure that the server's IP address is not going to change. So, let's consider this situation: you've added server_monitor to autostart in your computer, your game uses localhost as server IP (as we've seen in reporter.gd), you give your game to your friend and... he won't be able to send reports. Because the game sends reports to localhost (which is an alias for "this computer" or "local computer") your friend will send reports to his own computer but he does not have a running server and moreover this is not what we want. You may try to replace localhost with your public IP address but the thing is that when you restart your network router your provider usually gives you a new public IP address, some providers even give you new public IP address from time to time (at night for example) even if you wont restart your router.

Thus, when you are ready to share your build with somebody you need to install the server to a dedicated server (a cloud server or "VPS/VDS" as they are called) that will have a static IP address which you will specify in your game. There a numerous "VPS/VDS" hosters with cheap hosting. For example, I use Hetzner's cloud server for this purpose. You don't need to have a Windows installed on your cloud server (there is no need for that, moreover Windows servers are usually more expensive), you can buy a cheap Linux server and install FBugReporter's server there (using install_server.go, because you will install it on Linux the script will also automatically add everything to autostart).

The only things that you will need to do is install Rust, Go and sqlite packages, then run install_server.go and restart. Then you can use your server's static IP address in your game. Because setting up your own dedicated server might be a complicated task (if you've never tried this before or don't have any Linux experience) that can include multiple subtasks (like disabling root login, setting up a firewall, setting up a proper ssh connection and fail2ban) I will not talk about it here because it's a different topic. There are lots of tutorials on YouTube that will help you setup your own VPS/VDS. Once you have a Linux VPS/VDS, all you need to do is install Rust, Go and sqlite packages to the system and install FBugReporter's server using install_server.go.

How to Update

If you want to update FBugReporter you need to update everything (reporter, client, server). For this just clone/download this repository with updated code and run each script again, they will ask you to overwrite the files. Make sure to specify the same parameters you specified when you were installing this for the first time.

Additional Information

Server

Configuration

On first start, the server will create a server configuration file server_config.ini (it's located in %APPDATA%\FBugReporter\ on Windows and in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/FBugReporter/ on Linux/BSD/MacOS). You can customize values in this config file. In order for them to be applied, restart the server.

The server processes reporters and clients on different ports (see your generated server_config.ini).

Logs

The server will store logs in the server_logs directory (located in Documents/FBugReporter directory). This directory is localed in the directory where server.exe is located.

Client

OTP

When you will login for the first time, the server will request you to scan a QR code with OTP. You have to use an app to scan a QR code for OTPs, for example, Google Authenticator and FreeOTP were confirmed to work correctly with FBugReporter.

Theme Customization

On the first start, the client will create a theme file theme.ini (it's located in %APPDATA%\FBugReporter\ on Windows and in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/FBugReporter/ on Linux/BSD/MacOS). You can customize values in this theme file. In order for them to be applied, restart the client.

Build (Manual Installation)

If you don't want or can't use scripts from the How to Install section above, you can build and integrate everything yourself.

Build: Reporter

To build the reporter you will need Rust and LLVM installed (when installing LLVM pick "Add LLVM to the system PATH for all users"), then in the reporter directory run:

cargo build --release

The compiled reporter library will be located at /reporter/target/release/ (with the extension .dll for Windows and .so for Linux) you should put it somewhere into your Godot project directory.

To integrate the reporter you will need to create a .gdextension file in your Godot project, you can call it FBugReporter. Put the following contents into this file:

[configuration]
entry_symbol = "gdext_rust_init"

[libraries]
linux.debug.x86_64 = "res://<path to libreporter.so>"
linux.release.x86_64 = "res://<path to libreporter.so>"
windows.debug.x86_64 = "res://<path to reporter.dll>"
windows.release.x86_64 = "res://<path to reporter.dll>"

Now edit the file <project>/.godot/extension_list.cfg (create if it does not exist) and add the following line:

res://<path to FBugReporter.gdextension file>

Restart the Godot editor and now you should be able to add a new type of node "FBugReporter" to your scene's node tree.

See the example project in the example directory and example/scenes/reporter.gd for how to send reports. You could just copy-paste reporter.tscn and reporter.gd files to your project and customize them as you want. Additionally, if you copied reporter.tscn you would need to edit it as a text file and modify the line:

[ext_resource type="Script" path="res://scenes/reporter.gd" id="1_6ftrt"]

To point to the correct script path (if the path is incorrect).

Build: Server

Requirements:

To build the server you will need Rust. The server uses SQLite to store data. In order to build the server you also need have sqlite3 installed.

For Windows users we have a built version of sqlite3 in server/sqlite3-windows that will be automatically used.

Build:

The server consists of 3 applications:

• server: the actual server
• database_manager: used to add/remove users (even when the server is running)
• server_monitor: simple helper app that will restart the server if it crashed

You need to build each application and put resulting executable files in the same directory (so that you will have server, database_manager and server_monitor all in the same directory).

In order to build an app you need to enter its directory and run:

cargo build --release

The compiled executable be located at /target/release/.

Note that Windows users also need to have sqlite3.dll library next to the compiled programs, put compiled server.exe, database_manager.exe and server_monitor.exe to the same directory and copy sqlite3.dll from server/sqlite3-windows in this directory.

Build: Client

To build the client you will need Rust.

Then in the client directory run:

cargo build --release

The compiled client binary will be located at /client/target/release/.