Solder.io

The Solder.io software is a modpack distribution back-end that you can use to server Minecraft modpacks through the TechnicLauncher.

Using Solder.io means your players’ TechnicLauncher clients only need to download the changes between release.

Also, Solder.io is known to be cumbersome and difficult for a lot of people to set up on their own.

Which is why I made this DigitalOcean One-Click App.

I only made the github page as support so I’m the first point of contact just in-case the issue is caused by something I bungled up in making the image.

I am not a server/software engineer.

Software Included

Creating an App using the Control Panel

Click the Deploy to DigitalOcean button to create a Droplet based on this 1-Click App. If you aren’t logged in, this link will prompt you to log in with your DigitalOcean account.

Creating an App using the API

In addition to creating a Droplet from the Solder.io 1-Click App using the control panel, you can also use the DigitalOcean API. As an example, to create a 4GB Solder.io Droplet in the SFO2 region, you can use the following curl command. You need to either save your API access token) to an environment variable or substitute it in the command below.

curl -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
         -H 'Authorization: Bearer '$TOKEN'' -d \
        '{"name":"choose_a_name","region":"sfo2","size":"s-2vcpu-4gb","image": "jadiangaming-solderio-18-04-5"}' \
        "https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/droplets"

Getting Started After Deploying Solder.io

It’s already setup to use built-in drive for the repo.

To use a DigitalOcean volume for the repo, follow this guide and mount it to /var/www/solder-repo/

The default login for Solder is.

Solder Email: [email protected]

Solder Password: admin

I forgot to setup FTP, and I felt like I was under too much of a time crunch.

So use this guide to install and setup ftp.

Though you might need to log in with root for it.

Updating the Solder.io installation on this image.

How to link the Solder.io installation to the Technic Platform.

How to add mods to be server by the Solder.io installation on this image.