Setup

This will walk you through installing HuskSync on your network of Spigot servers.

Requirements

Note: If the plugin fails to load, please check that you are not running an incompatible version combination

• A MySQL Database (v8.0+) (MariaDB, PostrgreSQL or MongoDB are also supported)
• A Redis Database (v5.0+) — see FAQs for more details.
• Any number of Spigot servers, connected by a BungeeCord or Velocity-based proxy (Minecraft v1.17.1+, running Java 17+)

Setup Instructions

1. Install the jar

• Place the plugin jar file in the /plugins/ directory of each Spigot server.
• You do not need to install HuskSync as a proxy plugin.
• You can additionally install ProtocolLib or PacketEvents for better locked user handling, and Plan for analytics.

2. Restart servers

• Start, then stop every server to let HuskSync generate the config file.
• HuskSync will throw an error in the console and disable itself as it is unable to connect to the database. You haven't set the credentials yet, so this is expected.
• Advanced users: If you'd prefer, you can create one config.yml file and create symbolic links in each /plugins/HuskSync/ folder to it to make updating it easier.

3. Enter Mysql & Redis database credentials

• Navigate to the HuskSync config file on each server (~/plugins/HuskSync/config.yml)
• Under credentials in the database section, enter the credentials of your (MySQL/MariaDB/MongoDB/PostgreSQL) Database. You shouldn't touch the connection_pool properties.
• Under credentials in the redis section, enter the credentials of your Redis Database. If your Redis server doesn't have a password, leave the password blank as it is.
• Unless you want to have multiple clusters of servers within your network, each with separate user data, you should not change the value of cluster_id.

Important — MongoDB Users

• Navigate to the HuskSync config file on each server (~/plugins/HuskSync/config.yml)
• Set type in the database section to MONGO
• Under credentials in the database section, enter the credentials of your MongoDB Database. You shouldn't touch the connection_pool properties.

Additional configuration for MongoDB Atlas users

• Navigate to the HuskSync config file on each server (~/plugins/HuskSync/config.yml)
• Set using_atlas in the mongo_settings section to true.
• Remove &authSource=HuskSync from parameters in the mongo_settings.

(The port setting in credentials is disregarded when using Atlas.)

4. Set server names in server.yml files

• Navigate to the HuskSync server name file on each server (~/plugins/HuskSync/server.yml)
• Set the name: of the server in this file to the ID of this server as defined in the config of your proxy (e.g., if this is the "hub" server you access with /server hub, put 'hub' here)

5. Start every server again

• Provided your MySQL and Redis credentials were correct, synchronization should begin as soon as you start your servers again.
• If you need to import data from HuskSync v1.x or MySQLPlayerDataBridge, please see the guides below:
  • Legacy Migration
  • MPDB Migration