'httpdownloadurl' Question

[pa3ck]

Hey!

I would like to ask a question about 'httpdownloadurl'. I got some cars, skins and building textures and I don't want my server to be lagy, so I want to use an external FTP server for downloading them. My question is, will I need to upload all of my resources there? If I want to edit them, will I need to edit them on my FTP server?

Thanks in advance!

[MIKI785]

You can't use FTP but only HTTP... that is webserver like apache.

[pa3ck]

Ah! I misunderstood it... So I will only need to upload the downloadable content to my webserver... Thanks MIKI!

[MIKI785]

What you can do is link the downloadurl to folder mods/deathmatch/resources-cache/http-client-files or something like that.. you won't then need to upload anything.

[pa3ck]

All right. If I link it to that folder, would it affect my servers internet usage? ( not the web server, but the one that runs MTA ).

[MIKI785]

No, how would it? You just link it there and the web server will access it.

[pa3ck]

Sounds pretty good... but the problem is I'm not that good at these things... How would I do that? I'm really sorry, for being such a noob... but you know...

[MIKI785]

You need to know the basics of Linux to make the link or use mod_alias in apache2. If you don't know these things then don't use it... do you even have a VPS?

[pa3ck]

Okay, thanks for your help. 'If you don't know the basics, then don't use it'. Well, I got a better solution, look it up and learn it. Of course I have a VPS... Anyways, thanks for your quick answers bud!

[MIKI785]

If you've got a VPS then that's ok. You should be able to make a link easily through SFTP client like WinSCP, i used it myself (not for this purpose but it's the same thing).