# Game Hosting

User and developer documentation for the i3D.net Game hosting service.

## Get started with the dashboard for your game hosting needs

* [Get started](/game-hosting/get-started.md)
* [Define your application and create your application build](/game-hosting/get-started/set-up-guide.md)
* [Create your game, utility, dependency, or capacity templates](/game-hosting/get-started/game-template.md)
* [Game deployment environment, profile, and fleets introduction](/game-hosting/get-started/game-deploy.md)

## Get started using the API for your game hosting needs

* [Service Overview](/game-hosting/overview.md)
* [Quick Start](/game-hosting/overview/quick-start.md)
* [Terminology](/game-hosting/overview/terminology.md)
* [API v3 Usage](/game-hosting/overview/apiv3-usage.md)
* [API v3 Authentication](/game-hosting/overview/apiv3-authentication.md)
* [API v3 Error Handling](/game-hosting/overview/apiv3-error-handling.md)
* [API v3 Error Codes](/game-hosting/overview/apiv3-error-codes.md)

## API Processes

* [Process Overview](/game-hosting/processes.md)
* [Application Management](/game-hosting/processes/application-management.md)
* [ApplicationBuild Provisioning](/game-hosting/processes/application-build-provisioning.md)
* [ApplicationBuild Management](/game-hosting/processes/application-build-management.md)
* [Deployment Configuration](/game-hosting/processes/deployment-configuration.md)
* [Deployment Process](/game-hosting/processes/deployment-process.md)
* [Automatic Deployment](/game-hosting/processes/automatic-deployment.md)
* [Automatic Scaling](/game-hosting/processes/automatic-scaling.md)
* [Dependency Installation](/game-hosting/processes/dependency-installation.md)
* Patching processes
  * [Patching Overview](/game-hosting/processes/index.md)
  * [Utility Patching Process](/game-hosting/processes/index/utilitypatching.md)
  * [Forced Deployment](/game-hosting/processes/index/forced-deployment.md)
  * [Forced Deployment Manually](/game-hosting/processes/index/forced-deployment-manually.md)
  * [Rolling Deployment](/game-hosting/processes/index/rolling-deployment.md)
  * [Rolling Deployment Manually](/game-hosting/processes/index/rolling-deployment-manually.md)
  * [AB Deployment](/game-hosting/processes/index/ab-deployment.md)
  * [AB Deployment Manually](/game-hosting/processes/index/ab-deployment-manually.md)

## Elements

* Application
  * [Application](/game-hosting/elements/application.md)
  * [ApplicationProperty](/game-hosting/elements/application/applicationproperty.md)
  * [ApplicationBuild](/game-hosting/elements/application/applicationbuild.md)
  * [ApplicationBuildProperty](/game-hosting/elements/application/applicationbuildproperty.md)
  * [ApplicationBuildConfiguration](/game-hosting/elements/application/applicationbuildconfiguration.md)
  * [ApplicationInstance](/game-hosting/elements/application/applicationinstance.md)
  * [ApplicationInstanceProperty](/game-hosting/elements/application/applicationinstanceproperty.md)
  * [ApplicationInstanceIP](/game-hosting/elements/application/applicationinstanceip.md)
  * [Label](/game-hosting/elements/application/label.md)
  * [Metadata](/game-hosting/elements/application/metadata.md)
  * [Element Relations](/game-hosting/elements/application/element-relations.md)
  * [Platform Variables](/game-hosting/elements/application/platform-variables.md)
* Deployment
  * [DeploymentEnvironment](/game-hosting/elements/deploymentenvironment.md)
  * [Fleet](/game-hosting/elements/deploymentenvironment/fleet.md)
  * [DeploymentProfile](/game-hosting/elements/deploymentenvironment/deploymentprofile.md)
  * [DeploymentRegion](/game-hosting/elements/deploymentenvironment/deploymentregion.md)
  * [DeploymentContainer](/game-hosting/elements/deploymentenvironment/deploymentcontainer.md)
  * [DeploymentContainerLocation](/game-hosting/elements/deploymentenvironment/deploymentcontainerlocation.md)
  * Deployment Templates
    * [Deployment Templates](/game-hosting/elements/deploymentenvironment/index.md)
    * [GameDeploymentTemplate](/game-hosting/elements/deploymentenvironment/index/gamedeploymenttemplate.md)
    * [UtilityDeploymentTemplate](/game-hosting/elements/deploymentenvironment/index/utilitydeploymenttemplate.md)
    * [DependencyDeploymentTemplate](/game-hosting/elements/deploymentenvironment/index/dependencydeploymenttemplate.md)
  * Host Capacity
    * [HostCapacityTemplate](/game-hosting/elements/deploymentenvironment/hostcapacitytemplate.md)
    * [InstanceTypeCapacity](/game-hosting/elements/deploymentenvironment/hostcapacitytemplate/instancetypecapacity.md)
  * [DcLocation](/game-hosting/elements/deploymentenvironment/dclocation.md)
* Host
  * [Host](/game-hosting/elements/host.md)
  * [HostCpu](/game-hosting/elements/host/hostcpu.md)
  * [HostIp](/game-hosting/elements/host/hostip.md)
  * [HostDisk](/game-hosting/elements/host/hostdisk.md)
  * [HostMemory](/game-hosting/elements/host/hostmemory.md)
* Patching
  * [PatchJob](/game-hosting/elements/patchjob.md)
  * [PatchJobApplicationBuild](/game-hosting/elements/patchjob/patchjobapplicationbuild.md)
  * [PatchJobFleet](/game-hosting/elements/patchjob/patchjobfleet.md)
  * [PatchJobOverallProgress](/game-hosting/elements/patchjob/patchjoboverallprogress.md)
  * [PatchJobEmail](/game-hosting/elements/patchjob/patchjobemail.md)

## Features

* [Feature Overview](/game-hosting/features.md)
* [Triggers](https://github.com/i3D-net/docs.i3d.net/blob/main/odp/Platform-Features/Triggers.md)
* [Task System](/game-hosting/features/task-system.md)
* [Platform Events](/game-hosting/features/platform-events.md)

## Cloud Usage

* [Cloud Usage Overview](/game-hosting/cloud-usage.md)
* [Cloud Credentials](/game-hosting/cloud-usage/cloud-credentials.md)
* [Cloud Instance Types](/game-hosting/cloud-usage/cloud-instance-types.md)

## Game Integration

* [Game Integration Overview](/game-hosting/game-integration.md)
* [SDK Overview](/game-hosting/game-integration/sdk-overview.md)
  * [Build Guide](/game-hosting/game-integration/sdk-overview/build.md)
  * [Integration Guide](/game-hosting/game-integration/sdk-overview/integration-guide.md)
  * [SDK Unity Plugin](/game-hosting/game-integration/sdk-overview/sdk-unity-plugin.md)
  * [SDK Unreal Engine Plugin](/game-hosting/game-integration/sdk-overview/sdk-unreal-plugin.md)
* [Matchmaker Allocation](/game-hosting/game-integration/matchmaker-allocation.md)
* [Ping Beacon Request Response](/game-hosting/game-integration/ping_beacon.md)
* [Upgrade Google Cloud Provider VMs to AMD Milan](/game-hosting/game-integration/gcptemplateforcpuplatform.md)
* [Game Server Run Status](/game-hosting/game-integration/game-server-run-status.md)
* Management Protocol
  * [Management Protocol](/game-hosting/game-integration/index.md)
  * [A2S](/game-hosting/game-integration/index/a2s.md)
  * Arcus
    * [Introduction](/game-hosting/game-integration/index/index.md)
    * [Usage](/game-hosting/game-integration/index/index/usage.md)
    * [Configuration](/game-hosting/game-integration/index/index/configuration.md)
    * [Packet-Structure](/game-hosting/game-integration/index/index/packet-structure.md)
    * [Handling-Server-Query-Response](/game-hosting/game-integration/index/index/handling-server-query-response.md)
    * [Available-Opcodes](/game-hosting/game-integration/index/index/available-opcodes.md)
  * Arcus V2
    * [Introduction](/game-hosting/game-integration/index/index-1.md)
    * [Requests and Responses](/game-hosting/game-integration/index/index-1/request-response.md)

## Events

* [Platform Events](/game-hosting/events.md)

## Examples

* [Registering your application and builds](/game-hosting/examples/registering-application-and-builds.md)
* [Creating a completely configured deployment environment from scratch](/game-hosting/examples/env-from-scratch.md)


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