Manage fleets
Update, monitor, and manage the fleets hosting your game servers.
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You can manage your fleets from the Unity Dashboard. Refer to the sections below to learn how to perform basic fleet tasks, such as creating a fleet, updating a fleet, taking a fleet offline, and bringing a fleet online.
Create a fleet
Refer to Create a fleet.Update a fleet
To update a fleet:- In the Unity Dashboard, open Multiplay Hosting.
- Select Fleets.
- Select the fleet you want to update.
- Select Build configurations to update the build configurations.
- Select Scaling settings to update the scaling settings.
Take a fleet offline
Taking a fleet offline initializes the process of scaling down all regions within the fleet. The fleet won’t be offline until each region within it finishes scaling down. To take a fleet offline:Warning
Taking a fleet offline impacts the availability of your game or application.
- In the Unity Dashboard, open Multiplay Hosting.
- Select Fleets.
- Select the fleet you want to update.
- Select the fleet status, then select Take fleet offline.
Note
Taking a region offline can take up to several hours. The process of taking a region offline drains all the servers within the region and prevents new players from joining servers in the region.
Bring a fleet online
To bring a fleet online:- In the Unity Dashboard, open Multiplay Hosting.
- Select Fleets.
- Select the fleet you want to update.
- Select the fleet status, then select Bring fleet online.
Delete a fleet
To delete a fleet:Warning
You can't delete a fleet if it's currently online and taking server allocations. You must take a fleet offline before you can delete it.
- In the Unity Dashboard, open Multiplay Hosting.
- Select Fleets.
- Select the fleet you want to delete.
- Select Delete.