Exit Codes

AzerothCore has 3 default exit codes that are called if you shutdown, restart or crash the server.

enum ShutdownExitCode
{
    SHUTDOWN_EXIT_CODE = 0,
    ERROR_EXIT_CODE    = 1,
    RESTART_EXIT_CODE  = 2,
};

SHUTDOWN_EXIT_CODE is called when you use the commands .server shutdown, .server idleshutdown, .server exit or if the m_serviceStatus == 0 for Windows.

RESTART_EXIT_CODE is called when you use the commands .server restart and .server idlerestart.

ERROR_EXIT_CODE is called when the server crashes. This can be due to due to guid/id/entry overflow, Network.Threads being <= 0 or if the server cannot initialize network.

The best way to know where all the exit codes are called is by finding them in the source code.

Commands

.server idleshutdown #delay [#exit_code]
.server idlerestart #delay [#exit_code]
.server shutdown #delay [#exit_code]
.server restart #delay [#exit_code]

The .server shutdown/restart, .server idleshutdown/restart commands all have an argument for [#exit_code].

The default exit code for shutdown is always 0 and the default exit code for restart is always 2 if the argument is left blank.

The argument can take a value between 0 - 125 which lets you output a custom exit code other than the defaults.

Scripts including exit codes

Having the Worldserver sending exit codes let's you create an external script that can act when it reads a specific exit code being displayed.

For example it's possible to write a script to automatically restart if the Worldserver sends RESTART_EXIT_CODE.

You can view this batch script for Windows how exit codes can be used.