Panel/docs/PANEL_ARCHITECTURE.md

GSP Panel Architecture

Workspace reference: GSP-WORKSPACE.md

The Panel is the orchestration layer for GSP. It handles authentication, routing, server lifecycle decisions, file/config management, Workshop/content workflows, status display, scheduling, and updates.

Responsibilities

• load modules from Panel/modules/
• read and write panel-side database state
• generate requests for remote agents
• validate server configuration and XML
• render admin and customer workflows
• coordinate backups, updates, and rollback

Important implementation areas

• Panel/includes/lib_remote.php for agent communication
• Panel/modules/config_games/ for game XML definitions
• Panel/modules/update/ and update-related administration modules
• Panel/modules/gamemanager/ for server lifecycle and logs
• Panel/modules/addonsmanager/ for server content and Workshop flows

Design rule

The Panel decides what should happen. It does not depend on agents to make business decisions, only to execute requests and report their status.