Let Amazon GameLift Servers FleetIQ choose a game server - Amazon GameLift Servers
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Let Amazon GameLift Servers FleetIQ choose a game server

To have Amazon GameLift Servers FleetIQ choose an available game server, call ClaimGameServer() without specifying a game server ID. In this scenario, Amazon GameLift Servers FleetIQ does exercise its logic to find a game server on an instance that is viable for game hosting and optimized for automatic scaling.

Amazon gamelift claim-game-server \
    --game-server-group-name MyLiveGroup

In response to a claim request, Amazon GameLift Servers FleetIQ identifies the GameServer resource, connection information, and game data, which clients can use to connect to the game server. The game server's claim status is set to CLAIMED for 60 seconds. Either your game server or client service needs to update the game server's status on Amazon GameLift Servers FleetIQ after players connect or gameplay starts. This ensures that Amazon GameLift Servers FleetIQ does not provide this game server in response to subsequent requests for game server capacity. Update game server status by calling UpdateGameServer().

Amazon gamelift update-game-server \
    --game-server-group-name MyLiveGroup \
    --game-server-id UniqueId-1234 \
    --health-check HEALTHY \
    --utilization-status UTILIZED