2026 is half passed already. In that time we have done a lot and we have even more ahead.
Even though not much has changed for our users yet, but behind the scenes nothing is the same.
Bringing me to my first topic;

Total infrastructure and server overhaul

The start of 2026 not only marked the start to a new year but also marked the beginning of a massive project behind the scenes.
I haven’t been happy with how the entire originally improvised homelab by a guy that barely knows what he’s doing grows bigger and bigger came back to bite me.
That said, in the time since then I have learned so much, have gotten so much valuable experience and input as well as the constant improvement of the programs we use.
Therefore I have decided to more or less start over. I spent a while testing and preparing but with the beginning of February right in time for some new hardware arriving, I started a side by side rebuilt of our entire server infrastructure.
I am currently working on migrating the last few bits here and there, but overall its mostly complete.

What changed?

Re-evaluating the structure from the ground up we have made the decision to lean heavily into automation and IaC (Infrastructure as Code). This way expansion, new projects, testing etc. becomes much easier with automated workflows and prebuilt configuration packs.
Next we organized the mess of 3 years worth of services that were added along the way, tying them all together with new and standardized deployment pipelines and centralized services like SSO.
SSO will be rolling out to public users and public services soon. I will post a separate announcement for that since it entails some changes.
Alongside the restructure we also upgraded our hardware significantly giving us more headroom for the more professional but not quite as minimal new workflows we have implemented.
So in short; for the average user nothing really change apart from performance and uptime improvements.
This should get even better when I finish the next steps;

Roadmap and upcoming changes

As of right now I have rebuilt whats already there with some extra management like SSO. I have also cooked up a plan to further expand and sophisticate our infrastructure.
Here are some general goal I have on my roadmap. I cannot provide any time ranges for completion.

• Full rollout of SSO to public services
  You will have one account managed via auth.comsicare.com that works for all of our services.
• Full implementation of our new monitoring system
  During the rebuild I have setup a monitoring system that is not actually monitoring anything. When this is implemented here is what I want to do:
  • Noticing and acting or incidents and failures quicker
  • More data and better overview over status allows me to better present the current status to you. Think better status page.
• Better management platform
  Implementing a better management platform for game servers. I will share specifics at a later date
• Groundwork for better coworking
  With more infrastructure comes more work. Therefore I am laying the groundwork for multiple people to comfortably work on it.

Cool, what’s next?

Our development journey

Late last year I have started to develop more out of fun. This quickly turned into some useful tools and I decided to expand my scope and actually go for a full project. Over the last couple months I have started and made good progress in 2 projects;

MCAddonCompanion

The name needs some work right?

MCAddonCompanion is a tool that I created that is mainly designed to improve the experience of various Minecraft launchers as well as make playing on our servers (or any small networks servers) easier than ever.

Features

• Multi launcher compatible
  This is not a launcher, it just works with existing launchers to extend their capabilities. It currently supports Prism Launcher (Full), Multi-MC (Core features), Modrinth App (Core features), Curseforge (Core features) and AT-Launcher (Core features)
• Instance sync and management features
  Copy or sync instance to a sync target. This can be either a folder for use with a sync tool like G-Drive, rsync or syncthing or directly via SFTP
  Archive and restore instances to reduce clutter in the launcher
  detect, copy and sync schematics between selected instances (supports files for: litematica, schematica, create)
  Manage and group schematics globally
• Pack registry
  Probably the most important feature for us as a network:
  With the pack registry you can host instancepacks on a generic package registry (currently supports github, gitlab and gittea).
  Users can add a registry as repos. They can download the instancepack which automatically creates a new instance.

These are the core features. There are some more and lots more planned. I will go into detail on that in my upcoming post dedicated to this app.

USE – Universal Server Essentials

Reliably finding good server management and utility mods for the various loaders and versions we are running across all the server we host is a nightmare.
Therefore I started creating USE. It combines all the management, administration and utility features we need for our servers into one mod that is under my control and build via architectury for multi loader support from the start.

I will go into detail on that in my upcoming post dedicated to this mod.

THE PHASE

The update to 1.21.6 was completed without any issues. We have continued maintenance and patches for the server.
With low usage, we are currently evaluating a concept to push a big content update and revitalize it.
We will keep you updated.