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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Start AzerothCore authserver + worldserver detached from the SSH session (nohup + disown).
+# Stops any already-running authserver/worldserver processes first.
+#
+# Usage:
+#   sudo bash scripts/start-azeroth-servers.sh
+#   AZEROTH_BIN=/path/to/azeroth-server/bin bash scripts/start-azeroth-servers.sh
+#
+# Environment:
+#   AZEROTH_BIN      — directory with authserver and worldserver (default: /root/azeroth-server/bin)
+#   AZEROTH_LOG_DIR  — log directory (default: <parent of bin>/logs)
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+BIN_DIR="${AZEROTH_BIN:-/root/azeroth-server/bin}"
+LOG_DIR="${AZEROTH_LOG_DIR:-$(cd "$(dirname "$BIN_DIR")" && pwd)/logs}"
+
+AUTH_BIN="${BIN_DIR}/authserver"
+WORLD_BIN="${BIN_DIR}/worldserver"
+
+if [[ ! -x "$AUTH_BIN" ]]; then
+  echo "error: not found or not executable: $AUTH_BIN" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+if [[ ! -x "$WORLD_BIN" ]]; then
+  echo "error: not found or not executable: $WORLD_BIN" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+pkill -x authserver 2>/dev/null || true
+pkill -x worldserver 2>/dev/null || true
+sleep 1
+
+mkdir -p "$LOG_DIR"
+
+cd "$BIN_DIR"
+
+nohup "$AUTH_BIN" >>"$LOG_DIR/authserver.log" 2>&1 &
+disown || true
+
+sleep 2
+
+nohup "$WORLD_BIN" >>"$LOG_DIR/worldserver.log" 2>&1 &
+disown || true
+
+echo "Started authserver and worldserver (survives SSH disconnect)."
+echo "Bin:    $BIN_DIR"
+echo "Logs:   $LOG_DIR/authserver.log"
+echo "        $LOG_DIR/worldserver.log"