dayzdockerserver/README.md

DayZDockerServer

A Linux DayZ server in a Docker container. Uses a modified version of https://github.com/thelastnoc/dayz-sa_linuxserver for all the Steam management. More info here https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1517338673.

Caveat Emptor

Uses a docker volume for the unprivileged user's home directory, which stores the DayZ server files plus SteamCMD, a utility used to manage Steam content from the command line. This volume can get quite large. Out of the box, as of this writing, DayZ Experimental is at 1.17 and the volume comes to about 1.8G of disk space once all the files are downloaded.

Setup, Build. and Configure

Edit files/serverDZ.cfg and set the server name (You don't really have to, but you should):

hostname = "Something other than Server Name";   // Server name

Optionally edit files/beserver_x64.cfg and set the rcon password:

RConPassword h4CKm3

If the above step is not performed, a random rcon password will be generated and output on the first run. It can also be obtained later and reset.

Add your Steam credentials. This step is necessary if you want to add mods. The vanilla server is installable by setting the steamlogin to anonymous. Edit files/steamlogin and set the steam username.

steamlogin=your_real_steam_username_or_anonymous

If you choose not to be anonymous, then you must login using your credentials. This is an interactive process that will prompt for the password and Steam Guard code. This only needs to be done once.

Either way, we must build the container fist:

docker-compose build

Now login:

docker-compose run --rm config

Run

Launch the container into the background:

docker-compose up -d dayzserver

Tail the log:

docker-compose logs -f dayzserver

Workshop (TODO)

• Update/Add/Remove workshop files
• Makage -mod= command line

Maintenance (TODO)

• Update the server
• Restart the server
• Rcon to the server?
• List current rocn password
• Detect changes to config files and propagate them