GameServers

Laclede's LAN Game Servers

Using Docker for Game Servers ● Recommended Tools for Game Server Admins ● Working with LL Game Server Repos

Game Server Catalog

When feasible we "dockerize" our game servers and use Snippet-Generator to generate the launch strings. For an overview of our best-practices and experiences using Docker at Laclede's LAN events see "Using Docker for Game Servers".

Repository	Build Status	Description
gamesvr-7daystodie		7 Days to Die Server
└──freeplay		LL 7 Days to Die Freeplay Server
gamesvr-blackmesa		Black Mesa Server
└──freeplay		LL Black Mesa Freeplay Server
gamesvr-csgo		Counter-Strike GO Server
├──freeplay		LL Counter-Strike GO Freeplay Server
├──test		LL Counter-Strike GO Client Test Server
├──tourney		LL Counter-Strike GO Tournament Server
└──warmod		LL Counter-Strike GO Warmod Server
gamesvr-cssource		Counter-Strike Source Server
└──freeplay		LL Counter-Strike Source Freeplay Server
gamesvr-dods		Day of Defeat Source Server
└──freeplay		LL Day of Defeat Source Freeplay Server
gamesvr-factorio		Factorio Dedicated Server
gamesvr-fof		Fistful of Frags Dedicated Server
gamesvr-garrysmod		Garry's Mod Server
gamesvr-gesource		GoldenEye: Source Server
└──freeplay		LL GoldenEye: Source Freeplay Server
gamesvr-goldsource		GoldSource Server
├──cstrike		LL Counter-Strike 1.6 Freeplay Server
├──dmc		LL Deathmatch Classic Freeplay Server
├──hldm		LL Half-Life Deathmatch Freeplay Server
└──tfc		LL Team Fortress Classic Freeplay Server
gamesvr-hl2dm		Half-Life 2: Deathmatch Server
└──freeplay		LL Half-Life 2: Deathmatch Freeplay Server
gamesvr-hldms		Half-Life Deathmatch: Source
└──freeplay		LL Half-Life Deathmatch Source Freeplay Server
gamesvr-ioquake3		Quake 3 Arena
└──freeplay		LL Quake 3 Arena Freeplay Server
gamesvr-jk2outcast		Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast Server
└─gamesvr-jk2outcast-freeplay		LL Jedi Knight Outcast Freeplay Server
gamesvr-minecraft:bedrock		Minecraft Server (Bedrock Edition)
gamesvr-minecraft:java		Minecraft Server (Java Edition)
└─-challenge1		LL Minecraft Challenge 1
└─-challenge2		LL Minecraft Challenge 2
└─-challenge3		LL Minecraft Challenge 3
gamesvr-pzomboid		Project Zomboid Server
gamesvr-quake2		Quake 2 Server
└──freeplay		LL Quake 2 Freeplay Server
gamesvr-svencoop		Sven Co-op Server
└──freeplay		LL Sven Co-Op Freeplay Server
gamesvr-tf2		Team Fortress 2 Server
├──blindfrag		LL Team Fortress 2 Blind-Frag Server
└──freeplay		LL Team Fortress 2 Freeplay Server
gamesvr-tf2classic		Team Fortress 2 Classic Server
└──freeplay		LL Team Fortress 2 Classic Freeplay Server
gamesvr-ut99		Unreal Tournament 1999 Dedicated Server
gamesvr-ut2004		Unreal Tournament 2004 Server
└──freeplay		LL Unreal Tournament 2004 Freeplay Server
gamesvr-valheim		Valheim Dedicated Server
└──freeplay		LL Valheim Freeplay Server
gamesvr-warsow		Warsow Dedicated Server in Docker
└──freeplay		LL Warsow Freeplay Server

Build Scripts, Docker Builder Images, and Helpers

Repository	Build Info	Details
SteamCMD		Docker builder image, includes: bzip2, curl, SteamCMD, tar, p7zip, unzip, wget, xz-utils
Local Builds Makefile		Makefile for building game servers; particularly those that can only be built locally.

Dependency Mirrors

Repository	Details	External Source
amxmodx	Server side plugin for "Gold SRC" engines	amxmodx.org
sourcemod.linux	Source Mod files needed for Linux environments	sourcemod.net
sourcemod.windows	Source Mod files needed for Windows environments	sourcemod.net
sourcemod-configs	LL shared Source Mod configuration files	n/a

Dockerized Game Servers Conventions

• Image names for game servers start with gamesvr.
• Derived images names are appended with -description where "description" describes function.
• All binaries and content are nested in /app/.
• Images are given their own USER to indicate what the application of the image is.
  • This prevents running image contents under root.
  • Derived images change the username to reflect the current image (e.g. user CSGO becomes CSGOTourney).

Source Repos

• Content meant for /app/ (inside the image) are stored in /dist/.
  • Any Linux specific content is stored in /dist.linux/.
  • Any Windows specific content is stored in /dist.windows/.

Notes on Source Dedicated Servers (SRCDS)

• The Linux version of SRCDS prints directly to /dev/ttyN instead of stdout. This unfortunate decision by Valve breaks piping and redirection. As such many of our SRCDS based docker images include the tmux utility for included automated tests.
• We heavily rely on Meta Mod and Source Mod in all of our source servers to extend functionality. In addition to being familiar with the SRCDS wiki read over Meta Mod / Source Mod Wiki and the corresponding community forums.