Docker - TheForest Dedicated Server

This includes a TheForest Dedicated Server based on Docker with Wine and an example config.

What you need to run this

• Basic understanding of Linux and Docker

Getting started

WARNING: If you dont do Step 1 and 2 your server can/will not save!

1. Create a new game server account over at https://steamcommunity.com/dev/managegameservers (Use AppID: 242760)
2. Insert the Login Token in the config (At serverSteamAccount)
3. Create 2 directories on your Dockernode (/srv/tfds/steamcmd and /srv/tfds/game)
4. Start the container with the following examples:

Bash:

docker run --rm -i -t -p 8766:8766/tcp -p 8766:8766/udp -p 27015:27015/tcp -p 27015:27015/udp -p 27016:27016/tcp -p 27016:27016/udp -v /srv/tfds/steamcmd:/steamcmd -v /srv/tfds/game:/theforest --name the-forest-dedicated-server jammsen/the-forest-dedicated-server:latest
or
docker run --rm -i -t -p 8766:8766/tcp -p 8766:8766/udp -p 27015:27015/tcp -p 27015:27015/udp -p 27016:27016/tcp -p 27016:27016/udp -v $(pwd)/theforest/steamcmd:/steamcmd -v $(pwd)/theforest/game:/theforest --name the-forest-dedicated-server jammsen/the-forest-dedicated-server:latest

Docker-Compose:

version: "3.7"
  services:
    the-forest-dedicated-server:
      container_name: the-forest-dedicated-server
      image: jammsen/the-forest-dedicated-server:latest
      restart: always
      ports:
        - 8766:8766/tcp
        - 8766:8766/udp
        - 27015:27015/tcp
        - 27015:27015/udp
        - 27016:27016/tcp
        - 27016:27016/udp
      volumes:
        - /srv/tfds/steamcmd:/steamcmd
        - /srv/tfds/game:/theforest

Planned features in the future

• Automated checks for updates based on SteamCMD in a given interval
• Automated updates based on checks
• Wrapper around the render server error

Software used

• Debian Slim Stable
• Supervisor
• Xvfb
• Winbind
• Wine
• SteamCMD
• TheForest Dedicated Server