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PalWorld Dedicated Server in Docker (SteamCMD)

By f8upd8

Wanna play with your friends, but can't stand bare metal deployment? I'm here to help!

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Category: Modding or Configuration, Multiplayer

Languages: English

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Guide Index

Overview

Pre-Requisites

Save the Dockerfile

Build and run the image

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Pre-Requisites

First of all, you should install Docker. I won't give you any better help than the official docker docs: https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/
(OPTIONAL) Then, you should have git installed. For that, head to https://git-scm.com/download and install the relevant version for your OS.

Save the Dockerfile

If you have installed git, you can simply clone the repository to save the file. Open the Powershell/CMD/Linux shell, and head to a directory, where you will drop the Dockerfile.

cd <PATH> https://github.com/f8upd8/palserver cd palserver

Or, alternatively, just grab the contents of the Dockerfile in the github repository and save it into a file named Dockerfile (without extension)

Build and run the image

Run the following commands (they are the same for both windows and linux). Make sure to read the comments carefully.

# Server build command docker build . --tag palserver # Fill the < > brackets in the command and run it docker run \ -p <SERVER PORT>:8211/tcp \ -p <SERVER PORT>:8211/udp \ --mount type=bind,source="<PATH WHERE YOU WANT YOUR SERVER DATA AND CONFIG SAVED>",target=/srv/palworld/Pal/Saved \ -d --restart=<Restart Policy) palserver port=<SERVER PORT> <AFTER THIS YOU CAN SPECIFY OTHER LAUNCH OPTIONS> # Or just use foolproof defaults, your server's files will be saved into the current directory in the *Saved* folder and server will run with default 8211 port. mkdir ./Saved docker run -p 8211:8211/tcp -p 8211:8211/udp --mount type=bind,source="./Saved",target=/srv/palworld/Pal/Saved -d --restart=unless-stopped palserver port=8211

With this, server should be up and running. You should be able to connect with 127.0.0.1:8211. If you want outside to access the server, you will need to set up port forwarding on your router, if you have it.

Ask for any help in the comments!

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6 Comments

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Litdaze, The Cat-Lord 24 Jan @ 4:17am

What are the specs for like, 8 player server?

type0dev 23 Jan @ 4:35pm

Is there a way to export my current world so I can get it into my docker container?

眼睛花 21 Jan @ 5:02am

yep, it works, tho still can use telnet to test the port connection

f8upd8 [author] 20 Jan @ 5:01pm

The best way to test connectivity problems is to:
1. Create a container, install netcat on it
2. In the container, use nc -l <PORT>
3. Outside the container (preferably in the container host or somewhere in the same network)
4. nc -v <IP (localhost maybe) <PORT>

If everything is in working order, this should work.

眼睛花 20 Jan @ 2:13pm

and i run this container on a server within the public ip, so theoretically i can visit this service while the container start right， but it seems that the port 8211 in the container loopback because i use telnet n trying to test see if the service running on it, but i fail, docker-proxy expose the
port 18211 on host,says i use netstat to check if 18211 is loopback and it shows this port accept all stream from any ip, the only resaon i could think off is the service doesn't ready, so could u give me some hint about this, really appreciate

眼睛花 20 Jan @ 12:09pm

i run the server with docker-compose file successfully, and the file looks like follow :
version: '2'
services:
palworld-server:
container_name: palworld-server
image: palserver:latest
restart: always
privileged: true
ports:
- "18211:8211/udp"
- "18211:8211/tcp"
volumes:
- ./data:/srv/palworld/Pal/Saved
hope this could make something helpful for others, and my question is if i want to set up maxium players, which configuration should I go, or said which file should I mounted, hope u could help me, thanks

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