An Ansible role that installs and configures a Day of Defeat: Source dedicated server.
The game server is downloaded thought Steam and exposed as a systemd service for easier management. Using this role it is possible to publish a minimalist server with custom maps.
Automatic testing is provided using molecule's delegated driver and https://builds.sr.ht.
An ansible role dedicated to the installation of SteamCMD such as ansible-steamcmd.
This role should provide the steam_home variable, pointing to such a folder as /home/steam/Steam or /home/steam/.steam depending on your operating system.
| Variable | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
steamcmd_user |
User name for steamcmd | steam |
steamcmd_bin |
Path to the steamcmd executable | /usr/games/steamcmd |
dod_source_motd |
HTML text for the server's MOTD | See below |
dod_source_mapcycle |
List of maps for the rotation | See below |
dod_source_server_cfg |
Server configuration | See below |
dod_source_port |
Network port | 27015 |
dod_source_ip |
IP address to listen on | 0.0.0.0 |
dod_source_extra_mapcycles |
Configuration of extra mapcycle | See below |
dod_source_extra_maps_directory |
Directory containing extra maps, resource and materials sub folders | "" |
The MOTD is a welcome text displayed by the server during the first connexion of a player. It is formatted in HTML.
Default value:
<html>
<head>
<title>Day of Defeat: Source</title>
</head>
<body scroll="no">
<pre>Welcome.</pre>
</body>
</html>The mapcycle file is a simple list of maps loaded on the server.
There is no default value.
Example:
dod_flash
dod_anzio
The server.cfg file is the main configuration file for the server. It holds the server name, the administrator password as well as various rules.
There is no default value.
Example:
hostname "My Day of Defeat Server"
rcon_password mypassword
mp_friendlyfire 1
A list of hashes containing two keys: name and content.
The first will be used as a prefix to form a new mapcycle file named mapcycle_{{ name }}.txt and containing {{ content }}.
Example:
dod_source_extra_mapcycles:
- name: officials
content: |
dod_anzio
dod_argentan
dod_avalanche
...
- name: extra
content: |
dod_anemia
dod_anvil
dod_farmers_b1
...
- name: fun
content: |
dod_dust2_slg
...
These files can later be used with rcon, using the mapcyclefile CVAR.
The acl package should be installed on the server.
- hosts: game
vars:
dod_source_extra_maps_directory: "files/dod-source"
dod_source_server_cfg: |
hostname "My Server"
sv_password password
rcon_password rconpassword
dod_source_mapcycle: |
dod_library
dod_anvil
pre_tasks:
- package:
name: acl
state: present
roles:
- role: ansible-steamcmd
- role: ansible-role-dod-sourceISC
Either send send GitHub pull requests or send patches on SourceHut.
Tristan Le Guern tleguern@bouledef.eu