kkyler1988

Many thanks, pretty sure I've got my head wrapped around it now. Off to experiment and hopefully not break anything. lol

So if I am understanding correctly, I can move all of my cluster data/saves into a folder/location of my choosing, lets say, in the "appdata" share, and then add a path to the container that points to that path on unraid, and presents it as /serverdata/serverfiles/clusterdata to the container? Then obviously set the cluster dir override launch parameter and that should make it possible for that container to access it, but also for any other ARK containers to access it too? I get spun around and have trouble wrapping my brain around docker pathing, I'm not a fan of it. lol

Got it figured out as far as Arma 3 is concerned. I must not have set it to validate the first time I tried. Wiped the container and folders, then re-installed the container with the proper config variables and it appears to have grabbed the correct server branch this time. Now onto the tedium of configuring the server itself. Many thanks @Mainfrezzer Would you mind pointing me in the right direction as far as ARK SA is concerned? Didn't want to just DM you without warning.

Thanks for the quick reply I do actually have it setup as a cluster with the default cluster save location inside "Shootergame\saved\clusters\" or whatever the file path is. Had to set it that way, since I migrated the server from a cluster on a windows host to unraid docker. What I can't figure out is how to override the cluster save location and put it somewhere outside the default container paths so I can spin up another instance in a container and actually get it clustered. I'm sure it can be done with path mapping in the template, but my brain has trouble keeping those straight. lol As far as the arma server goes, this is what I need to get steamcmd to download the proper server branch "233780 -beta creatordlc". Not sure how to get the extra parameter to actually persist after restart. I put all of that in the "GAME_ID" section of the template and it didn't appear to do anything. I do have a secondary steam account that is strictly for hosting servers, so i'm not worried about 2FA, however, the server account only has to own Arma3, only the clients need to own the paid dlc. I did have it all setup on a windows host, but I'm tired of wasting CPU cycles and RAM running a VM when I could just run it all in docker instead.

I am having trouble figuring out exactly where I need to add the additional parameters to an Arma 3 server to force it to download a different server branch. I'm trying to get a small CO-OP server setup that runs the Prairie Fire dlc, and it require the creatordlc server branch. I've tried adding it to the "additional parameters" line of the docker config under the advanced view, but that fails. Tried adding it to the server/game ID and it just disappears. I'm not super skilled with the finer points of docker containers, so I'm pretty lost. I don't believe it can be configured to pull server branch's through any of the server configs, it has to be done with a steamcmd parameter, just can't quite figure out how to do that with the container, and make it persist through container restarts. I was also curious if you possibly had time, or plans to revisit the ARK SA container and throw in some variables/options for clustering, or if there was anyone else who has figured out how to cluster docker servers, I'd love to dm or chat a bit and learn how to do it. Other than that, these container templates are awesome. Used many of them over time, and never had any complaints. Just trying some more advanced stuff now and I don't quite know how to accomplish it. Thanks