Un-Official Valve Half-Life Dedicated Server Deployment using Ruby Capistrano Scripts

For now we just have 2 stages;

1. Tf2 Standard Server
2. Tf2 UGC Highlander Server

You will need a MacOSX Ruby Development Environment or a Linux Ruby Development Environment with RVM

You will also need passwordless ssh access with sudo/root permissions.

###Clone cap-recipes and gamehost and prepare local files

git clone [email protected]:rickrussell/gamehost.git
git clone [email protected]:rickrussell/cap-recipes.git
  
cd cap-recipes
cp .rvmrc.template .rvmrc
cd .

cd gamehost
cp .rvmrc.template .rvmrc
cd .
cp config/secrets.rb.template config/secrets.rb

Use your editor and configure your secrets.rb. You need to make sure to set all options.

edit config/secrets.rb

def tf2_standard
  {
    :identity_account_id => "987654321",
    :identity_token => "l337-7ok3n",
    :server_ip => "123.45.67.89",
    :hostname => '"TF2 Server"',
    :rcon_password => "looneytunes"
  }
end

Setup your stage files. Make sure ports, players and fps settings are correct.

edit stages/tf2_stadard.rb

#HLDS Custom Settings (requires)
set :fps_max, "1000"
set :maxplayers, "18"
set :server_port, "27015"
set :hlds_mapcycle, %w(pl_swiftwater_ugc)
set :server_type_cfg, "ugc_HL_stopwatch.cfg" # "server.cfg" (default), "ugc_HL_standard" (standard), "ugc_HL_koth.cfg" (King of the Hill), "ugc_HL_dom.cfg" (Domination), "ugc_HL_ctf.cfg" (CTF)

After you have both stages configured correctly, we can deploy. Make sure you have ssh keys pushed to your server and you have sudo access as stated above. Let's deploy a standard tf2 server:

bin/cap tf2_standard hlds:install

or for a UGC Highlander Server:

bin/cap tf2_ugc hlds:install

You should see output from Capistrano. Take a break, let Steam install/update and eat a Sandvich!