V Rising Dedicated Server (in a container)

This image is based on didstopia/vrising-server, I just updated the base image in use and rebuilt the container to get up-to-date dependencies so this image works with V Rising 1.0. The source code is available on GitHub.

This image will always install/update to the latest steamcmd and V Rising server, all you have to do to update your server is to redeploy the container.

Also note that the entire /steamcmd/vrising folder can be mounted on the host system, which would avoid having to reinstall the game when updating or recreating the container.

Usage

Docker Compose

Minimal example compose.yml / docker-compose.yml:

services:
  vrising:
    image: whalybird/vrising-server:latest
    container_name: vrising # Optionally name your container.
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      V_RISING_SERVER_NAME: My V Rising Server
    ports:
      - 9876:9876/udp # Game port
      - 9877:9877/udp # Query port
      - 9878:9878/tcp # RCON port - change the default V_RISING_RCON_PASSWORD if you expose this port!
    volumes:
      - ./data:/app/vrising # Folder containing saves and settings. Should be owned by 1000:1000.

Switching from didstopia/vrising-server to this image

Simply replace image: didstopia/vrising-server:latest with image: whalybird/vrising-server:latest in your existing Compose file and run docker compose up -d.

Environment variables

(Place these under the environment: section in your Compose file)

• V_RISING_SERVER_PERSISTENT_DATA_PATH Path where V Rising should store settings and save games. I recommend leaving this at the default value and changing the volume binding instead (default: "/app/vrising")
• V_RISING_SERVER_BRANCH Server version to use (currently the only known version is public) (default: "public")
• V_RISING_SERVER_START_MODE Changes what happens on container start. "0" - update server and start afterward, "1" - update only (don't start), "2" - start only (don't update even if a newer version is available) (default: "0")
• V_RISING_SERVER_UPDATE_MODE Changes when pending updates are applied. "0" - update only when the container (re)starts, "1" - update as soon as an update is found and restart the server automatically (default: "0")
• V_RISING_SERVER_DEFAULT_HOST_SETTINGS Use default host settings. I recommend leaving this enabled and changing host settings via the environment variables described here instead (default: true)
• V_RISING_SERVER_DEFAULT_GAME_SETTINGS Use default game settings. I recommend leaving this enabled and overriding the game settings you want to change via a custom preset instead (see Custom preset below) (default: true)
• V_RISING_SERVER_NAME Name of your server (default: "V Rising Docker Server")
• V_RISING_SERVER_DESCRIPTION A description for your server (default: "V Rising server running inside a Docker container.")
• V_RISING_SERVER_BIND_IP IP to bind to. Leave it empty if you don't know what this means (default: "")
• V_RISING_SERVER_BIND_IP_AUTO_DETECT Auto-detect IP to bind to. Leave this disabled unless you know what this means (default: false)
• V_RISING_SERVER_GAME_PORT Game port (UDP) the server listens to. You can leave this at default and change the port on the host instead (default: 9876)
• V_RISING_SERVER_QUERY_PORT Query port (UDP) the server listens to. You can leave this at default and change the port on the host instead (default: 9877)
• V_RISING_SERVER_RCON_PORT RCON port (TCP) the server listens to. You can leave this at default and change the port on the host instead (default: 9878)
• V_RISING_SERVER_RCON_ENABLED Whether RCON should be enabled. If you disable this the server won't shut down cleanly when stopping the container (default: true)
• V_RISING_SERVER_RCON_PASSWORD RCON password. Change this from the default if you expose the RCON port (default: "s3cr3t_rc0n_p455w0rd")
• V_RISING_SERVER_MAX_CONNECTED_USERS Amount of concurrent players allowed on your server (default: 40)
• V_RISING_SERVER_MAX_CONNECTED_ADMINS Amount of reserved admin slots (default: 4)
• V_RISING_SERVER_SAVE_NAME Name of the save game (default: "docker")
• V_RISING_SERVER_PASSWORD Server password. Leave empty to allow connecting without a password (default: "")
• V_RISING_SERVER_LIST_ON_MASTER_SERVER List the server on the master server list. You can still connect to the server using direct connect (default: not set)
• V_RISING_SERVER_LIST_ON_STEAM List the server on Steam. You can still connect to the server using direct connect (default: true)
• V_RISING_SERVER_LIST_ON_EPIC_EOS List the server on Epic. You can still connect to the server using direct connect (default: false)
• V_RISING_SERVER_AUTO_SAVE_COUNT How many of the last n auto saves to keep (default: 50)
• V_RISING_SERVER_AUTO_SAVE_INTERVAL Seconds between auto saves (default: 300 = 5 minutes)
• V_RISING_SERVER_GAME_SETTINGS_PRESET Game settings preset to use. Existing presets include "StandardPvE" or "StandardPvP" and many more. A custom preset can be created, see Custom preset below (default: "")
• V_RISING_SERVER_GAME_ENABLE_PVP, V_RISING_SERVER_GAME_DISABLE_BLOOD_DRAIN, V_RISING_SERVER_GAME_DISABLE_DECAY Modifies game settings for PvP, blood drain and decay. I recommend using a Custom preset (see below) to set these instead (default: false)

Custom preset

If you don't want to play using the default game settings or alternatively a default preset, you can create your own preset. To do that, create a JSON file on your server and mount it into the GameSettingPresets folder in the container:

services:
  image: whalybird/vrising-server:latest
  # ...
  volumes:
    - ./CustomPreset.json:/steamcmd/vrising/VRisingServer_Data/StreamingAssets/GameSettingPresets/CustomPreset.json

Make sure that your file (CustomPreset.json) is readable by UID 1000. In this CustomPreset.json, you can override any of the default settings. You can find the default settings in the ServerGameSettings.json file, which is located at ./data/Settings/ServerGameSettings.json if you used the bind mount from the Compose example under Docker Compose. If you want to increase the maximum amount of clan members allowed per clan from 4 to 10 for example, your CustomPreset.json should look like this:

{
  "ClanSize": 10
}

If you want to additionally increase the sun damage modifier from 1x to 1.5x, it should look like this:

{
  "ClanSize": 10,
  "SunDamageModifier": 1.5
}

There are many other settings like "GameDifficulty" and "GameModeType", but it would be too much work to list them all here, but most of them are self-explanatory when looking them up in the default configuration file.

License

See LICENSE