csgo_server

Introduction

Purpose

Hold the scripts for deploying a private CS GO server in a VM.

Supported environments:

• libvirt/kvm

Vocabulary

• CLI - command line interface.
• csgo - Counter Strike Global Offence.
• GSLT - Game Server Login Token.
• steamcmd - steam CLI client.

References

• Register game server

• FULL COUNTER STRIKE 2 CONSOLE COMMAND LIST

• Dedicated Servers List

• How to Make a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Server on Linux

• forum - Source Dedicated Server (Linux)

• SteamCMD Error Codes

• Source Dedicated Server

• Forum - Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

• debian csgo docker image

• SteamCMD

• ELK stack for CSGO

Overview

Usage

using rcon

• How to Use RCON on a Counter-Strike: GO Server
• CS:GO Console Commands

Steps:

• enable 'in-game developer console'
  • How to Use RCON on a Counter-Strike: GO Server
  • n the Game Settings, locate the Enable Developer Console setting and set this to Yes.
• press ~
• rcon_password <var.csgo_server_rcon_password>
• rcon_status

Manually start the csgo server

• login to the VM
• sudo -i
• su - steam
• ~/csgo_git_repo/csgo_scripts/run_cs2_server.sh

Manually installing the csgo server

• ssh in as ansible
• sudo -
• su - steam
• cd ~/csgo_app
• export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/steam/steamcmd/linux32
• time steamcmd +force_install_dir ~/csgo_app/ +login STEAM_LOGIN STEAM_PASSWORD +app_update 730 validate +quit ~ 145 minutes.

Example of deployment script

call it 'private_deploy_azure.sh'

the .gitignore has been set-up to ignore files starting with 'private_'.

#!/usr/bin/bash

terraform apply \
          -var csgo_client_access_password="AccessPassword"\
          -var csgo_server_rcon_password="RemoteConsolePassword"\
          -var csgo_one_for_local_zero_for_global="0"\
          -var csgo_server_name="MyServerName"\
          -var csgo_steam_server_token="The_GLST_TokenIHaveFromSteam"

To get the GLST see: Steam Game Server Account Management

Example of the azure private variables

• azure_subscription_id - az account show --query id -o tsv

the following info is generated from az ad sp create-for-rbac --name terraform_op --role Contributor --scopes /subscriptions/$subscriptionID/resourceGroups/$resourceGroup

• azure_csgo_tenant_id - tenant
• client_id - appId
• client_secret - password

Store this file as 'private_variables.tf' in the azure_cloud directory, with the other .tf files.

variable azure_subscription_id {
  type        = string
  description = ""
  default = "xxxx"
}

variable azure_csgo_tenant_id {
  type        = string
  description = "azure tenant id for the csgo group"
  default = "xxxx"
}
variable client_id {
  type        = string
  description = ""
  default = "xxx"
}
variable client_secret {
  type        = string
  description = ""
  default = "xxxx"
}


variable my_public_ip {
  type        = string
  description = "the public ip address of my local machine"
  default = "MY_PUBLIC_IP_FROM_MY_ISP"
}

# ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 2048  -q -f private_admin_id_rsa
# cat private_admin_id_rsa.pub
variable admin_public_ssh_key {
  type        = string
  description = "the public ssh key for the admin account"
  default = "ssh-rsa xxx"
}

Deploy to a local libvirt VM

• git clone https://github.com/henkoch/csgo_server.git
• cd csgo_server/terraform
• make base
  • This will download an ubuntu cloud image and expand it to 10GB.
• ./deploy_to_libvirt.sh
• ssh -i tf-cloud-init ansible@VM_IP_ADDR

Deploy a local docker image

Please see the Dockerfile

Installation instructions

Install csgo server

• Counter-Strike: Global Offensive - Dedicated Servers

• CFG files

• Game Modes

• Map list

• Access rcon on server

• Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Maps

• Running a Counter Strike Global Offensive Server on Ubuntu 18.04

• Installing a CS:GO Dedicated Server in Ubuntu

• su - steam

• bash

• /usr/games/steamcmd +force_install_dir /data/steam/csgo_app +login anonymous +app_update 740 validate +quit

configure the csgo server

• export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib32:/data/steam/csgo/bin

• /data/steam/csgo_app/srcds_linux --version

• /data/steam/csgo_app/srcds_linux -game csgo -usercon -net_port_try 1 -tickrate 128 -nobots +game_type 0 +game_mode 1 +mapgroup mg_active +map de_mirage

csgo docker image

• cm2network/steamcmd

• docker build --tag csgo:0.1.3 .

• mkdir ~/Downloads/steam_data

• docker run -it --volume ${HOME}/Downloads/steam_data:/data/steam/Steam --volume ${HOME}/Downloads/csgo_app:/data/steam/csgo_app --volume ${HOME}/Dropbox/Sources/Servers/csgo_server/csgo_scripts:/data/steam/csgo_scripts csgo:0.1.3 bash

  • TODO put this as a copy in the Dockerfile, once this works

• su - steam

• /usr/games/steamcmd +force_install_dir /data/steam/csgo_app/ +login anonymous +app_update 740 validate +quit

  • currently it downloads about 33GB of data.

CSGO configuration

Files of interest

• autoexec.cfg - This file is executed before the first map starts.
• server.cfg - This file is executed every map change, and before the gamemode files.
• gamemodes_server.txt - This file allows the server administrator to customize each game mode for their own server. It overrides and defaults set by Valve in gamemodes.txt.
• gamemode_casual_server.cfg - used for overriding the configurations that valve have put into gamemode_casual.cfg

Maps

• Map name prefix seems to indicate the type of game it becomes

  • cs_ - Hostage/Rescue (original counter-strike mode)
  • de_ - demolition? or is it deathmatch?
  • ar_ - arms race?
  • dz_ - dangerzone

• TODO can I use this command to switch mode? map <mapname> survival

  • changelevel dz_blacksite survival

• You can mix rescue and demolition, but not arms race.

Parameters of interest

• mp_maxrounds
  • 5 ?
  • set the win limit to the same
• mp_friendlyfire
• mp_roundtime
• mp_timelimit
• mp_allowNPCs
• mp_teams_unbalance_limit
• mp_respawnwavetime
• mp_roundtime_hostage
• mp_freezetime
  • 6
    • seconds from start of game until you can move, gives older players some help.
  • 10 seconds feels too long.
• ?? warmuptime, 60
  • to give slower load machines a change to get in, until the game actually starts.
• mp_disable_respawn_times
• mp_disable_respawn_times
• mp_friendlyfire
• mp_limitteams
• mp_teamplay
• mp_autoteambalance