My 7 Days to Die notes
My 7 Days to Die dedicated server notes[edit | edit source]
Base system used for these notes is Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS (Bionic Beaver) Desktop with minimum installation.
Install SteamCMD on Linux for dedicated servers[edit | edit source]
Installation steps taken from Valve Software SteamCMD wiki notes
My steps using Valve's wiki as guide:
$ sudo -i <--------------- switched to root root@hammerhead:~# adduser steamy <--------------- added user steamy ...follow the prompts... root@hammerhead:~# cd /home/steamy/ <--------------- switched to steamy home directory root@hammerhead:/home/steamy# apt-get install steamcmd <--------------- install SteamCMD ...Steam doing stuff... root@hammerhead:/home/steamy# ln -s /usr/games/steamcmd steamcmd <--------------- link to SteamCMD executable root@hammerhead:/home/steamy# su - steamy <--------------- switched to user steamy steamy@hammerhead:~$ steamcmd <--------------- launch SteamCMD ...Steam doing stuff...you want to see these next messages... [----] Verifying installation... Steam Console Client (c) Valve Corporation -- type 'quit' to exit -- Loading Steam API...OK. <--------------- Good message! Steam>login anonymous <--------------- Login as anonymous user Connecting anonymously to Steam Public...Logged in OK Waiting for user info...OK Steam>force_install_dir /home/steamy/7d2d <--------------- setup 7 Days to Die dedicated server directory Steam>app_update 294420 <--------------- install 7 Days to Die dedicated server (latest stable - to do experimental use "app_update 294420 -beta latest_experimental" ...Steam doing stuff... Success! App '294420' fully installed. Steam>quit <--------------- exist SteamCMD
A note about setting up 7 Days to Die dedicated server installation directory. I used full path: Steam>force_install_dir /home/<username>/7days2die because using relative paths ~/7d2d or ./7d2d with SteamCMD force_install_dir did not put my app files in default directory (not /home/steamy/7d2d). When I used full path /home/steamy/7d2d the install files went to /home/steamy/7d2d.
Note: Using SteamCDM "app_update" may overwrite configuration files so back them up before updating app.
Setup Byobu[edit | edit source]
See My Byobu notes for setting up Byobu for dedicated Steam user.
I configured Byobu to automatically launch at login since my dedicated server is headless and I want persistent terminals.
Create startup script[edit | edit source]
Create startup script for x86 64-bit installs:
echo "./7DaysToDieServer.x86_64 -configfile=serverconfig.xml -logfile 7DaysToDieServer_Data/output_log__`date +%Y-%m-%d__%H-%M-%S`.txt -quit -batchmode -nographics -dedicated" > startserver.sh
Modify serverconfig.xml file[edit | edit source]
Edit server configuration
steamy@hammerhead:~/7d2d$ vi serverconfig.xml
Valmod Overhaul setup[edit | edit source]
Valmod Overhaul mod.
To download and install Valmod Overhaul mod:
steamy@hammerhead:~/7d2d$ wget https://github.com/7days2mod/Valmod-Overhaul/archive/master.zip --2018-08-25 15:18:19-- https://github.com/7days2mod/Valmod-Overhaul/archive/master.zip Resolving github.com (github.com)... 192.30.253.113, 192.30.253.112 Connecting to github.com (github.com)|192.30.253.113|:443... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found Location: https://codeload.github.com/7days2mod/Valmod-Overhaul/zip/master [following] --2018-08-25 15:18:20-- https://codeload.github.com/7days2mod/Valmod-Overhaul/zip/master Resolving codeload.github.com (codeload.github.com)... 192.30.253.121, 192.30.253.120 Connecting to codeload.github.com (codeload.github.com)|192.30.253.121|:443... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 12192045 (12M) [application/zip] Saving to: ‘master.zip’ master.zip 100%[==================================================================================================>] 11.63M 28.0MB/s in 0.4s 2018-08-25 15:18:20 (28.0 MB/s) - ‘master.zip’ saved [12192045/12192045]
Unpack zip files
steamy@hammerhead:~/7d2d$ unzip master.zip ...stuff being unzipped...
Now you should have this directory structure:
steamy@hammerhead:~/7d2d$ ls -l Valmod-Overhaul-master/ total 128 drwxrwxr-x 5 steamy steamy 4096 Aug 19 19:38 'Bigger Backpack Mod' drwxrwxr-x 4 steamy steamy 4096 Aug 19 19:38 Data -rw-rw-r-- 1 steamy steamy 506 Aug 19 19:38 'Install Instructions.txt' drwxrwxr-x 4 steamy steamy 4096 Aug 19 19:38 Mods -rw-rw-r-- 1 steamy steamy 111241 Aug 19 19:38 ValmodInstallPhoto.png steamy@hammerhead:~/7d2d$
Copy the Valmod-Overhaul-master/Data Valmod-Overhaul-master/Mods directories up one level into 7 Days to Die installation directory:
steamy@hammerhead:~/7d2d$ cp -r Valmod-Overhaul-master/Mods ./ steamy@hammerhead:~/7d2d$ cp -r Valmod-Overhaul-master/Data ./ steamy@hammerhead:~/7d2d$ ls -l total 61428 drwxrwxr-x 6 steamy steamy 4096 Aug 25 15:00 7DaysToDieServer_Data -rwxrwxr-x 1 steamy steamy 24731600 Aug 25 12:41 7DaysToDieServer.x86 -rwxrwxr-x 1 steamy steamy 25004592 Aug 25 12:41 7DaysToDieServer.x86_64 drwxrwxr-x 7 steamy steamy 4096 Aug 25 12:41 Data -rwxrwxr-x 1 steamy steamy 922064 Aug 25 12:41 libstdc++.so.6 -rw-rw-r-- 1 steamy steamy 12192045 Aug 25 15:18 master.zip drwxrwxr-x 4 steamy steamy 4096 Aug 25 15:23 Mods -rwxrwxr-x 1 steamy steamy 7763 Aug 25 14:52 serverconfig.xml -rwxrwxr-x 1 steamy steamy 163 Aug 25 14:59 startserver.sh -rwxrwxr-x 1 steamy steamy 887 Aug 25 14:14 startserver.sh.bak -rwxrwxr-x 1 steamy steamy 6 Aug 25 12:41 steam_appid.txt drwxrwxr-x 5 steamy steamy 4096 Aug 25 12:41 steamapps drwxrwxr-x 5 steamy steamy 4096 Aug 19 19:38 Valmod-Overhaul-master
Remove Valmod master zip and Valmod-Overhaul-master directory:
steamy@hammerhead:~/7d2d$ rm master.zip
steamy@hammerhead:~/7d2d$ rm -r Valmod-Overhaul-master/
Ravenhearst Mod[edit | edit source]
Install game on dedicated Ubuntu server
$ steamcmd Steam>login anonymous Steam>force_install_dir /home/steamy/rh Steam>app_update 294420 Steam>quit
Change to rh directory, download mod, and configure files
$ cd rh $ wget https://gitlab.com/jaxteller718/rh_5_4_17_4_server/-/archive/master/rh_5_4_17_4_server-master.zip $ unzip rh_5_4_17_4_server-master.zip $ cp -r rh_5_4_17_4_server-master/* ./ $ ls -l total 2453608 drwxrwxr-x 6 steamy steamy 4096 Jul 4 15:16 7DaysToDieServer_Data -rwxrwxr-x 1 steamy steamy 25555564 Jul 4 15:14 7DaysToDieServer.x86 -rwxrwxr-x 1 steamy steamy 25622120 Jul 4 15:14 7DaysToDieServer.x86_64 drwxrwxr-x 8 steamy steamy 4096 Jul 4 15:16 Data -rwxrwxr-x 1 steamy steamy 922064 Jul 4 15:16 libstdc++.so.6 drwxrwxr-x 2 steamy steamy 4096 Jul 4 15:16 Licenses drwxrwxr-x 20 steamy steamy 4096 Jun 21 11:15 Mods drwxrwxr-x 4 steamy steamy 4096 Jul 4 15:22 rh_5_4_17_4_server-master -rw-rw-r-- 1 steamy steamy 2438362114 Jul 4 15:19 rh_5_4_17_4_server-master.zip -rwxrwxr-x 1 steamy steamy 12139 Jul 4 15:16 serverconfig.xml -rwxrwxr-x 1 steamy steamy 887 Jul 4 15:16 startserver.sh -rwxrwxr-x 1 steamy steamy 6 Jul 4 15:16 steam_appid.txt drwxrwxr-x 5 steamy steamy 4096 Jul 4 15:16 steamapps -rwxrwxr-x 1 steamy steamy 21967073 Jul 4 15:15 steamclient.so $ ls -l Mods/ total 72 drwxrwxr-x 3 steamy steamy 4096 Jun 21 11:15 JaxTeller718_NightTerrorsHordes drwxrwxr-x 3 steamy steamy 4096 Jun 21 11:15 JaxTeller718_PickupFurniture drwxrwxr-x 3 steamy steamy 4096 Jun 21 11:15 QuestSkillPoints drwxrwxr-x 4 steamy steamy 4096 Jun 21 11:15 Ravenhearst drwxrwxr-x 3 steamy steamy 4096 Jun 21 11:15 RELXIX_UI_CompassCenterHighlight drwxrwxr-x 3 steamy steamy 4096 Jun 21 11:15 RELXIX_UI_CompassStats drwxrwxr-x 3 steamy steamy 4096 Jun 21 11:15 RELXIX_UI_MenuStats drwxrwxr-x 3 steamy steamy 4096 Jun 21 11:15 RELXIX_UI_MenuTime drwxrwxr-x 3 steamy steamy 4096 Jun 21 11:15 RELXIX_UI_PlayerStats drwxrwxr-x 3 steamy steamy 4096 Jun 21 11:15 RELXIX_UI_ToolbeltSlotNumbers drwxrwxr-x 3 steamy steamy 4096 Jun 21 11:15 RELXIX_UI_ZDP2_ZombieKillsDeaths drwxrwxr-x 3 steamy steamy 4096 Jun 21 11:15 RobelotoCustomZombiesV20 drwxrwxr-x 3 steamy steamy 4096 Jun 21 11:15 SMXhudBBM drwxrwxr-x 5 steamy steamy 4096 Jun 21 11:15 SMXmenu drwxrwxr-x 3 steamy steamy 4096 Jun 21 11:15 TheaterScreens drwxrwxr-x 3 steamy steamy 4096 Jun 21 11:15 VehicleAdjustments drwxrwxr-x 3 steamy steamy 4096 Jun 21 11:15 VideoPlayers drwxrwxr-x 3 steamy steamy 4096 Jun 21 11:15 ZombieHitDetriments
Copy serverconfig.xml to new XML file (I used ravenNoobs.xml and modify to your liking).
Start dedicated server
$ ./startserver.sh -configfile=ravenNoobs.xml
Starting dedicated server[edit | edit source]
Start dedicated server
steamy@hammerhead:~/7d2d$ ./startserver.sh -configfile=<xml_file_name.xml>
Now detach session and then logout of SSH using Byobu by pressing F6. Your terminals sessions are persistent on dedicated server.
Connect to your server.
Default 7 Days to Die dedicated server save game directory[edit | edit source]
The default location is in ~/.local/share/7DaysToDie/
To view the contents:
steamy@hammerhead:~$ ls -l ~/.local/share/7DaysToDie/
Resources[edit | edit source]
7 Days to Die dedicated server Valve Software developer page
7 Days to Die dedicated server Linux community setup page
Host multiple 7 Days to Die servers
Some file locations[edit | edit source]
Some file locations that 7 Days to Die uses
- Character .ttp files in format of <steamid>.ttp
- serveradmin.xml
Root directory
/home/<username>/.local/share/7DaysToDie/Saves/