Docker Valheim Server

Original Project

• Github repo
• Docker hub

Setup

This assumes you will run the Valheim server on a Linux server.

Install the requirements

1. Git

   # If this command prints the version of git, then it's already installed
   git --version
   # If git isn't already installed, you can probably install it via your package manager
   sudo apt install git # For Ubuntu/Debian

Note

For distributions other than Ubuntu/Debian, go to Git's installation page to find out how to install it

2. Docker

   # Download install script
   curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com -o install-docker.sh
   # Do dry run to verify steps
   sh install-docker.sh --dry-run
   # Run as root to install Docker
   sudo sh install-docker.sh

Run the Valheim server

1. Clone the repo

   git clone https://github.com/btc-raspberrypiclub/piclub-valheim-server
   cd piclub-valheim-server

2. Copy and edit the example environment file

   cp example.env .env
   nano .env

Note

For more configuration options, see the valheim-server-docker repo

3. Create the config and data directories

   mkdir config data

   The config directory will hold server configuration, world files, and backups.

   The data directory is where the Valheim server executable and data will be installed to.

4. Start the server

   docker compose up

   The initial startup will take a while after running this command (the world has to be generated).

   To monitor the process, you can look at the logs:

   docker compose logs -f

   You can safely stop viewing the logs (by pressing Ctrl + C) and the server will keep running.

   If you want to stop the server, run:

   docker compose down