Valheim

Docker

Environment Variables

Variable	Default	Required	Description
NAME	Valheim Docker	TRUE	The name of your server! Make it fun and unique!
WORLD	Dedicated	TRUE	This is used to generate the name of your world.
PORT	2456	TRUE	Sets the port your server will listen on. Take not it will also listen on +2 (ex: 2456, 2457, 2458)
PASSWORD	12345	TRUE	Set this to something unique!
TZ	America/Los_Angeles	FALSE	Sets what timezone your container is running on. This is used for timestamps and cron jobs. Click Here for which timezones are valid.
AUTO_UPDATE	0	FALSE	Set to 1 if you want your container to auto update! This means at 1 am it will update, stop, and then restart your server.

Docker Compose

version: "3"
services:
  valheim:
    image: mbround18/valheim:latest
    ports:
      - 2456:2456/udp
      - 2457:2457/udp
      - 2458:2458/udp
    env:
      NAME: "Valheim Docker"
      WORLD: "Dedicated"
      PORT: "2456"
      PASSWORD: "something-secret"
      TZ: "America/Los_Angeles"
      AUTO_UPDATE: "0"
    volumes:
    - ./valheim/saves:/home/steam/.config/unity3d/IronGate/Valheim
    - ./valheim/server:/home/steam/valheim

Odin

Odin is a CLI tool utilized for installing, starting, and stopping Valheim servers

Gotchas

• Odin relies on Rust. Please install Rust
• Odin also assumes that you have SteamCMD already installed. Install instructions for SteamCMD.
• If you have the proper build tools installed you should be able to run Odin on any system.
• Current Supported Architecture: Unix & Linux based systems. Windows coming soon.

Installation

Make sure you have build essentials installed before you install this crate

cargo install --git https://github.com/mbround18/valheim-docker.git --branch main

Usage

Install Valheim

odin install

Start Valheim

odin start

Stop Valheim

odin stop

Versions:

• latest (Stable):
  • Readme update to include the versions section and environment variables section.
• 1.1.1 (Stable):
  • Includes PR #10 to fix the double world argument.
• 1.1.0 (Stable):
  • Includes fix for #3 and #8.
  • Improves the script interface and separation of concerns, files now have a respective code file that supports interactions for cleaner development experience.
  • Docker image is cleaned up to provide a better usage experience. There is now an AUTO_UPDATE feature.
  • Has a bug where the script has two entries for the world argument.
• 1.0.0 (Stable):
  • It works! It will start your server and stop when you shutdown.
  • This supports passing in environment variables or arguments to odin
  • Has a bug in which it does not read passed in variables appropriately to Odin. Env variables are not impacted see #3.