Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead Server

This repository contains the files required to build an image with the dependencies to operate an Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead server, using Docker and Wine to achieve this.

Note

These instructions assume basic understanding of git and docker CLI use, that you have a Linux environment capable of executing these commands, and a disk with at least 10 GB of available space.

Requirements

• Steam account owning the game

Setup

git clone https://github.com/pridit/docker-arma2oaserver-wine.git

Make a copy of the three .example files, removing this suffix, and modify server configuration with your own preferences.

Start by building the image so we can use it later:

docker build -t arma2oaserver .

Note

It is normal for the image build process to take some time, potentially up to 15 minutes.

Game Content

This image does not contain any data files, given that this is licensed content that cannot be downloaded without an active subscription to the packages on Steam. As a result, we'll be mounting a Docker volume at runtime.

For this purpose, I would recommend leveraging the official SteamCMD Docker image and having that content ready/merged (if using assets from Arma 2).

Important

This data needs to exist before starting the container, however you choose to do that. If you already have game data in a volume, this section can be skipped.

docker volume create arma2oa

docker run -it \
    -v arma2oa:/root/Steam \
    steamcmd/steamcmd:latest \
    +@sSteamCmdForcePlatformType windows \
    +login USERNAME PASSWORD

Once authenticated you will be presented with a prompt inside the container.

Warning

Due to quirks with either the package or SteamCMD, the download process may erroneously fail and in such cases the following commands must be executed repeatedly to complete.

To download Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead content:

app_update 33930 validate

To download Arma 2 content:

app_update 33900 validate

Note

Arma 2 exists under two different package App IDs. 33910 (RoW) and 33900 (bought directly on Steam). Depending on how your Steam account owns Arma 2 the command line may need to change.

Once this has downloaded you can exit the prompt with quit and move on.

Container

Now that we have a built image and a volume with the game data we can start the container as follows:

docker run -d \
    --name=arma2oaserver \
    --net=host \
    --restart unless-stopped \
    -v arma2oa:/arma2oa \
    -v $PWD/keys:/arma2oa/steamapps/common/Arma\ 2\ Operation\ Arrowhead/Expansion/Keys \
    -v $PWD/mpmissions:/arma2oa/steamapps/common/Arma\ 2\ Operation\ Arrowhead/MPMissions \
    -v $PWD/logs:/arma2oa/steamapps/common/Arma\ 2\ Operation\ Arrowhead/logs \
    -v $PWD/params:/arma2oa/steamapps/common/Arma\ 2\ Operation\ Arrowhead/params \
    -v $PWD/profiles:/arma2oa/steamapps/common/Arma\ 2\ Operation\ Arrowhead/profiles \
    -v $PWD/basic.cfg:/arma2oa/steamapps/common/Arma\ 2\ Operation\ Arrowhead/basic.cfg \
    -v $PWD/server.cfg:/arma2oa/steamapps/common/Arma\ 2\ Operation\ Arrowhead/server.cfg \
    arma2oaserver

Shared Content

To support shared content directories you are going to want to merge from Arma 2 into Arma 2 Operation Arrowhead are the following:

• AddOns
• Dta

RCON

To enable RCON we need to create a new file called beserver.cfg as per the below:

echo "RConPassword CHANGEME" > $PWD/profiles/BattlEye/beserver.cfg

Note

This file will be automatically renamed.

Attribution

With thanks to adamharley/torch-docker, from which this repository is loosely based from.