barnumc/RustLinuxOxideSetup

Setup guide for Rust Server on Linux with the Oxide plugin

RustLinuxOxideSetup

Run setup.sh

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Setup guide for Rust Server on Linux with the Oxide plugin

sudo yum install glibc.i686 libstdc++.i686 glibc libstdc++ expect screen
useradd rust

NOTE: In order to use screen as user rust, you must ssh into the user. it wont work right if you 'su' to your rust user. just run ssh-keygen as another user (like root) and then copy the key into the rust user then just ssh rust@0 or ssh rust@127.0.0.1

As the rust user:

mkdir .ssh
chmod 700 .ssh
touch .ssh/authorized_keys
chmod 600 .ssh/authorized_keys
yum install glibc libstdc++
mkdir ~/steamcmd && cd ~/steamcmd
curl -sqL 'https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/client/installer/steamcmd_linux.tar.gz' | tar zxvf -
./steamcmd.sh

Let it run for the first time then quit.

vim ./updaterust.ex

Insert:

#!/usr/bin/expect

set timeout -1
spawn ./steamcmd.sh
expect "Steam>"
send "login anonymous\r"
expect "Steam>"
send "app_update 258550\r"
expect "Steam>"
send \003
send "\r"
expect eof

And save.

chmod 700 updaterust.ex

Install rust using the updater:

./updaterust.ex

Set up the start script:

cd ~/Steam/steamapps/common/rust_dedicated/
vim start.sh

Insert:

#!/bin/sh
clear
while :
do
echo "Starting server...\n"
exec ./RustDedicated -batchmode -nographics \
-server.ip 0.0.0.0 \
-server.port 28015 \
-rcon.ip 0.0.0.0 \
-rcon.port 28016 \
-rcon.password "placeyourrconpasswordhere" \
-server.maxplayers 500 \
-server.hostname "Here is what I want my server to be in the list when people on rust look for it" \
-server.identity "myondiskarbitraryrustservername" \
-server.level "Procedural Map" \
-server.seed 12345 \ ### Look up rust level seed maps on google to see the map first
-server.worldsize 8000 \ ### Levelsize divided by 4 plus 500 = max distance the shore will be, ie 8000/4=2000+500=2500 so -2500 to 2500
-server.saveinterval 15 \ ### Time in seconds to flush all ingame building/item/inventory adjustments to disk. WARNING a sync in bash does NOT do this, set it low, 1 is not bad for only 2-5 players all building.
-server.globalchat true \
-server.description "Powered by Oxide" \
-server.headerimage "http://oxidemod.org/styles/oxide/logo.png" \
-server.url "http://oxidemod.org"
echo "\nRestarting server...\n"
done

And save.

chmod 700 ./start.sh

Install oxide, too (do this every time rust server has to update):

curl -sqL 'https://github.com/OxideMod/Snapshots/raw/master/Oxide-Rust_Linux.zip' > oxide.zip
unzip oxide.zip

Run the server to populate oxide data

./start.sh

Wait a moment

Ctrl-C to stop the server

Set up symlinks to your server and oxide folders to save time:

ln -s ~/Steam/steamapps/common/rust_dedicated/ ~/server

Update this path with your server identity name

ln -s ~/Steam/steamapps/common/rust_dedicated/server/myondiskarbitraryrustservername/oxide ~/oxide

Get into a screen session so the server runs after you close your terminal, and start rust server:

screen

Opens up a terminal in a screen session, placing you into your home directory where you added the 'server' symlink

cd server
./start.sh

Press ctrl-a then press ctrl-d to detach from screen

Run screen -x to re-attach to it later

Connect to rcon using RustAdmin on port 28016 using the rcon pw and run 'server.writecfg' to populate the 'cfg' folder with config files to let you add admins/mods. see also http://oxidemod.org/threads/server-commands-for-rust.6404/