diablo2-server-docker

One tap creation of a docker image containing all the necessary components required to run a Diablo 2 private server

Used to host a Diablo II server at nanibot.net

The created docker image will have the following applications managed by Supervisor:

1. bnetd
2. d2cs
3. d2dbs
4. d2gs (Emulated using Wine)

Prerequisites for building

1. Hashicorp Packer
2. Docker

Prerequisites for running

1. Docker
2. Docker-compose (required on the machine which will host the server)

Instructions

1. Modify the variables in variables.auto.pkrvars.hcl
2. Run packer build . to create the docker image. This step takes around 30 minutes on a decent quad-core. Build time is long because Wine is compiled from source.
3. Copy the contents under the generated folder to your VPS or to the location you want to host the server from.
4. Load the docker image from the tar file by using sudo docker load -i <image-name>
5. From the location containing the data folder and the docker-compose.yml file, run sudo docker-compose up -d

For a running server, the following log files will be present under data/var/:

1. bnetd.log
2. d2cs.log
3. d2dbs-gs.log
4. d2dbs.log
5. d2gs.log - This log file will be empty as d2gs logs directly to the folder where D2GS.exe is present (i.e. inside the docker container)