Starting up a new dedicated server, fresh install, crashes upon starting.

[ovingiv]

Hello, I'm wanting to get into running a 7DtD server again for my friends and I but I'm running into an issue even getting it started. It's a fresh install of Ubuntu Server 18.04.

I followed this guide to installing the server

https://unixblogger.com/setup-7-days-to-die-server/

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My hardware (a bit overkill) is a Dell Poweredge T410

2x Xeon X5670

64gb DDR3 @ 1333MHz

3x 500GB SATA WD Velociraptor 10K drives.

Sovled by using SylenThunder idea of using LGSM for running a server.

 

[ovingiv]

Okay I was able to get it started however I now ran into a different issue to where it "Could not initialize GameServer"

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[SylenThunder]

ok, first one looks like you started the server previously, then killed the process while it was still doing map generation. Best bet to resolve that is to reboot the machine completely, wipe the slate, and then start over.

The second one seems to indicate that it can't reach Steam at all. Did you forward all the port ranges, and are you using UFW or IPTables?

Also, that guide is a bit dated, and is missing some important information. It's ok if you're really familiar with Linux and hosting, but IMHO you would be better off using something like LGSM just for the extra monitoring scripts and tools.

 

[ovingiv]

Hello and thanks for responding.

I wound up changing the start command and I was able to get it to at least "start". And for ports/UFW I have DMZ enabled for the PC ip and I have UFW disabled for now as long as I can get it running first I will re-enable it.

This is also showing up on the CLI.

mc@MineOS:~/steamcmd/7dtd_server$ ./7DaysToDieServer.x86_64 -logfile output.log -configfile=serverconfig.xml -nographics -dedicatedCreateDirectory '' failed: (current dir: )

[s_API FAIL] SteamAPI_Init() failed; SteamAPI_IsSteamRunning() failed.

dlopen failed trying to load:

steamclient.so

with error:

steamclient.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

[s_API FAIL] SteamAPI_Init() failed; unable to locate a running instance of Steam, or a local steamclient.so.

 

[meganoth]

There is a file steamclient.so in the installation directory of 7d2d. And it seems in ubuntu this library can't be found by the game. debian for example works fine.

You could try this: "cd [game install dir] ; ln -s ./steamclient.so /usr/lib/". Substitute [game install dir] with the installation directory, probably ~/steamcmd/7dtd_server

Or add the install dir to the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable before you start the game.

If it works I would be happy about a confirmation.

 

[ovingiv]

After adding the symbolic link, it now gives me

CreateDirectory '' failed: (current dir: )

[s_API FAIL] SteamAPI_Init() failed; SteamAPI_IsSteamRunning() failed.

dlopen failed trying to load:

steamclient.so

with error:

steamclient.so: cannot open shared object file: Too many levels of symbolic links

[s_API FAIL] SteamAPI_Init() failed; unable to locate a running instance of Steam, or a local steamclient.so.

So I'm trying out LGSM and its also giving me issues by not respecting the settings I've set for the serverconfig.xml. I've looked through out the entire directory and I can't find where it's getting the settings from.

Edit 2: ok it's making another .xml file named sdtserver.xml and using that for the serverconfig.xml.

It's now working and connectable.

 

[SylenThunder]

Yes, LGSM uses the sdtdserver.xml file so that an update won't nuke your config. It's a good practice to not use the default config file.

Good to hear you got it working.