Project Zomboid Server

Supported Zomboid version

41.78.16

This has to do with the supported server.ini settings that can be modified from the docker compose environment variables.

Volumes

• /data/server-file Project Zomboid server file
• /data/config Database and configuration file

Environment varibles

Steam

• STEAMPORT1 Steam port (default: 8766)
• STEAMPORT2 Steam port (default: 8767)

Project Zomboid Server

• SERVER_NAME Name of your server (for db & ini file). Warning: don't use special characters or spaces.
• SERVER_PASSWORD Password of your server used to connect to it
• SERVER_ADMIN_PASSWORD Admin password on your server (default: pzadmin)
• SERVER_PORT Game server port (default: 16261)
• SERVER_BRANCH Name of the beta branch
• SERVER_PUBLIC Public server (default: false)
• SERVER_PUBLIC_NAME Public name of your server
• SERVER_PUBLIC_DESC Public description of your server
• SERVER_MAX_PLAYER Maximum number of players on your server (default: 16)

Mods

• MODS "mod_id1;mod_id2;..."
• WORKSHOPITEMS "workshop_id1;workshop_id2;..."

Toggling anticheat protection types

• Supported types: 1-24
• ANTICHEAT_PROTECTION_TYPE1 "true"
• ...
• ANTICHEAT_PROTECTION_TYPE24 "false"
• Defaults to all protection types being enabled

Spawn point

• SPAWN_POINT x,y,z
• Defaults to 0,0,0. Which disables the fixed spawn point

RCON

• RCON_PORT RCON port (default: 27015)
• RCON_PASSWORD RCON password

System User

• UID User Id (default: 1000)
• GID Group ID (default: 1000)

Expose

• 8766 Steam port 1 (udp)
• 8767 Steam port 2 (udp)
• 27015 RCON
• 16261 Game server (udp)

Docker Compose

Example of docker compose file

version: "3.8"

services:
  project-zomboid:
    container_name: pzserver
    image: pepecitron/projectzomboid-server
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      SERVER_ADMIN_PASSWORD: "pzadmin"
      SERVER_PASSWORD: "secretpassword"
    ports:
      - "8766:8766/udp"
      - "8767:8767/udp"
      - "16261:16261/udp"
    volumes:
      - ./data/server-file:/data/server-file
      - ./data/config:/data/config

Help

Server Configuration

The servers configuration can be set via the servers <SERVER_NAME>.ini and <SERVER_NAME>_SandboxVars.lua, which are located at the path of the mounted config volume. The server needs to be restarted for the changes to take effect. Gameserver updates are applied automatically by restarting the container.

Mods

Mods can be added by modifying the properties WorkshopItems and Mods in the generated .ini server file.

# List of Workshop Mods must be separated by semicolon
WorkshopItems=2778991696;2392709985;...

Mods=Hydrocraft;tsarslib;...

Newly added mods and updates for existing mods are applied automatically by restarting the container.

Multiple Servers

Different servers must use different ports, which can be configured individually via the STEAMPORT1 and STEAMPORT2 environment variables. These port-configurations must be reflected in the service's ports section. To avoid problems during server updates, different volumes should be mounted. The new public gameserver port (16261, 16262, etc.) must be used ingame to connect to the new server.

version: "3.8"

services:
  server-1:
    container_name: pzserver-server-1
    image: pepecitron/projectzomboid-server
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      SERVER_NAME: "server-1"
    ports:
      - "8766:8766/udp"
      - "8767:8767/udp"
      - "16261:16261/udp"
    volumes:
      - ./data/server-file-server-1:/data/server-file
      - ./data/config:/data/config
  server-2:
    container_name: pzserver-server-2
    image: pepecitron/projectzomboid-server
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      SERVER_NAME: "server-2"
      STEAMPORT1: 8768
      STEAMPORT2: 8769
    ports:
      - "8768:8768/udp"
      - "8769:8769/udp"
      - "16262:16261/udp"
    volumes:
      - ./data/server-file-server-2:/data/server-file
      - ./data/config:/data/config