Probably, the fastest and easiest way to set up an old-school Xash3D FWGS dedicated server. You don't need to know anything about Linux or XashDS to start a server. You just need PC or VDS on x86_64 architecture with installed Linux and Docker.

We have plans to support more mods in the future. But currently, only Half-Life Deathmatch is supported.

You can use this Docker Compose file below as a base for your custom configuration. If you don't need custom configuration - just use this preset as is and proceed to next steps.

services:
  xashds:
    image: snmetamorph/xashds-hldm:latest
    build: .
    container_name: xashds-hldm
    restart: always
    tty: true
    stdin_open: true
    command: +map crossfire
    ports:
      - '27015:27015/udp'

Note: any server config command can be passed to command section in Docker Compose file.

By default, server will start on 27015 UDP port. When you're finished with configuration and ready to start a server just run:

sudo docker compose up -d

After that, Docker container with XashDS will be created and server will automatically start on system startup and auto-restarting in case of crash.

If you want to stop a server and completely remove all XashDS containers, run:

sudo docker compose down

git clone https://github.com/FWGS/xashds-docker.git
cd xashds-docker
sudo docker build --no-cache -t snmetamorph/xashds-hldm:latest .

• Game assets from HLDS, build number 8308
• Xash3D FWGS dedicated server, latest version
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• AMX Mod X, version 1.9.0.5294
• jk_botti, version 1.43
• Minimal config preset, such as mp_timelimit, public 1 and mapcycle

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