This script is intended to keep the files of steam games as well as their dedicated server counterparts cached locally. The script can be run as a cron (without any overlap due to lockfile) to make sure that regular check-ups occur to grab the latest versions of each game.
The games can then be copied over to wherever you want them to run. An example use-case is for game servers on Pterodactyl Panel, where you want to make installing Steam games quicker by maintaining a copy of all the game files locally which you can then copy to new servers during their (egg) insallation process.
The script can run anywhere Docker and Python can run.
- Docker
- Python 3.6 >
- Pip
apt-get install python3 python3-pip
pip3 install requests python-dotenv --break-system-packages
(Debian/Ubuntu)
python3 run.py --app_ids=376030,258550 --install_path=/var/lib/steam_cache
The path where the game files will be stored and / or checked on follow-up runs.
Setting /var/lib/steam_cache will put each game in /var/lib/steam_cache/APP_ID
This must be a full path.
The Steam APP IDs to install as a comma-separated string.
Get APP IDs from: https://steamdb.info
Be aware that most games have different APP IDs for the game itself and it's dedicated server counterpart.
Maximum number of concurrent APP IDs to process using threading.
Whether the SteamCMD docker container should run in interactive mode or not. If you are running this script in crontab, you should set --interactive=False as crontab is not an interactive environment.
If you want, you can configure Slack to notify if the script errors.
Check these environment variables in the .env
SLACK_BOT_CHANNEL=channelName
SLACK_BOT_TOKEN=slackToken
NODE_NAME="nodeName" # Included in the notification on Slack to differentiate where the script runs.
The SLACK_BOT_TOKEN must be gathered by creating a Slack application first: https://api.slack.com/apps