Pterodactyl Rust Auto Wipe

Scheduling tool built with nodejs to automatically wipe Rust servers hosted on the Pterodactyl panel.

Features

• Wipe scheduling system using cron jobs
• Wipe multiple servers with different wipe schedules
• Force wipe support (watches for rust updates on first thursday of the month)
• Delete files with glob file matching
• Automatically change map seed or custom map url from predefined list
• Generate random map seed
• Detailed wipe logs
• Logs older than 90 days are automatically deleted
• Docker support

Pterodactyl Client API

Before starting the auto wipe system you will need to generate a Pterodactyl client API key (https://pterodactyl.panel/account/api) and retrieve the server ids for the rust servers you would like to wipe.

Server ids can be found in the url when viewing the server in the panel (https://pterodactyl.panel/server/SERVER_ID).

Configuration

Wipe Schedule

The wipe schedule uses a cron job and is based on the number of days since the first Thursday of the month (force wipe day). To build a wipe schedule count the number of days since the first Thursday of the month for each day you would like to wipe.

Using the calendar above as an example, the following wipe schedule will wipe weekly every Thursday @ 2PM.

{
  "cron": "0 14 * * *",
  "timezone": "America/New_York",
  "wipeSchedule": [
    {
      "daysSinceForceWipe": 0,
      "bpWipe": true
    },
    {
      "daysSinceForceWipe": 7,
      "bpWipe": false
    },
    {
      "daysSinceForceWipe": 14,
      "bpWipe": false
    },
    {
      "daysSinceForceWipe": 21,
      "bpWipe": false
    },
    {
      "daysSinceForceWipe": 28,
      "bpWipe": false
    }
  ]
}

Force Wipe

Rust updates are usually released around 2PM EST on the first Thursday of each month. The script creates a timer to watch for the latest Oxide mod update (umod.org) starting at 1PM EST on the first Thursday of the month and checks for an update every 2 minutes.

In the servers wipe schedule, 0 days since force wipe is considered force wipe day.

{
  "daysSinceForceWipe": 0,
  "bpWipe": true
}

Deleting files

Delete files with glob file matching starting from the root directory /home/container

{
  "root": "/server/rust",
  "files": [
    "player.deaths.*.db*",
    "player.identities.*.db*",
    "player.states.*.db*",
    "player.tokens.db*",
    "sv.files.*.db*",
    "*.map",
    "*.sav*"
  ]
}

Files can be deleted based on the type of wipe by using the following server config options.

• filesToDeleteOnForceWipe - Files to delete on force wipe day
• filesToDeleteOnBPWipe - Files to delete on BP wipe day
• filesToDeleteOnWipe - Files to delete on every wipe day

Note: Blueprint files are automatically deleted on BP wipe days, you do not need to specify blueprint files within filesToDeleteOnBPWipe. The list is intended for any other files you would like to delete on BP wipe days.

Server Messages

Messages are broadcast to the server when a wipe is starting or when a new force wipe update has been released. A countdown will start based on wipeCountdownSeconds (default 5 minutes) and will countdown the last 30 seconds before the server restarts for wipe.

Map Seed / Custom Map URL

Randomly generated map seeds, predefined map seeds and custom map urls are supported.

• Make sure that server.seed and server.levelurl are removed from your /rust/server/cfg/server.cfg!
• Add the map size (server.worldsize) to your server.cfg or as a startup variable.
• Map seeds will be ignored if a custom map list is defined.
• Map seeds and map urls are randomly chosen from list.
• Map seeds are randomly generated if both seeds and maps lists are empty.

Custom Map List

{
  "seeds": [],
  "maps": [
    "https://link.to/my/custom/rust_map_1.map",
    "https://link.to/my/custom/rust_map_2.map",
    "https://link.to/my/custom/rust_map_3.map"
  ]
}

Predefined Seed List

{
  "seeds": [
    1234,
    4567,
    8910
  ],
  "maps": []
}

Example Configuration

{
  "PTERO_API_URL": "https://pterodactyl.panel/api/client",
  "PTERO_API_KEY": "",
  "forceWipeCron": "0 13 * * 4",
  "forceWipeTimezone": "America/New_York",
  "messages": {
    "wipeStart": "[Auto Wipe] Server restarting for wipe in {0} minutes!",
    "wipeCountdown": "[Auto Wipe] Server restarting for wipe in {0}s!",
    "forceWipe": "[Auto Wipe] A new Rust update has been released! Please close Rust to download the update and rejoin when the server has wiped."
  },
  "servers": [
    {
      "_comment": "Weekly wipes every Thursday @ 2PM, monthly BP wipes",
      "enabled": true,
      "serverId": "0",
      "cron": "0 14 * * *",
      "timezone": "America/New_York",
      "wipeCountdownSeconds": 300,
      "seeds": [],
      "maps": [],
      "wipeSchedule": [
        {
          "daysSinceForceWipe": 0,
          "bpWipe": true
        },
        {
          "daysSinceForceWipe": 7,
          "bpWipe": false
        },
        {
          "daysSinceForceWipe": 14,
          "bpWipe": false
        },
        {
          "daysSinceForceWipe": 21,
          "bpWipe": false
        },
        {
          "daysSinceForceWipe": 28,
          "bpWipe": false
        }
      ],
      "filesToDeleteOnForceWipe": [],
      "filesToDeleteOnBPWipe": [],
      "filesToDeleteOnWipe": [
        {
          "root": "/server/rust",
          "files": [
            "player.deaths.*.db*",
            "player.identities.*.db*",
            "player.states.*.db*",
            "player.tokens.db*",
            "sv.files.*.db*",
            "*.map",
            "*.sav*"
          ]
        },
        {
          "root": "/oxide/data/ServerRewards",
          "files": [
            "player_data.json"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Docker

• Clone git repo to a new directory
• Build config.json based on config-example.json
• Pull latest image or build docker image from repo
• Create docker container with image

Pull Latest Docker Image

docker pull ghcr.io/clearshot-xs/pterodactyl-rust-auto-wipe:latest

docker run -d \
  -v $(pwd)/config.json:/app/config.json:ro \
  -v $(pwd)/logs:/app/logs \
  --name pterodactyl-rust-auto-wipe \
  ghcr.io/clearshot-xs/pterodactyl-rust-auto-wipe:latest

Build Docker Image

docker build . -t pterodactyl-rust-auto-wipe:latest

docker run -d \
  -v $(pwd)/config.json:/app/config.json:ro \
  -v $(pwd)/logs:/app/logs \
  --name pterodactyl-rust-auto-wipe \
  pterodactyl-rust-auto-wipe:latest

Without Docker

• Install NodeJS (v16.17.0 or higher) and NPM
• Clone git repo to a new directory
• Build config.json based on config-example.json
• Run npm install
• Launch script with node index.js or using a service manager such as systemd or PM2