Hi,
I'm trying to run a Linux dedicated server, using the GSDK and Unreal Engine. The Unreal Engine refuses to run as root, thus another user has to be used in the Docker container. The Config, GameCertificates, GameLogs and GameSharedContent are mounted with 755 permissions and root as owner, which results in permission denied errors, when trying to write logs or shared content files. Is there any way to fix this issue?
Please refer to the Setting up a Linux Dedicated Server on PlayFab section in PlayFab GSDK Unreal plugin.
Basically, in your Docker file, you will need to create a user to run as:
# Unreal refuses to run as root user, so we must create a user to run as
# Docker uses root by default
RUN useradd --system ue
USER ue
And then copy your server files with correct permissions:
COPY --chown=ue:ue . /server
Also, you will need a startup.sh script to add permission for game logs and actually run your server with the new user created:
chown -R ue.ue $PF_SERVER_LOG_DIRECTORY
su ue -c ./<projectname>Server.sh
Oh yeah with an extra startup script it should work. I previously used this linked Dockerfile from the docs.
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