How To Setup Digital Ocean VPS for Don't Starve Together

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|== HOW TO SETUP A VIRTUAL PRIVATE SERVER FOR ==|
|== DON'T STARVE TOGETHER USING DIGITAL OCEAN ==|
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This guide is going to make some assumptions:

1. You have or can open an account with DigitalOcean
2. You are using Windows OS and can download and install PuTTY

Please keep in mind that this guide is a product of it's time (2018), it's quite possible that in the future changes that break the functionality of this guide but as of the time I recorded this I can verify it works if you follow the instructions.

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== Setting up Digital Ocean ==
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- Log into your Digital Ocean Account (digitalocean.com)

- On the top of the home page click the "Create" dropdown menu

- From that Dropdown menu click "Droplets"

- Under "Choose an image" click the box that says "Ubuntu"

- Under "Choose a size" click on the $15/month plan that gives you 2 GB Memory and 2vCPUS

- Skip backups and adding block storage

- Under "Choose a datacenter region" click the location closest to your current location for best performance

- You can ignore the additional options and adding an SSH key

- Under "How many Droplets" keep the default

- Under "Choose a hostname" give the droplet a name you'll recognize or leave the default

- Under "Select a project" you can keep the default

- Click the "Create" button.

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== Setting up PuTTY ==
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- Download and install PuTTY (www.putty.org)

- Copy the new IP address from your newly created droplet

- Run PuTTY, under "category" select "Session"

- Paste the IP Address in the box that says "Host Name", click "Open" button

- For username use "root"

- For password check your Digital Ocean email address

- Log in and change the temp root password emailed to you to something more secure

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== Insalling the DST Server ==
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- The following commands should be pasted into the PuTTY terminal in the order they appear. Lines with a hasktag (#) at the start are comments and shouldn't be pasted into PuTTY.

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386

# this updates your new droplet
sudo apt-get update && time sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

# this installs needed dependencies to run the DST server
sudo apt-get install libstdc++6:i386 libgcc1:i386 libcurl4-gnutls-dev:i386

# this addes a new user named 'dst'
adduser dst

# this adds the new dst user to the sudo group
usermod -aG sudo dst

# this changes active terminal account from 'root' to 'dst'
su dst

# this installs steamcmd
mkdir ~/steamcmd
cd ~/steamcmd
wget https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/client/installer/steamcmd_linux.tar.gz
tar -xvzf steamcmd_linux.tar.gz

# this makes folders for master and cave server shards
mkdir -p ~/.klei/DoNotStarveTogether/MyDediServer/Master
mkdir -p ~/.klei/DoNotStarveTogether/MyDediServer/Caves

# this creates your server token file, if you don't yet have your cluster token you'll need to create one
echo 'enter your server token here' > ~/.klei/DoNotStarveTogether/MyDediServer/cluster_token.txt

# Create your cluster.ini file
base64 -di > ~/.klei/DoNotStarveTogether/MyDediServer/cluster.ini <<< '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'

# Create your Master server.ini
base64 -di > ~/.klei/DoNotStarveTogether/MyDediServer/Master/server.ini <<< 'W05FVFdPUktdCnNlcnZlcl9wb3J0ID0gMTEwMDAKCgpbU0hBUkRdCmlzX21hc3RlciA9IHRydWUKCgpbU1RFQU1dCm1hc3Rlcl9zZXJ2ZXJfcG9ydCA9IDI3MDE4CmF1dGhlbnRpY2F0aW9uX3BvcnQgPSA4NzY4Cg=='

# Create your Caves server.ini
base64 -di > ~/.klei/DoNotStarveTogether/MyDediServer/Caves/server.ini <<< 'W05FVFdPUktdCnNlcnZlcl9wb3J0ID0gMTEwMDEKCgpbU0hBUkRdCmlzX21hc3RlciA9IGZhbHNlCm5hbWUgPSBDYXZlcwoKCltTVEVBTV0KbWFzdGVyX3NlcnZlcl9wb3J0ID0gMjcwMTkKYXV0aGVudGljYXRpb25fcG9ydCA9IDg3NjkK'

# Create your Caves worldgenoverride.lua
base64 -di > ~/.klei/DoNotStarveTogether/MyDediServer/Caves/worldgenoverride.lua <<< 'cmV0dXJuIHsKICAgIG92ZXJyaWRlX2VuYWJsZWQgPSB0cnVlLAogICAgcHJlc2V0ID0gIkRTVF9DQVZFIiwKfQo='

# Create the script that will run the servers.
base64 -di > ~/run_dedicated_servers.sh <<< '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'

# Give the script executable permissions
chmod u+x ~/run_dedicated_servers.sh

# Run the script to start the dedicated servers
~/run_dedicated_servers.sh

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== Credits ==
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This guide is based on the Dedicated Server Quick Setup Guide for Linux created by 255 on the Don't Starve Together Forums (https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/64441-dedicated-server-quick-setup-guide-linux/)

It has been adapted here to work with Digital Ocean, a cloud service provider which allows you to rent virtualized servers (www.digitalocean.com)

This revised guide was created by RazingHel (razinghel.com) if you have any additional questions join my Discord and send me a message there: https://discord.gg/hEDTMCs