terraform-aws-counter-strike-go

Terraform code for Counter Strike dedicated server on AWS

HOW TO USE?

1. Create a Game Server Login Token.
   Open https://steamcommunity.com/dev/managegameservers in your browser and login with your steam account.
   Create a new Login Token with the APP ID of 730 (Counter String GO Game) and add a Memo so you can remember where you are using this game token.

Save the token, you'll need it later to setup the instance.

2. Create an user on AWS and configure these environment variables accordingly:

AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID

3. terraform init
4. terraform plan --var-file=custom_vars.tfvars
5. Configure the token in custom_vars.tfvars file, token key.
6. terraform apply --var-file=custom_vars.tfvars
   1. If you want to pass or change any other variable in vars.tf use --var "KEY=VALUE". See vars.tf for the KEY. This will overrwide the KEY in custom_vars.tfvars file.

Server will start downloading CS:GO. It might take up to 30 minutes for you to be able to connect to the game server.

How To SSH Into The Server?

Terraform will create the id_rsa and id_rsa.pub ssh keys to be used to access the instance.

The instance will be created with a public IP assocciated and will output it in the end. To access the instance you should execute ssh ubuntu@PUBLIC_IP -i id_rsa changing PUBLIC_IP accordingly from the output.\

if you lost the output from terraform you can run terraform output and you'll find all information you need.

How To Connect To The Server From CSGO?

Open your terminal and type connect PUBLIC_IP changing PUBLIC_IP accordingly.

Change Game Mode

Reference: https://docs.linuxgsm.com/game-servers/counter-strike-global-offensive

Game Modes	Game Type	Game Mode	Map Group
Arms Race	1	0	mg_armsrace
Classic Casual	0	0	mg_casualsigma, mg_casualdelta
Classic Competitive	0	1	mg_active, mg_reserves, mg_hostage, mg_de_dust2
Custom	3	0
Deathmatch	1	2	mg_deathmatch
Demolition	1	1	mg_demolition
Wingman	0	2
Danger Zone	6	0	mg_dz_blacksite (map: dz_blacksite), mg_dz_sirocco (map: dz_irocco)

if you want to change the game type you can change them accordingly in custom_vars.tfvars

INPUT

Variable	Description	Default	Mandatory
token	Steam Token	-	yes
region	AWS Region	"eu-west-2"	yes
security_group_name	Security Group Name Prefix	"main"	yes
ebs_disk_size	Size for attached AWS EBS disk	"40"	no
instance_type	AWS Instance Type	"m5.large"	yes
password	CSGO Server Password (RCON and Private)	-	no
tags	CSGO Server Tags For Information	-	no
logging	CSGO Server Logging	"off"	no
game_type	CSGO Game Type	0	yes
game_mode	CSGO Server Game Mode	1	yes
map_group	CSGO Server Map Group	"mg_active, mg_reserves, mg_hostage, mg_de_dust2"	yes
default_map	CSGO Server Initial Map	"de_mirage"	yes
max_players	CSGO Server Max Players	"10"	yes

OUTPUT

Variable	Description
instance_public_ip	AWS Instance Public IP for RCON And Game Connection
password	CSGO Server Password (RCON and Private)
public_ssh_key	AWS Instance Public SSH Key
random_pet_name	CSGO Server Hostname Random String

Recommendations

To connect to the remote console use this cli rcon-cli.

TODO

• Implement Telegram or Discord notifications, see Alerts
• Remove Bots from the server on startup
• Any other ideas are welcome