CS: GO Terraform Module

A Terraform module to implement a CS: GO Server on AWS. You can read more about this project in our TechBlog.

The server is managed by Linux GSM (Game Server Manager) and deployed to EC2. The game server will be automatically registered, and alerts will be emitted to a webhook (if provided).

Deployment

Copy the example on examples/complete. then:

1. Generate a GSLT token from Steam (access https://steamcommunity.com/dev/managegameservers to generate, use app_id 730).
2. Update the configuration of main.tf to match yours.
3. Run terraform init.
4. Run terraform plan.
5. Run terraform apply.
6. Wait until setup is finished.

The initial setup usually takes ~30min.

An id_rsa.pem and an id_rsa.pub files will be created in your module root folder.

Use the id_rsa.pem (the private key) to connect to the server.

Manage the Server

1. SSH into the instance using user csgoserver (ssh -i id_rsa.pem csgoserver@<server ip>);
2. Manipulate the server using ./csgoserver <command>;

You can get a list of commands using just ./csgoserver;

Using VNC

1. SSH into the instance
2. Run vncpasswd and crete a password (answer no view only password);
3. Start the vncserver using vncserver -localhost no
4. Connect using a VNC Client (e.g. TigerVNC) using <server_ip>:1 and provide the password you've just configured.

Connecting to server in Game

1. Enable Developer Console in Settings > Game.
2. Open the console using '.
3. Type connect csgo.<provided_domain> or connect <instance_ip>.

If a password was provided, instead use connect <ip>; password <pass>.

Using RCON within your server

1. Ensure you have connected to your server using the instructions above.
2. Open the in-game developer console by pressing the tilde (~) key.
3. Type rcon_address <server_ip> to set your rcon_address;
4. Type rcon_password <your_password> to set your password;
5. Confirm rcon is working by issuing rcon status in the console;

Variables

The following table describes the available variables.

variable	type	description	default	required
app	string	The name of this application	csgo
env	string	The environment of the current application	prod
subnet_id	string	The public subnet id to host the ec2 instance	-	x
instance_type	string	The instance type	t3.large
gslt	string	The server token provided by Steam	-	x
max_players	string	The maximum number of players in this server	32
slack_webhook_url	string	The alerts webhook	-
sv_password	string	The server password, empty means public	-
sv_contact	string	The e-mail of the server owner	-
sv_tags	string	The tags for the search system	64-tick,casual,dust2,zrp
sv_region	string	The server region, defaults to World	255

Outputs

The following table contains the set of outputs generated by this module.

output	type	description	sensitive
public_ssh_key	string	The public ssh key
private_ssh_key_path	string	The SSM path for the SSH private key
instance_public_ip	string	The instance ip
instance_arn	string	The instance arn
rcon_password	string	The server rcon password	x