Probably the fastest and easiest way to set up an old-school Half-Life Deathmatch Dedicated Server (HLDS). Both Steam and noSteam, old and new half-life clients can connect and play together! You don't need to know anything about Linux or HLDS to start a server. You just need Docker and this image.

Start a new server by running:

docker run -it --rm -d -p27015:27015 -p27015:27015/udp artkirienko/rehlds

Change the player slot size, map or rcon_password by running:

docker run -it --rm -d --name hlds -p27015:27015 -p27015:27015/udp artkirienko/rehlds +map crossfire +maxplayers 12 +rcon_password SECRET_PASSWORD

Note: Any server config command can be passed by using +. But it has to follow after the image name artkirienko/rehlds.

• Latest game assets via SteamCMD

• Reverse-engineered HLDS version 3.7.0.695-dev

  Protocol version 48
  Exe version 1.1.2.2/Stdio (valve)
  ReHLDS version: 3.7.0.695-dev
  Build date: 15:54:29 Apr  6 2020 (2186)
  Build from: https://github.com/dreamstalker/rehlds/commit/7513e71
  

• Metamod-r version 1.3.0.128

• AMX Mod X version 1.9.0 build 5263 (development build, ReHLDS support)

• reunion version 0.1.0.92c

• revoice latest build. Voice transcoder which fixes voice chat between non-steam and steam clients (for ReHLDS).

• jk_botti version 1.43

• Patched list of master servers (official and unofficial master servers included), so your game server appear in game server browser of all the clients

• Minimal config present, such as mp_timelimit and mapcycle

• crossfire
• bounce
• datacore
• frenzy
• gasworks
• lambda_bunker
• rapidcore
• snark_pit
• stalkyard
• subtransit
• undertow
• boot_camp

In order to use a custom server config file, add your settings to valve/config/server.cfg of this project and mount the directory as volume to /opt/steam/hlds/valve/config by running:

docker run -it --rm -d -p27015:27015 -p27015:27015/udp -v $(pwd)/valve/config:/opt/steam/hlds/valve/config artkirienko/rehlds