ansible-steamcmd

Description

Ansible role to install/update SteamCMD.

This role will make SteamCMD available to all users with sudo permissions.
The SteamCMD commands itself will always run as a system user called steam.
The same user should be used to run any games servers.

Get this role

ansible-galaxy install --roles-path ./roles/ siw36.ansible_steamcmd

Example Playbook

Install SteamCMD on all hosts in the game-servers group.

- hosts: game-servers
  roles:
     - siw36.ansible-steamcmd

Usage after installation

Update SteamCMD itself and exit:

sudo steamcmd +quit

Install a game server:

sudo mkdir /home/steam/<game_name>
sudo chown steam:steam /home/steam/<game_name>
sudo steamcmd +login anonymous +force_install_dir /home/steam/<game_name> +app_update <app_id> +quit

Requirements

The user used on the remote host must have permissions to execute sudo commands without being prompted for password confirmation.

License

GNU General Public License v3.0

Author Information

Created by Robin 'siw36' Klussmann (07/2019)