This is just an out-of-the-box Pavlov VR server for Oculus Quest

Actually it contains two servers hehe, so that you know how to setup multiple servers using docker. RCON is enabled by default (check RconSettings_*.txt).

One server launches the CS 1.6 de_dust2 map, the other the de_dust2 from CS:GO.

Why use Docker?

It is quick, and easy to launch, saves you time in most cases, avoids polluting your VPS with the server's dependencies, and with this project you can easily have many Pavlov servers running within the same ~$20 VPS.

I don't care, lets run it!

Summary: If you are in a hurry and you already have Docker, this paragraph is all you need to read:

0. git clone this repo to anywhere in your server
1. Expose ports 7777, 8177, 7778, 8178, 9100 and 9101 in TCP and UDP
2. Enable ICMP
3. Disable IPv6
4. Run start.sh
5. Go play!

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Read the remainder of this README if you are having issues or if you want to learn more about customizing the server.

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Docker Setup

To run this you need to be running a Linux machine, having docker and docker compose obviously installed (I tested this with Ubuntu 24.04's Bash CLI).

Ideally you have a VPS exclusively for this, don't run this in any important servers you have, unless you know what you are doing!

To install Docker just follow the official setup instructions. Which at the time of this writing are basically the following (skip if you already have the official docker):

Run the following command to uninstall all conflicting packages:

for pkg in docker.io docker-doc docker-compose docker-compose-v2 podman-docker containerd runc; do sudo apt-get remove $pkg; done

Set up Docker's apt repository.

# Add Docker's official GPG key:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ca-certificates curl
sudo install -m 0755 -d /etc/apt/keyrings
sudo curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc
sudo chmod a+r /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc

# Add the repository to Apt sources:
echo \
  "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \
  $(. /etc/os-release && echo "$VERSION_CODENAME") stable" | \
  sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null
sudo apt-get update

To install the latest version, run:

sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin

Don't skip the steps just above if you get errors when running docker compose instead of docker-compose. Use the official Docker setup you naughty dev!

PS. You can use Windows, but you won't be able to use the start.sh and stop.sh scripts probably.

Firewall

Then you need to either completely disable you server's firewall (or if you are hosting locally, expose your computer using DMZ). If you want to do it a safer way, then, for this setup I have where I am using ports: 7777, 8177, 7778, 8178, 9100 and 9101:

1. Allow these ports for inbound connections (for TCP and UDP protocols)
2. Allow incoming ICMP requests
3. Allow Any ICMP and outbound connection on any port and protocol
4. Make sure your server has an IPv4 address, disable the IPv6 which is reported to cause issues with Pavlov VR as of version 1.0.19
5. Then just run sh start.sh as root on your server.

The servers should show up listed in here.

You can also connect to the RCON service through here or here.

And for PCVR?

For PCVR, you will need to modify the Dockerfile where you see this line:

RUN ./steamcmd.sh +force_install_dir /home/steam/pavlovserver +login anonymous +app_update 622970 -beta shack validate +exit

You will need to replace it with one of these. Everything else should work the same, except for the maps, which might not be compatible with PCVR (usually are). In case the maps are not compatible with PCVR, then just change their id in the MapRotation properties in the *.ini files you have in this project. These *.ini files are the server configurations.

Quick Note regarding MapRotation - you can add multiple lines of these to your *.ini files. This is done by taking the resource ID from the modio page (https://mod.io/g/pavlov), adding “UGC” in front of it and then adding that to the rotation. For example the map gravity has a resource ID of 2773760 so the map ID to add to the server would be “UGC2773760”. When a match ends, the server will load the next map in the rotation.

MapRotation=(MapId="UGC2773760", GameMode="SND")

SND is the game mode.

If for some reason the map doesn't load right, and the server defaults to other map (usually the Datacenter map), it means this map is not compatible with your platform type (Oculus VR, PCVR, ...).

Don't forget!

Always check the Official Wiki in case you are having issues or if you need more config information.

Ah, and edit the mods.txt file to add yourself as admin of the servers.