This project contains a build script to help you easily build TrinityCore server in a Docker container. There are several other projects out there which containerize TrinityCore, but I wanted to make one that was really simple, both for building and running. I also included scripts/tips for running and maintaining your server, including database backup and restore. These are based off my own server's scripts.
- The script will build a self-contained TrinityCore 3.3.5 server container- all sql scripts and WoW client data extraction is done for you.
- Once built, your container can be mounted as-is to spin up a Trinitycore server on any Linux machine - create new servers, multiple servers, transfers servers to other machines, etc.
- The build script can be rerun to create new container versions as new tags are added to the 3.3.5 branch of TrinityCore. This scripts always builds the last tag on that branch.
- An Ubuntu 20.04 LTS system, at least 100 gigs of free drive space, and as much memory and CPU as you can throw at it. VMs works fine. No other distro/version is supported because the build OS must match the Docker container OS. Ubuntu Server Edition works out-of-the box, Deskop Edition will require
git,wgetandcurl. dockerinstalled.- A totally legitimate, non-dubiously-procurred WoW 3.3.5 client.
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Place your WoW client files @
~/wowClient. Once there, each build your run will clean and read it. -
Clone this repo to your home folder @
~/trinityCore-dockerthencd ./trinityCore-docker -
Make the setup script executable
chmod +x build.shWARNING : this script is going to change your system by installing all of Trinity's build prerequisites etc
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Run the build
sudo ./build.sh -
A few minutes later (about 12 on a 32 core Threadripper), your container will be placed in
~/trinityContainersas a 7zip archive. The build is done.
- Any Linux system with Docker 19.x or better. TrinityCore won't work with a linked MySQL container on older versions of Docker.
- At least 1 CPU core, 2 GBs of RAM and 30 gigs of drive space. This container can be mounted on Linode's 2nd smallest VM type.
- 7zip installed
If you have no existing TrinityCore database to restore, see the start from scratch guide.
If you have existing TrinityCore database backups, see the restore guide.
Backing up TrinityCore in Docker is pretty straight forward.
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Uploaded the included
backup.shscript to your TrinityCore solution folder -
Run it
sh ./backup.shBackups will be written to the /dbdumps folder - three files are created :
auth.sql,characters.sqlandworld.sql. You probably want to modify this backup script to do something more advanced, f.ex, zip all three files up together, name by date and upload the archive to S3 for storage.