Valheim Dedicated Server Bicep Template

Bicep templates to generate Azure resource group and resources needed for hosting Valheim dedicated server.

Overview

Hosting of the Valheim dedicated server is done with Container Instances

Docker image for the server is by default lloesche/valheim-server-docker

Server files are stored in Premium File Storage Account

Whole shabang is based on this great blog post by Jake Lunn

Prequises

Azure CLI

Edit parameters

Edit main.parameters.json and fill out the parameters :

{
    "$schema": "https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2019-04-01/deploymentParameters.json#",
    "contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
    "parameters": {
      "serverName": {
        "value": "my-valheim"
      },
      "serverPass": {
        "value": "password"
      },
      "worldName": {
        "value": "My valheim world"
      },
      "storageAccountName": {
        "value": "stomyvalheim"
      }
    }
}

Parameters

serverName

• Used for naming resources, dns configurations
• Example: my-valheim would result in :
  • ResourceGroup: rg-my-valheim
  • Container Instances Resource: aci-my-valheim-westeurope
  • FQDN: my-valheim.westeurope.azurecontainer.io
    • This is the address you use to connect to the valheim server

serverPass

• Server Password

worldName

• World name in Valheim

storageAccountName

• Resource name for storage account (eg stomyvalheim)

Deployment

Make sure you are authenticated with Azure CLI and that you have right subscription selected:

Login:

az login

List subscriptions:

az account list -o table

Set subscription:

az account set -s <name or id>

Then we can start the deployment:

az deployment sub create -c --name my-first-deployment --location westeurope --template-file main.bicep --parameters main.parameters.json