The schemas/ directory should be placed at the same level as the erupe project root, or you can modify the docker-compose.yml to point to wherever you place it.

Expected structure:

schemas/
├── init.sql                    # Base schema
├── update-schema/              # Version update schemas
│   └── 9.2-update.sql
├── patch-schema/               # Development patches
│   └── *.sql
└── bundled-schema/             # Optional demo data
    └── *.sql

Building the container

Run the following from the root of the source folder. In this example we give it the tag of dev to separate it from any other container versions.

docker build . -t erupe:dev

Running the container in isolation

This is just running the container. You can do volume mounts into the container for the config.json to tell it to communicate to a database. You will need to do this also for other folders such as bin and savedata

docker run erupe:dev

Docker compose

Docker compose allows you to run multiple containers at once. The docker compose in this folder has 4 services set up:

postgres - PostgreSQL database server
pgadmin - Admin interface to make database changes
erupe - The game server
web - Apache web server for hosting static files

We automatically populate the database to the latest version on start. If you are updating, you will need to apply the new schemas manually.

Configuration

Before we get started, you should make sure the database info matches what's in the docker-compose file for the environment variables POSTGRES_PASSWORD, POSTGRES_USER and POSTGRES_DB. You can set the host to be the service name db.

Here is an example of what you would put in the config.json if you were to leave the defaults. It is strongly recommended to change the password.

"Database": {
    "Host": "db",
    "Port": 5432,
    "User": "postgres",
    "Password": "password",
    "Database": "erupe"
}

Place this file at ./config.json (in the project root)

You will need to do the same for your bins - place these in ./bin

Setting up the web hosted materials

Clone the Servers repo into ./docker/Servers

Make sure your hosts are pointing to where this is hosted.

Starting the server

Navigate to the docker/ directory and run:

cd docker
docker-compose up -d

This boots the database, pgadmin, and the server in a detached state.

If you want all the logs and you want it to be in an attached state:

docker-compose up

Accessing services

erupe server: Configured ports (53310, 53312, 54001-54008, etc.)
pgAdmin: http://localhost:5050
- Email: user@pgadmin.com
- Password: password
Web server: http://localhost:80
PostgreSQL: localhost:5432

Turning off the server safely

docker-compose stop

Turning off the server destructively

docker-compose down

Make sure if you want to delete your data, you delete the folders that persisted:

./docker/savedata
./docker/db-data

Testing with Docker

For running integration tests with a database, use the test configuration:

# Start test database
docker-compose -f docker/docker-compose.test.yml up -d

# Run tests (from project root)
go test ./...

# Stop test database
docker-compose -f docker/docker-compose.test.yml down

The test database:

Runs on port 5433 (to avoid conflicts with development database)
Uses in-memory storage (tmpfs) for faster tests
Is ephemeral - data is lost when the container stops

Troubleshooting

Q: My Postgres will not populate

A: Your setup.sh is maybe saved as CRLF, it needs to be saved as LF.

On Linux/Mac:

dos2unix docker/init/setup.sh

Or manually convert line endings in your editor.

Q: I get "schemas not found" errors

A: Make sure you have the schemas/ directory set up correctly. Check that:

The directory exists at ../schemas/ relative to the docker directory
It contains init.sql and the subdirectories
The volume mount in docker-compose.yml points to the correct location

Q: The server starts but can't connect to the database

A: Ensure your config.json has the correct database settings:

Host should be db (the service name in docker-compose)
Credentials must match the environment variables in docker-compose.yml

Q: Container builds but `go run` fails

A: Check the logs with:

docker-compose logs server

Common issues:

Missing or incorrect config.json
Missing bin/ directory
Database not ready (health check should prevent this)

Development Workflow

Make code changes on your host machine
Restart the server container to pick up changes:
```
docker-compose restart server
```
View logs:
```
docker-compose logs -f server
```

For faster development, you can run the server outside Docker and just use Docker for the database:

# Start only the database
docker-compose up -d db

# Run server locally
go run .

README.md

Docker for erupe

Prerequisites