fix(ark): retry the server install before handing over to the image

The image's start_server runs SteamCMD once and carries on even when it
fails; SteamCMD's intermittent "Missing configuration" error then left
no server installed, so ARK exited and only the node's restart policy
saved it (a boot test would fail on the restart). First boot showed it.

The startup command now downloads SteamCMD if missing, runs the usual
"+login anonymous +quit" warm-up and installs app 2430930, retrying up
to three times until ArkAscendedServer.exe exists. start_server's own
install step then only validates.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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gregandClaude Opus 5.5 committed 2026-10-25 02:25:45 -04:00
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@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ id: ark-survival-ascended-crossplay
name: 'ARK: Survival Ascended (Crossplay Dedicated Server)' name: 'ARK: Survival Ascended (Crossplay Dedicated Server)'
defaultDockerImage: mschnitzer/asa-linux-server:latest defaultDockerImage: mschnitzer/asa-linux-server:latest
containerUser: "25000:25000" containerUser: "25000:25000"
defaultStartupCommand: bash -c 'mkdir -p /server /data/Steam /data/steamcmd /data/cluster-shared && rm -rf /home/gameserver/server-files /home/gameserver/Steam /home/gameserver/steamcmd /home/gameserver/cluster-shared && ln -sfn /server /home/gameserver/server-files && ln -sfn /data/Steam /home/gameserver/Steam && ln -sfn /data/steamcmd /home/gameserver/steamcmd && ln -sfn /data/cluster-shared /home/gameserver/cluster-shared && export ASA_START_PARAMS="${ASA_START_PARAMS:-${SERVER_MAP:-TheIsland_WP}?listen?Port=${PORT:-7777}?RCONPort=${RCONPORT:-27020}?RCONEnabled=True -WinLiveMaxPlayers=${MAX_PLAYERS:-70} -ServerPlatform=ALL}" && exec /usr/bin/start_server' defaultStartupCommand: bash -c 'mkdir -p /server /data/Steam /data/steamcmd /data/cluster-shared && rm -rf /home/gameserver/server-files /home/gameserver/Steam /home/gameserver/steamcmd /home/gameserver/cluster-shared && ln -sfn /server /home/gameserver/server-files && ln -sfn /data/Steam /home/gameserver/Steam && ln -sfn /data/steamcmd /home/gameserver/steamcmd && ln -sfn /data/cluster-shared /home/gameserver/cluster-shared && (cd /home/gameserver/steamcmd && { [ -x steamcmd.sh ] || wget -qO- https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/client/installer/steamcmd_linux.tar.gz | tar xz; } && for i in 1 2 3; do ./steamcmd.sh +login anonymous +quit; ./steamcmd.sh +force_install_dir /home/gameserver/server-files +login anonymous +app_update 2430930 validate +quit; [ -f /home/gameserver/server-files/ShooterGame/Binaries/Win64/ArkAscendedServer.exe ] && break; echo "ARK install attempt $i failed, retrying in 15s"; sleep 15; done) && export ASA_START_PARAMS="${ASA_START_PARAMS:-${SERVER_MAP:-TheIsland_WP}?listen?Port=${PORT:-7777}?RCONPort=${RCONPORT:-27020}?RCONEnabled=True -WinLiveMaxPlayers=${MAX_PLAYERS:-70} -ServerPlatform=ALL}" && exec /usr/bin/start_server'
requiredMemoryMb: 16384 requiredMemoryMb: 16384
requiredDiskMb: 32768 requiredDiskMb: 32768
defaultPorts: defaultPorts: