o3de-multiplayersample/Docker

Docker support for Multiplayer Sample

The O3DE Multiplayer Sample supports construction of Docker images on the Linux environment.

Prerequisites

• Hardware requirements of o3de
• Any Linux distribution that supports Docker and the NVIDIA container toolkit (see below)
  • Note For the headless server flavor, the NVIDIA container toolkit is not required.
• At least 60 GB of free disk space
• Docker installed and configured
  • Note It is recommended to have Docker installed correctly and in a secure manner so that the Docker commands in this guide do not require elevated priviledges (sudo) in order to run them. See Docker Engine post-installation steps for more details.
• NVidia container toolkit

Building the Docker image

The Docker scripts accepts arguments to control how to build the Docker image for the Multiplayer Sample. The main argument, PACKAGE_TYPE controls the type of launcher that will be built from the Docker build process. There are four different types of launchers supported:

1. game : The game client that will connect to a game server.
2. server : The game server that will accept remote game clients and will also provide a display of running game sessions.
3. unified : The combined game client that also can run as the game server.
4. headless : The game server that will accept remote game clients but will not display and GUI or window. This is launcher is designed to run on headless servers.

In addition to PACKAGE_TYPE, there are additional arguments that can control how the Docker image is built:

Argument	Description	Default
INPUT_ARCHITECTURE	The CPU architecture (amd64/aarch64). Will require QEMU if cross compiling	amd64
INPUT_IMAGE	The base linux distro docker image to base the build on	ubuntu
INPUT_TAG	The base linux distro docker image tag to base the build on	jammy
O3DE_REPO	The git repo for O3DE	https://github.com/o3de/o3de
O3DE_BRANCH	The branch for O3DE	development
O3DE_COMMIT	The commit on the branch for O3DE (or HEAD)	HEAD
O3DE_EXTRAS_REPO	The git repo for O3DE Extras	https://github.com/o3de/o3de-extras
O3DE_EXTRAS_BRANCH	The branch for O3DE Extras	development
O3DE_EXTRAS_COMMIT	The commit on the branch for O3DE Extras (or HEAD)	HEAD
O3DE_MPS_REPO	The git repo for main Multiplayer Sample project	https://github.com/o3de/o3de-multiplayersample
O3DE_MPS_BRANCH	The branch for main Multiplayer Sample project	development
O3DE_MPS_COMMIT	The commit on the branch for Multiplayer Sample project (or HEAD)	HEAD
O3DE_MPS_ASSETS_REPO	The git repo for Multiplayer Sample Assets	https://github.com/o3de/o3de-multiplayersample-assets
O3DE_MPS_ASSETS_BRANCH	The branch for Multiplayer Sample Assets	development
O3DE_MPS_ASSETS_COMMIT	The commit on the branch for Multiplayer Sample Assets (or HEAD)	HEAD
RUN_FULLSCREEN	Option to launch the game, unified, or server in fullscreen mode (0=no, 1=yes)	0

Examples

Locally (From the o3de-multiplayersample/Docker folder)

The following examples will be the different supported types of launchers using the local Docker context folder in the o3de-multiplayersample local repo.

Game Launcher

docker build --build-arg PACKAGE_TYPE=game -f Dockerfile -t amd64/o3de-mps-game:jammy .

Unified Game Launcher

docker build --build-arg PACKAGE_TYPE=unified -f Dockerfile -t amd64/o3de-mps-unified:jammy .

Server Launcher

docker build --build-arg PACKAGE_TYPE=server -f Dockerfile -t amd64/o3de-mps-server:jammy .

Headless Server Launcher

docker build --build-arg PACKAGE_TYPE=headless -f Dockerfile -t amd64/o3de-mps-headless:jammy .

From github

The following examples will be the different supported types of launchers using the Docker context found in the github repo for o3de-multiplayersample and the development branch.

Game Launcher

docker build --build-arg PACKAGE_TYPE=game -t amd64/o3de-mps-game:jammy https://github.com/o3de/o3de-multiplayersample.git#development:Docker

Unified Game Launcher

docker build --build-arg PACKAGE_TYPE=unified -t amd64/o3de-mps-unified:jammy https://github.com/o3de/o3de-multiplayersample.git#development:Docker

Server Launcher

docker build --build-arg PACKAGE_TYPE=server -t amd64/o3de-mps-server:jammy https://github.com/o3de/o3de-multiplayersample.git#development:Docker

Headless Server Launcher

docker build --build-arg PACKAGE_TYPE=headless -t amd64/o3de-mps-headless:jammy https://github.com/o3de/o3de-multiplayersample.git#development:Docker

Running the Docker image locally

Running the non-headless Docker images requires Vulkan and GPU acceleration provided by the NVIDIA drivers and container toolkit. The following directions will describe how to launch the Docker containers, utilizing the host Linux machine's X11 display and NVIDIA drivers, and connecting to the default 'bridge' network. (For advanced network isolation, refer to Docker's command-line reference for network)

Game Launcher

xhost +local:root
docker run --rm --gpus all -e DISPLAY=:1 --network="bridge" -v /tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix -it amd64/o3de-mps-game:jammy

Unified Game Launcher

xhost +local:root
docker run --rm --gpus all -e DISPLAY=:1 --network="bridge" -v /tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix -it amd64/o3de-mps-unified:jammy

Server Launcher

xhost +local:root
docker run --rm --gpus all -e DISPLAY=:1 --network="bridge" -v /tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix -it amd64/o3de-mps-server:jammy

Headless Server Launcher

docker run --network="bridge" -it amd64/o3de-mps-headless:jammy

Note Headless server does not require access to the host display or NVIDIA drivers

Deploying the Docker image

The Docker image can be published to any docker container registry and deployed on any Linux operating system that supports Docker.