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+MIT No Attribution
+
+Copyright 2025 Aaron Crate
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this
+software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software
+without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify,
+merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
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+PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT
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+## Core Keeper Server
+
+Very simple Docker image for conveniently running your own Core Keeper dedicated server. Uses [SteamCMD](https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/SteamCMD) so it can get a little greedy with ram sometimes.
+
+## How to use
+
+1. [Install Docker](https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/)
+
+2. Clone this repo to a convenient location
+
+3. Enter the repo directory and create a worlds folder
+```console
+$ cd ck-server && mkdir worlds
+```
+
+4. Run the launch script to build the image locally and launch the container:
+```console
+$ ./docker-run.sh
+```
+
+OR you can run this command to skip the build:
+
+```console
+$ docker run -d --restart always -v $PWD/worlds:/root/.config/unity3d/Pugstorm/'Core Keeper'/DedicatedServer/worlds --name corekeeper git.crate.zip/crate/ck-server:latest
+```
+
+5. Run `docker logs corekeeper | grep GameID` to get the Game ID for your server (so you can join it). It will look something like this:
+
+```console
+$ docker logs corekeeper | grep GameID
+No GameID found. Creating new GameID for the session.
+GameID: wB4k6ZCB3Wrc41Q
+```
+
+The server might take a minute to start up on first run, as it pulls down some dependencies. Afterwards it should be pretty quick. As far as I know it will always use the same Game ID after the first launch -- so you don't have to check it every time.
+
+## Quick Launch
+
+If you want to keep things really simple, you can launch a server with this command:
+
+```console
+$ docker run -d --name corekeeper git.crate.zip/crate/ck-server:latest
+```
+
+However, **you will not be able to recover your save** once the container is removed, unless you dive into its volume and dig the file out.
+
+## Using your own save
+
+Drop the `0.world.gzip` file from your local save into the `worlds/` folder before you launch the server to use it. In the same way, you can take this file generated by the server and use it locally.
+
+ALWAYS BACK UP YOUR SAVE FILES BEFORE MESSING AROUND WITH THEM!!
+
+If you mess something up it's not my fault :)
+
+Happy gaming!!
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