From 25e99ccfc819a37ecf1589655bdaaa4dc8230c1e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pat Hartl <pat@pathar.tl>
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2026 17:03:51 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Dockerfile with nightly workflow and sample compose file

---
 .dockerignore                        | 23 ++++++++++++++
 .github/workflows/nightly-docker.yml | 47 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 Dockerfile                           | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 docker-compose.yml                   | 15 +++++++++
 4 files changed, 130 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .dockerignore
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/nightly-docker.yml
 create mode 100644 Dockerfile
 create mode 100644 docker-compose.yml

diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..153b2466
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+.git
+.github
+docs
+proto
+build
+*.md
+CREDITS
+LICENSE
+
+# Build outputs
+src/**/bin/
+src/**/obj/
+
+# Test projects — not needed for the server image
+src/MHServerEmu.Core.Tests/
+src/MHServerEmu.Games.Tests/
+
+# Tools — separate solution, not part of the server
+src/Tools/
+
+# Debug symbols and XML docs
+**/*.pdb
+**/*.xml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly-docker.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly-docker.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..315e13cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly-docker.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+name: Nightly Docker Image
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '15 7 * * *'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+env:
+  REGISTRY: ghcr.io
+  IMAGE_NAME: ${{ github.repository }}
+
+jobs:
+  build-and-push:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      packages: write
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Log in to GitHub Container Registry
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        with:
+          registry: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}
+          username: ${{ github.actor }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Extract Docker metadata
+        id: meta
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@v5
+        with:
+          images: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}
+          tags: |
+            type=schedule,pattern=nightly-{{date 'YYYYMMDD'}}
+            type=raw,value=nightly
+
+      - name: Build and push Docker image
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
+        with:
+          context: .
+          push: true
+          tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
+          labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
+          cache-from: type=gha
+          cache-to: type=gha,mode=max
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0a47c174
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+# Build stage
+FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:8.0 AS build
+WORKDIR /source
+
+# Copy dep DLLs and project files first to cache the restore layer
+COPY dep/ dep/
+COPY src/Gazillion/Gazillion.csproj src/Gazillion/
+COPY src/MHServerEmu/MHServerEmu.csproj src/MHServerEmu/
+COPY src/MHServerEmu.Core/MHServerEmu.Core.csproj src/MHServerEmu.Core/
+COPY src/MHServerEmu.DatabaseAccess/MHServerEmu.DatabaseAccess.csproj src/MHServerEmu.DatabaseAccess/
+COPY src/MHServerEmu.Frontend/MHServerEmu.Frontend.csproj src/MHServerEmu.Frontend/
+COPY src/MHServerEmu.Games/MHServerEmu.Games.csproj src/MHServerEmu.Games/
+COPY src/MHServerEmu.Grouping/MHServerEmu.Grouping.csproj src/MHServerEmu.Grouping/
+COPY src/MHServerEmu.Leaderboards/MHServerEmu.Leaderboards.csproj src/MHServerEmu.Leaderboards/
+COPY src/MHServerEmu.PlayerManagement/MHServerEmu.PlayerManagement.csproj src/MHServerEmu.PlayerManagement/
+COPY src/MHServerEmu.WebFrontend/MHServerEmu.WebFrontend.csproj src/MHServerEmu.WebFrontend/
+
+RUN dotnet restore src/MHServerEmu/MHServerEmu.csproj --runtime linux-x64
+
+# Copy source and publish as self-contained linux-x64
+COPY src/ src/
+
+RUN dotnet publish src/MHServerEmu/MHServerEmu.csproj \
+    --no-restore \
+    --configuration Release \
+    --runtime linux-x64 \
+    --self-contained true \
+    --output /build/publish
+
+# Runtime stage — runtime-deps is sufficient for self-contained binaries
+FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/runtime-deps:8.0
+WORKDIR /build
+
+COPY --from=build /build/publish /server
+
+# Data directory holds the SQLite database, Config.ini overrides, and game assets.
+# Mount a host directory here to persist player data across container restarts.
+VOLUME ["/server"]
+
+# 4306 — game client frontend
+# 8080  — web frontend / dashboard
+EXPOSE 4306
+EXPOSE 8080
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["./MHServerEmu"]
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a8efdc30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+services:
+  mhservereemu:
+    image: ghcr.io/crypto137/mhservereemu:nightly
+    container_name: mhservereemu
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    ports:
+      - "4306:4306" # Game client frontend
+      - "8080:8080" # Web frontend / dashboard
+    volumes:
+      # Persists the SQLite database, backups, and any other runtime data.
+      # Place your game asset files (CalligraphyData.sip, etc.) here before first run.
+      - mhservereemu-data:/server
+
+volumes:
+  mhservereemu-data: