Steam Caching Tutorial

deadmeatgames · December 4, 2019

go here https://lancache.net/ and use the lancache/monolithic

wykydtronik · December 5, 2019

While I was trying to do some data recovery on a failed HDD, I got a prompt that I was running out of space on my 1TB SSD that I typically use for steamcache.

When look at df, it says 871GB used... But Disk Usage Analyzer doesn't match the usage.

Has anyone ran into this?

wykydtronik · December 5, 2019

I didn't realize; but I had to escalate permissions for Disk Usage Analyzer.

Quote


sudo baobab

Also didn't realize I should have specified CACHE_MAX_AGE

elbro_dark · December 8, 2019

On 12/4/2019 at 10:31 AM, deadmeatgames said:

go here https://lancache.net/ and use the lancache/monolithic

Hi, i started this in my Synology Diskstation - Docker.

How can i see if it works, in the logs i can´t see any errors but i also dont see any increase in Downloadspeed.

Or must i setup anything else? My DNS and DHCP-Server also runs on the Diskstation.

JeffBewinski · December 10, 2019

Hey @jakkuh_t , it appears that Steam no longer uses HTTP. As far as I know it uses HTTPS now. Due to this, I'm unable to cache Steam downloads and updates. Does anyone know if there is any way to change what Steam uses for downloads?

I know this tutorial was posted over a year ago, and I don't think that it works for Steam anymore.

EDIT: I can confirm that it doesn't work for Steam or Origin

Edited December 12, 2019 by JeffBewinski

SenKa · December 10, 2019

@jakkuh_t Seems like it may be borked according to @JeffBewinski

vinc.delta · December 17, 2019

So i went back to this thread to setup my steamcache server but i seems like steamcache has actually migrate to lancachenet/generic on docker and github! So i took the time to make an updated version of this if anyone was trying to do it as of December 2019! here we go!

**I'm using Ubuntu Server 18.04 LTS since we won't need graphical interface to run all this**
1. After installing Ubuntu

sudo apt update -y && sudo apt upgrade -y

2. add the IP addresses!

cd /etc/netplan

then

sudo nano 50-cloud-init.yaml

or

sudo vi 50-cloud-init.yaml

change every GAMECACHE_IP to actual ip (be sure it's not taken by other devices!)

**tip: you can use the mobile app "fings" to see all the taken ip!**

network:
    ethernets:
        enp4s0:
            addresses:
            - 192.168.1.50/24
            - FIRST_IP/32
            - SECOND_IP/32
            - THIRD_IP/32
            - FOURTH_IP/32
            - FIFTH_IP/32
            gateway4: 192.168.1.1
            nameservers:
                addresses:
                - 1.1.1.1
                - 1.0.0.1
    version: 2

then do

sudo netplan apply

To confirm if it work ping form another computer the ip you added.

4. Docker Installation! run these 2 commands:

curl -fsSL get.docker.com -o get-docker.sh
 sh get-docker.sh

5. (Optional) need to do a RAID 0,1,5,6,10? here's a link how to do it! here

6. install needed games services and change location and IP!

take note those are the services available: BLIZZARDCACHE_IP, FRONTIERCACHE_IP, ORIGINCACHE_IP, RIOTCACHE_IP, STEAMCACHE_IP, UPLAYCACHE_IP and WINDOWSCHACHE_IP

sudo docker run \
--restart unless-stopped -d \
--name cache-steam \
-v /CHANGE/ME/cache/steam/data:/data/cache \
-v /CHANGE/ME/cache/steam/logs:/data/logs \
-p 192.168.1.51:80:80 \
lancachenet/generic:latest

sudo docker run \
--restart unless-stopped -d \
--name origin-cache \
-v /CHANGE/ME/cache/origin/data:/data/cache \
-v /CHANGE/ME/cache/origin/logs:/data/logs \
-p 192.168.1.52:80:80 \
lancachenet/generic:latest

sudo docker run \
--restart unless-stopped -d \
--name blizzard-cache \
-v /CHANGE/ME/cache/blizzard/data:/data/cache \
-v /CHANGE/ME/cache/blizzard/logs:/data/logs \
-p 192.168.1.53:80:80 \
lancachenet/generic:latest

sudo docker run \
--restart unless-stopped -d \
--name uplay-cache \
-v /CHANGE/ME/cache/uplay/data:/data/cache \
-v /CHANGE/ME/cache/uplay/logs:/data/logs \
-p 192.168.1.54:80:80 \
lancachenet/generic:latest

sudo docker run \
--restart unless-stopped -d \
--name windows-cache \
-v /CHANGE/ME/cache/windows/data:/data/cache \
-v /CHANGE/ME/cache/windows/logs:/data/logs \
-p 192.168.1.55:80:80 \
lancachenet/generic:latest

7. Start caching service!

sudo docker run \
  --restart unless-stopped -d \
  --name steamcache-dns \
  -p 192.168.1.51:53:53/udp \
  -e UPSTREAM_DNS=1.1.1.1 \
  -e STEAMCACHE_IP=192.168.1.51 \
  -e ORIGINCACHE_IP=192.168.1.52 \
  -e BLIZZARDCACHE_IP=192.168.1.53 \
  -e UPLAYCACHE_IP=192.168.1.54 \
  -e WINDOWSCACHE_IP=192.168.1.55 \
  lancachenet/lancache-dns:latest

8. SSL configuration for some game services like Origin:

sudo docker run \
  --restart unless-stopped -d \
  --name sniproxy \
  -p 443:443 \
  lancachenet/sniproxy:latest

9. (optional)need monitoring your system? get netdata to run in a docker!

sudo docker run -d --name=netdata \
  -p 19999:19999 \
  -v /etc/passwd:/host/etc/passwd:ro \
  -v /etc/group:/host/etc/group:ro \
  -v /proc:/host/proc:ro \
  -v /sys:/host/sys:ro \
  --cap-add SYS_PTRACE \
  --security-opt apparmor=unconfined \
  netdata/netdata

then you can see those stats with either by 127.0.0.1:19999 if directly or with the computer local ip address: IPADDRESS:19999

you need to change either you router DNS ip address or you computer DHCP DNS to the caching server!

done!

Might not be well formatted I'm writing this before going to work. Let me know if there is something i missed!

OKOIOKOK · January 18, 2020

On 12/17/2019 at 11:17 PM, vinc.delta said:
So i went back to this thread to setup my steamcache server but i seems like steamcache has actually migrate to lancachenet/generic on docker and github! So i took the time to make an updated version of this if anyone was trying to do it as of December 2019! here we go!

**I'm using Ubuntu Server 18.04 LTS since we won't need graphical interface to run all this**
1. After installing Ubuntu
sudo apt update -y && sudo apt upgrade -y
2. add the IP addresses!
cd /etc/netplan
then
sudo nano 50-cloud-init.yaml
or
sudo vi 50-cloud-init.yaml
change every GAMECACHE_IP to actual ip (be sure it's not taken by other devices!)

**tip: you can use the mobile app "fings" to see all the taken ip!**
network:
    ethernets:
        enp4s0:
            addresses:
            - 192.168.1.50/24
            - FIRST_IP/32
            - SECOND_IP/32
            - THIRD_IP/32
            - FOURTH_IP/32
            - FIFTH_IP/32
            gateway4: 192.168.1.1
            nameservers:
                addresses:
                - 1.1.1.1
                - 1.0.0.1
    version: 2
then do
sudo netplan apply
To confirm if it work ping form another computer the ip you added.

4. Docker Installation! run these 2 commands:
curl -fsSL get.docker.com -o get-docker.sh
 sh get-docker.sh
5. (Optional) need to do a RAID 0,1,5,6,10? here's a link how to do it! here

6. install needed games services and change location and IP!

take note those are the services available: BLIZZARDCACHE_IP, FRONTIERCACHE_IP, ORIGINCACHE_IP, RIOTCACHE_IP, STEAMCACHE_IP, UPLAYCACHE_IP and WINDOWSCHACHE_IP
sudo docker run \
--restart unless-stopped -d \
--name cache-steam \
-v /CHANGE/ME/cache/steam/data:/data/cache \
-v /CHANGE/ME/cache/steam/logs:/data/logs \
-p 192.168.1.51:80:80 \
lancachenet/generic:latest

sudo docker run \
--restart unless-stopped -d \
--name origin-cache \
-v /CHANGE/ME/cache/origin/data:/data/cache \
-v /CHANGE/ME/cache/origin/logs:/data/logs \
-p 192.168.1.52:80:80 \
lancachenet/generic:latest

sudo docker run \
--restart unless-stopped -d \
--name blizzard-cache \
-v /CHANGE/ME/cache/blizzard/data:/data/cache \
-v /CHANGE/ME/cache/blizzard/logs:/data/logs \
-p 192.168.1.53:80:80 \
lancachenet/generic:latest

sudo docker run \
--restart unless-stopped -d \
--name uplay-cache \
-v /CHANGE/ME/cache/uplay/data:/data/cache \
-v /CHANGE/ME/cache/uplay/logs:/data/logs \
-p 192.168.1.54:80:80 \
lancachenet/generic:latest

sudo docker run \
--restart unless-stopped -d \
--name windows-cache \
-v /CHANGE/ME/cache/windows/data:/data/cache \
-v /CHANGE/ME/cache/windows/logs:/data/logs \
-p 192.168.1.55:80:80 \
lancachenet/generic:latest
7. Start caching service!
sudo docker run \
  --restart unless-stopped -d \
  --name steamcache-dns \
  -p 192.168.1.51:53:53/udp \
  -e UPSTREAM_DNS=1.1.1.1 \
  -e STEAMCACHE_IP=192.168.1.51 \
  -e ORIGINCACHE_IP=192.168.1.52 \
  -e BLIZZARDCACHE_IP=192.168.1.53 \
  -e UPLAYCACHE_IP=192.168.1.54 \
  -e WINDOWSCACHE_IP=192.168.1.55 \
  lancachenet/lancache-dns:latest
8. SSL configuration for some game services like Origin:
sudo docker run \
  --restart unless-stopped \
  --name sniproxy \
  -p 443:443 \
  lancachenet/sniproxy:latest
9. (optional)need monitoring your system? get netdata to run in a docker!
docker run -d --name=netdata \
  -p 19999:19999 \
  -v /etc/passwd:/host/etc/passwd:ro \
  -v /etc/group:/host/etc/group:ro \
  -v /proc:/host/proc:ro \
  -v /sys:/host/sys:ro \
  --cap-add SYS_PTRACE \
  --security-opt apparmor=unconfined \
  netdata/netdata
then you can see those stats with either by 127.0.0.1:19999 if directly or with the computer local ip address: IPADDRESS:19999

you need to change either you router DNS ip address or you computer DHCP DNS to the caching server!

done!

Might not be well formatted I'm writing this before going to work. Let me know if there is something i missed!

i have followed this one and i didnt work for steam :/

TLCH723 · January 20, 2020

Is there a minimum requirement for the CPU and RAM? I am thinking using an old netbook as one. Most of the time will be only one computer will be download from it and at the most will be two.

Ahmedelgohary94 · January 22, 2020

is it possible to execute these commands under FreeBSD 12.1

vinc.delta · February 13, 2020

On 1/20/2020 at 5:05 PM, TLCH723 said:

Is there a minimum requirement for the CPU and RAM? I am thinking using an old netbook as one. Most of the time will be only one computer will be download from it and at the most will be two.

A minimum cpu would be 4 and ram would be about 4 to 8Gb depending if you want to have the full Gbps experience

vinc.delta · February 13, 2020

On 1/17/2020 at 8:14 PM, OKOIOKOK said:

i have followed this one and i didn't work for steam :/

I think there was this part i forgot to add!

sudo docker run \
--restart unless-stopped -d \
--name steam-cache \
-v /CHANGE/ME/cache/steam/data:/data/cache \
-v /CHANGE/ME/cache/steam/logs:/data/logs \
-p 192.168.1.50:80:80 \
lancachenet/generic:latest

Darigitin · February 21, 2020

On 12/17/2019 at 3:17 PM, vinc.delta said:
8. SSL configuration for some game services like Origin:
sudo docker run \
  --restart unless-stopped \
  --name sniproxy \
  -p 443:443 \
  lancachenet/sniproxy:latest

Think you dropped the -d on this one, was trying your guide myself and noticed that it didn't detach.

On another note, I had this same problem with the monolithic version of lancache. I went through your guide, all the containers are running but I'm not seeing anything caching. There is no activity in any of the container logs, any idea?

warmach1ne · February 27, 2020

If you are stuck with the port in ubuntu, you may use these two lines. You should be able to install docker and monolithic cache after this.

sudo sed -r -i.orig 's/#?DNSStubListener=yes/DNSStubListener=no/g' /etc/systemd/resolved.conf

sudo sh -c 'rm /etc/resolv.conf && ln -s /run/systemd/resolve/resolv.conf /etc/resolv.conf'

T0MMEN · March 8, 2020

help, what do I do now ?

vinc.delta · March 8, 2020

44 minutes ago, T0MMEN said:

help, what do I do now ?

They move the project to lancachenet/monolithic. You can follow the update i've made in the comment. Though i think i need to test it again to see if it's still working the way i did it.

T0MMEN · March 8, 2020

On 2/13/2020 at 2:10 AM, vinc.delta said:

I think there was this part i forgot to add!


sudo docker run \
--restart unless-stopped -d \
--name steam-cache \
-v /CHANGE/ME/cache/steam/data:/data/cache \
-v /CHANGE/ME/cache/steam/logs:/data/logs \
-p 192.168.1.50:80:80 \
lancachenet/generic:latest

I only get error after error with this steam cache.....

T0MMEN · March 9, 2020

On 3/8/2020 at 6:21 PM, vinc.delta said:

They move the project to lancachenet/monolithic. You can follow the update i've made in the comment. Though i think i need to test it again to see if it's still working the way i did it.

Could you help me? I installed ubuntu 18.04, and im stuck at the sniproxy install, it just says status: Downloaded newer image for lancachenet/sniproxy:latest

And nothing happens in the terminal. These are the commands i used

alenbasic · March 10, 2020

16 hours ago, T0MMEN said:

Could you help me? I installed ubuntu 18.04, and im stuck at the sniproxy install, it just says status: Downloaded newer image for lancachenet/sniproxy:latest

And nothing happens in the terminal. These are the commands i used

As Darigitin mentioned, it's missing the -d flag as seen in the original post.

T0MMEN · March 10, 2020

sudo docker run \
>   --restart unless-stopped -d \
>   --name steam-cache \
>   -v /home/picache/cache/steam/data:/data/cache \
>   -v /home/picache/cache/steam/logs:/data/logs \
>   -p 192.168.50.242:80:80 \
>   lancachenet/monolithic:latest
Unable to find image 'lancachenet/monolithic:latest' locally
latest: Pulling from lancachenet/monolithic
423ae2b273f4: Pull complete
de83a2304fa1: Pull complete
f9a83bce3af0: Pull complete
b6b53be908de: Pull complete
01d8d041f6ad: Pull complete
1d013f8d1769: Pull complete
0d1b877c6cdd: Pull complete
e77ccd94e5e9: Pull complete
900daf1e4c99: Pull complete
06436e541553: Pull complete
594b40f9f859: Pull complete
8090394cc9cb: Pull complete
01b065e63ee7: Pull complete
4d0fed6a5b60: Pull complete
2c3736c26cd9: Pull complete
c32656f14857: Pull complete
db58e9c4b302: Pull complete
Digest: sha256:832cc97fb0fd4e09dc3337179f82c7220bdfb1d5661f07b4dde1e5d998c40fe8
Status: Downloaded newer image for lancachenet/monolithic:latest
597304b6c7cd10e063abc6e402c5233eb732e5937ec8af2bafbfffb03dd86327
docker: Error response from daemon: driver failed programming external connectivity on endpoint steam-cache (de9389ca06113358eb6a0bf70ace3be01eadda4ce8f043d2650f8601cb805006): Error starting userland proxy: listen tcp 192.168.50.242:80: bind: address already in use.

Does anyone know how to fix this?

alenbasic · March 11, 2020

11 hours ago, T0MMEN said:

Error starting userland proxy: listen tcp 192.168.50.242:80: bind: address already in use.

Does anyone know how to fix this?

Something is already using port 80, which is used to serve web traffic. This could be from something like apache or lighttpd or nginx running. It could also be from the previous containers you tried creating.

T0MMEN · March 11, 2020

5 hours ago, alenbasic said:

Something is already using port 80, which is used to serve web traffic. This could be from something like apache or lighttpd or nginx running. It could also be from the previous containers you tried creating.

So I have to do a fresh install of ubuntu and try again ?

Retrodex Gaming · March 11, 2020

Out of interest and curiosity can this be run in the windows subsystem? Also with the failure to bind to port 80, can I get around this by running my web server on a VM, and keeping my domain controller & cache (If it can be run from the subsystem) on the main instance?

T0MMEN · March 11, 2020

Found a way to get pi hole and steam cache working at the same time, first install and setup pihole.

The follow this guid for steamcache : https://lurkingforgames.com/lancache

Then in pihole settings: 192.168.x.x/admin uncheck google and all other dns, then set upstream dns as your steamcache server, set router ip as pihole adress 192.168.x.x

Therer u go, took me a while, but not it works!

brwainer · March 16, 2020

On 8/20/2018 at 4:12 PM, jakkuh_t said:

--snip--

This guide is out of date / not the most recommended way to set this up anymore. There is a much easier container to use now that doesn't require adding more IPs or a lot of the fuss you have. I understand if you don't have time/resources to update the guide, but I think it would be good to add a note at the top of the post to the effect of "This guide is outdated, please see http://lancache.net/docs/ (If you need help with getting a Linux system with Docker, then you can follow the instructions below up to step 4."

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