Steam Caching on Windows.

[Jessomadic]

I attempted to set up this build that they had here (https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/962655-steam-caching-tutorial/) a while ago but never really got it working due to my inexperience with Linux. Any way something like this could be done on Windows? 

[Electronics Wizardy]

You can put a linux vm on windows and run docker in there. Thats probably the easiest way to do it.

 

Otherwise, there is a lot of manual config to get it working.

[Jarsky]

On 8/31/2020 at 3:52 PM, Jessomadic said:

Any way something like this could be done on Windows? 

Your only option for actually running it in Windows, without a full hypervisor would be Docker (which would virtualise the Linux subsystem). 

There is no Windows solution for this though, you'd have to be a pretty adept programmer to make your own to the level of something like LANCache. 

[PedanXr]

Since WSL 2 (Windows-Subsystem for Linux) uses the full kernel it might be able to run Docker in it.

 

1. Install WSL and update to WSL2 (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10)
2. Use Ubuntu 20.04 as Linux Distribution
3. Install docker (https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-and-use-docker-on-ubuntu-20-04)
   1. Don't use the SNAP version which is mentioned in other tutorials. Just makes it more complicate IMO
4. Install lancache using the quick start tutorial on https://lancache.net/

I installed my lancache on a linux host and had some issues at first. It was due to ipv6. I disabled it in my windows network card and it worked after that

[dogwitch]

did they make it harder to do a steam cache server now?

[Jessomadic]

On 9/11/2020 at 4:36 AM, schuwima said:

Since WSL 2 (Windows-Subsystem for Linux) uses the full kernel it might be able to run Docker in it.

 

1. Install WSL and update to WSL2 (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10)
2. Use Ubuntu 20.04 as Linux Distribution
3. Install docker (https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-and-use-docker-on-ubuntu-20-04)
   1. Don't use the SNAP version which is mentioned in other tutorials. Just makes it more complicate IMO
4. Install lancache using the quick start tutorial on https://lancache.net/

I installed my lancache on a linux host and had some issues at first. It was due to ipv6. I disabled it in my windows network card and it worked after that

My ISP runs IPV6 if I disable it on my PC should that fallback to IPV4 or is is going to mess something up

[Jarsky]

10 hours ago, Jessomadic said:

My ISP runs IPV6 if I disable it on my PC should that fallback to IPV4 or is is going to mess something up

 

IPv6 and your ISP *should* be related to your WAN connection. Generally on your router you'll have support for dual stack (IPv4 and IPv6) and it should route between the protocols seamlessly. 

 

 

[dogwitch]

its broken again due to security key with steam  on docker.

i tried both windows os and linux.  wont run at all..

[smokeweedeveryday]

i tried this too, decided to give up and just backup all my steam games to my NAS, when i need them i just copy them over

 

if you want something more nice looking you could set up a nextcloud and make sharing links for games as needed. nextcloud seems to be a bit slower than smb3 though

[Jessomadic]

On 11/24/2020 at 4:58 AM, dogwitch said:

its broken again due to security key with steam  on docker.

i tried both windows os and linux.  wont run at all..

well shit. No wonder it's not working anymore

[dogwitch]

16 hours ago, Jessomadic said:

well shit. No wonder it's not working anymore

its so bad docker worthless for it. moment you try to post on reddit docker sub. you get attack for it......

lancache again having issue.

i have a pc waiting to be a steam cache...