2.2.0

Release Summary

This release adds support for configuring the new Palworld REST API using the Ansible collection.

Enable it by setting palworld_dedicated_server_api_enable to true, and configure the bind IP address and port with palworld_dedicated_server_api_bind_address (defaults to 127.0.0.1) and palworld_dedicated_server_api_bind_port (defaults to 8212).

This also fixes a warning that the Docker Compose file was generating with newer version of Docker Compose.

Major Changes

• Add support for the Palworld REST API (#21)

Bugfixes

• Remove the version attribute from docker-compose.yml (#19)

2.1.0

Release Summary

This release adds support for configuring Palworld Dedicated Server to run with service users and groups.

This is more secure than the default configuration because it ensures that Palworld
is run using a dedicated system user (with its own UID and GID), configured
to only have access to resources it needs, and a no-login shell that forbids remote access.
If any attacker breaks into the host system through a vulnerability in Palworld,
they will be unable to do anything more than modify files owned by the service user.

This is an opt-in feature that can be enabled by setting palworld_dedicated_server_service_user_enable to true.

If full service users are not desired in your setup, the collection also now supports configuring the container
to run using a custom UID/GID without creating a service user and group.
Just set the palworld_dedicated_server_container_default_uid palworld_dedicated_server_container_default_gid
inventory variables to the desired values (both set to 1000 by default for backwards compatibility).

Existing installations can be converted to run with service users or a custom UID/GID by changing the collection settings,
and running the callum027.palworld_dedicated_server.update playbook to apply them (as a container update is required).

For more information, refer to the collection documentation.

Major Changes

• Add support for creating and configuring Palworld to use service users and groups, and changing permissions on the data files and directories if the configured UID/GID changes.
• Add support for setting a custom UID/GID for the service containers without creating a service user.

2.0.0

Release Summary

This release adds support for orchestrating a Prometheus exporter alongside the Palworld Dedicated Server.

Enable it by setting palworld_dedicated_server_exporter_enable to true, and configure the bind IP address and port with palworld_dedicated_server_exporter_bind_address (defaults to 0.0.0.0) and palworld_dedicated_server_exporter_bind_port (defaults to 9877).

This is a major version upgrade as unfortunately a number of breaking changes were required in this release. In the future the necessity of major version releases like this should decrease.

Major Changes

• Add support for orchestrating the bostrt/palworld-exporter Prometheus exporter, developed by palworld.lol, alongside Palworld Dedicated Server.

Minor Changes

• The Palworld Dedicated Server's bind address for external access is now configurable using palworld_dedicated_server_exporter_bind_address, which defaults to 0.0.0.0.

Breaking Changes / Porting Guide

• The Palworld server admin password is now set in the palworld_dedicated_server_admin_password inventory variable. It can no longer be defined by setting ADMIN_PASSWORD in palworld_dedicated_server_settings (this value will now be ignored).
• The palworld_dedicated_server_public_port inventory variable has been renamed to palworld_dedicated_server_bind_port.
• The palworld_dedicated_server_rcon_port inventory variable has been renamed to palworld_dedicated_server_rcon_bind_port.

Bugfixes

• Fix syntax errors in the compose file causing the service start to error out when RCON is enabled.

1.0.1

Release Summary

This release contains updates to the documentation, giving more detail about the container
used by the collection, and configuring it with Palworld game settings.
The role README file titles have also been fixed to refer to the correct respective roles.

No functional changes have been made.

1.0.0

Release Summary

Initial release of the Ansible collection for Palworld Dedicated Server.