Docker Server

Docker is a program that you can run on your computer, whether you're on Linux, Mac, or Windows. It's software that can be used to put an application into a virtual machine with everything preconfigured that it needs to run properly. Think of a new computer that has only Project Zomboid installed on it, since that's all you're going to use it for anyways. In fact, Supercraft uses Docker for servers too.

** 1. **If you're new to Docker, we recommend downloading Docker Desktop. An easy to use application to set up and manage your Docker applications.

** 2.** Once in Docker Desktop, click the search bar and search for “afey/Zomboid”. This is a prebuilt docker image that will run a Project Zomboid server.

** 3. **Click Pull

** 4. **In the images tab, click Run ▶

** 5. **In the next screen, click Optional Settings and give the container a name.

** 6. **The server will now start. You can connect to it with 127.0.0.1:16261.

** 7.** You can port forward and other players can use your public IP and port to connect.