This tutorial uses schollz/croc, a CLI tool for sending files. This is useful for temporary access; if you transfer files often, consider running a file browser sidecar container.
- Access the container as root.
# This can be accomplished via many methods, but this tutorial uses Docker Compose.
docker compose exec --user root valheim bash
# 1. Replace valheim with the name of your container.
# 2. This tutorial cannot account for all the wide variety of names or methods used to create the container.
# 3. You just need to access the container via the root user to install croc.- Run
curl https://getcroc.schollz.com | bashinside thembround18/valheimcontainer. - Run
curl https://getcroc.schollz.com | bashon the destination machine. (If the destination machine is not Linux/Unix-based with access to Bash, see the schollz/croc repository for installation instructions.)
For this example, we will be transferring world files from one instance of
mbround18/valheimto anothermbround18/valheim. If you have a slightly different use case, such as transferring backups, this guide will still be helpful but may not match 1:1.
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Access the
mbround18/valheimcontainer A and container B as the steam user.# This can be accomplished via many methods, but this tutorial uses Docker Compose. docker compose exec --user steam valheim bash # Replace valheim with the name of your container. # This tutorial cannot account for all the wide variety of names or methods used to create the container. # You just need to access the container via the steam user when sending the files.
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Stop the Valheim server on both machines with
odin stop. -
Change to your saves directory on both containers:
cd /home/steam/.config/unity3d/IronGate/Valheim. -
With croc already installed, run
croc send ./*on container A.
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When the transfer key is shown, copy it to container B and press Enter.
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You can now safely shut down container A and restart container B.
