Server starts but EOS/Steam auth fails; cannot Start Game / server not reachable

[rodejoost]

Environment:

• Running in Kubernetes (Talos) using the official indifferentbroccoli/starrupture-server-docker image
• UPDATE_ON_START=false, MULTIHOME=LAN IP
• Ports forwarded: 7777 TCP+UDP, 27015 UDP (also tried 7778 UDP)
• Public IPv4, hairpin NAT enabled

Symptoms:

• In-game Manage Server -> Create New World / Start Game does nothing
• Server not reachable externally on 7777/27015
• Logs consistently show:
  • "Steam client not running"
  • "SteamAPI_Init failed"
  • "EOS: Incorrect auth parameters"
  • "Autologin attempt failed, unable to register server!"

Recent logs (tail):
LogEOSSDK: Warning: LogEOS: Encryption key length is 1; encryption keys must be 64 in length to work with data storage
LogTemp: Warning: Steam client not running.
LogTemp: Error: SteamAPI_Init failed.
0160:err:eventlog:ReportEventW L"SteamAPI_Init failed."
LogOnline: Warning: EOS: Incorrect auth parameters (Type=)
LogOnline: Warning: EOS: Unable to Login() user (0) due to missing auth parameters
LogGameSession: Warning: Autologin attempt failed, unable to register server!

Questions:

• Are EOS/Steam credentials required for dedicated servers?
• Is there a known workaround or required flags/env vars?

[Wolveraptor]

Chiming to say I am experiencing the same errors as well.

LogOnline: Warning: EOS: Incorrect auth parameters (Type=)
LogOnline: Warning: EOS: Unable to Login() user (0) due to missing auth parameters
LogGameSession: Warning: Autologin attempt failed, unable to register server!

I also was experiencing a failure to update the dedicated server and when reviewing the logs I found that Steam was throwing a 0x202/0x2X error. What this meant was there was not enough space for the server to perform an update.

The docker guide does say to provision double the space as during the update basically the entire dedicated server is downloaded again. Once I expanded space within my LXC and restarted the Docker container, the update proceeded and I was able to connect to my dedicated server however I still cannot manage my dedicated server.

@rodejoost , are you able to connect to your server but cannot manage it?