Infernales/Sandbox – User

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Do not run the server as root!
All actions in this guide were performed as a normal user or under sudo.

Download SteamCMD

Debian:

sudo apt-get install lib32gcc-s1

RHEL:

sudo yum install glibc.i686 libstdc++.i686

Arch Linux:

sudo pacman -Syy glibc lib32-glibc nano

After installing these packages, do the following:

mkdir -p ~/servers/steamcmd && cd ~/servers/steamcmd
curl -sqL "https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/client/installer/steamcmd_linux.tar.gz" | tar zxvf -

Download DayZ Server

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• Instead of your_login, you must indicate your Steam login.
• Updating the server is performed using the same commands as installation.

Without Mods

Stable branch:

~/servers/steamcmd/steamcmd.sh +force_install_dir ~/servers/dayz-server/ +login your_login +app_update 223350 +quit

Experimental branch:

~/servers/steamcmd/steamcmd.sh +force_install_dir ~/servers/dayz-server/ +login your_login +app_update 1042420 +quit

With Mods

Let's install two mods on a stable branch: Community Framework and Community Online Tools:

~/servers/steamcmd/steamcmd.sh +force_install_dir ~/servers/dayz-server/ +login yout_login +app_update 223350 +workshop_download_item 221100 1559212036 +workshop_download_item 221100 1564026768 +quit

Run DayZ Server

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Do not forget to configure the server before running.

Without Mods

сd ~/servers/dayz-server/
./DayZServer -config=serverDZ.cfg -port=2301 -BEpath=battleye -profiles=profiles -dologs -adminlog -netlog -freezecheck

With Mods

In this example, there will still be two mods: Community Framework and Community Online Tools.

cd ~/servers/dayz-server/
ln -s ~/servers/dayz-server/steamapps/workshop/content/221100/1559212036 ~/servers/dayz-server/1559212036
ln -s ~/servers/dayz-server/steamapps/workshop/content/221100/1564026768 ~/servers/dayz-server/1564026768
ln -s ~/servers/dayz-server/steamapps/workshop/content/221100/1559212036/keys/* ~/servers/dayz-server/keys/
./DayZServer -config=serverDZ.cfg -port=2301 "-mod=1559212036;1564026768;" -BEpath=battleye -profiles=profiles -dologs -adminlog -netlog -freezecheck

Ctrl + C - Close the server.

As Daemon With Restart and Auto-Update

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• Instead of your_login, you must indicate your Steam login.
• Instead of your_username should be your username in the OS.

Create The Initial Scripts

1. Depending on mods:
   • Without mods: nano ~/servers/dayz-server/update.sh

     /home/your_username/servers/steamcmd/steamcmd.sh +force_install_dir /home/your_username/servers/dayz-server/ +login your_login +app_update 223350 +quit
     

   • With mods: nano ~/servers/dayz-server/update.sh

     /home/your_username/servers/steamcmd/steamcmd.sh +force_install_dir /home/your_username/servers/dayz-server/ +login your_login +app_update 223350 +workshop_download_item 221100 1559212036 +workshop_download_item 221100 1564026768 +quit
     rm /home/your_username/servers/dayz-server/1559212036 /home/your_username/servers/dayz-server/1564026768 /home/your_username/servers/dayz-server/keys/Jacob_Mango_V3.bikey
     ln -s /home/your_username/servers/dayz-server/steamapps/workshop/content/221100/1559212036 /home/your_username/servers/dayz-server/1559212036
     ln -s /home/your_username/servers/dayz-server/steamapps/workshop/content/221100/1564026768 /home/your_username/servers/dayz-server/1564026768
     ln -s /home/your_username/servers/dayz-server/steamapps/workshop/content/221100/1559212036/keys/* /home/your_username/servers/dayz-server/keys/
     

2. Ctrl + O
3. Ctrl + X
4. sudo chmod +x ~/servers/dayz-server/update.sh
5. sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/dayz-server.service

   [Unit]
   Description=DayZ Dedicated Server
   Wants=network-online.target
   After=syslog.target network.target nss-lookup.target network-online.target
   
   [Service]
   ExecStartPre=/home/your_username/servers/dayz-server/update.sh
   ExecStart=/home/your_username/servers/dayz-server/DayZServer -config=serverDZ.cfg -port=2301 "-mod=1559212036;1564026768;" -BEpath=battleye -profiles=profiles -dologs -adminlog -netlog -freezecheck
   WorkingDirectory=/home/your_username/servers/dayz-server/
   LimitNOFILE=100000
   ExecReload=/bin/kill -s HUP $MAINPID
   ExecStop=/bin/kill -s INT $MAINPID
   User=your_username
   Group=users
   Restart=on-failure
   RestartSec=5s
   
   [Install]
   WantedBy=multi-user.target
   

6. sudo systemctl daemon-reload

Daemon Commands

• sudo systemctl enable dayz-server - Enables server autostart when the OS starts.
• sudo systemctl disable dayz-server - Disables server autostart when the OS starts.
• sudo systemctl start dayz-server - Starting the server.
• sudo systemctl restart dayz-server - Restarting the server.
• sudo systemctl stop dayz-server - Stopping the server.
• sudo systemctl status dayz-server - Checking the server status.