VPS FAQ and Tutorials

In this tutorial, we are going to see how to install an ARK server with Debian 8 (64Bits).

You should have a VPS GAME Server with at least 8Gb RAM, the server use more than 4Gb RAM without any player.

Dependancies

Execute this command to install all required dependancies :

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386; sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install mailutils postfix curl wget file gzip bzip2 bsdmainutils python util-linux tmux lib32gcc1 libstdc++6 libstdc++6:i386

Installation

Execute this command to create an user :

adduser arkserver

Choose your password and skip details with your Enter key.

Connect as arkserver :

su - arkserver

Now, download server script :

wget https://gameservermanagers.com/dl/arkserver

Make it executable :

chmod +x arkserver

Launch the install (It can take a few minutes):

./arkserver install

Commands

Basic Commands

Commands list :

./arkserver

Start server :

./arkserver start

Stop server :

./arkserver stop

Restart server :

./arkserver restart

Console (Use Ctrl+B then D to exit, Ctrl+C stop the server):

./arkserver console

Update

Update (if needed) :

./arkserver update

Force Update :

./arkserver force-update

Verify server files :

./arkserver validate

Debug

Get server informations :

./arkserver details

Debug mode :

./arkserver debug

Backup

Create a server backup (gzip) :

./arkserver backup

Script from : gameservermanagers.