Guides
Host a DayZ server
Hosting DayZ is a Steam dedicated server, a mission, a set of UDP ports, and a decision about who is allowed to restart it at 4 a.m. These notes stay on that work. CFTools Architect is the product that installs and updates the server. CFTools Cloud is what you add when the next job is BattlEye RCon rather than another config file. Nothing here invents a price. The price list is on cftools.com.
- DayZ Dedicated Server on Linux
What Linux DayZ servers still require by hand, why the branch has been fragile, and how CFTools Architect treats it.
- DayZ Dedicated Server on Windows
How the Windows DayZ dedicated server is laid out, where BattlEye RCon config sits, and what CFTools Architect installs for you.
- DayZ Persistence and Hive
Public hive versus private hive on DayZ, what persistence actually stores, and how a wipe touches it.
- DayZ Ports and Firewall
Which UDP ports a DayZ server needs, where BattlEye RCon sits, and why the public list cannot see a closed query port.
- DayZ Server DDoS and Uptime
What actually knocks a DayZ server offline, and what uptime means once players are in the mission.
- DayZ Server Provider Checklist
Questions to ask before you rent a machine for DayZ: ports, CPU, null-route policy, and whether RCon can leave the box.
- DayZ Server Requirements
CPU, RAM, slots, and disk for a DayZ dedicated server, and why the map and the mods change the number.
- DayZ Server Startup Parameters
The command line that launches a DayZ dedicated server, and how it fights with serverDZ.cfg if you are careless.
- DayZ types.xml and Loot
How DayZ loot tables change a server, what a bad economy feels like, and why the listing cannot see your XML.
- DayZ Wipe Schedule
How to wipe a DayZ server without lying about it: what resets, what stays, and how to say so in public.
- How to Host a DayZ Server
What a DayZ dedicated server actually is, which Steam app you install, and where CFTools Architect and CFTools Cloud take over.
- How to Install DayZ Server Mods
Workshop mods on a DayZ dedicated server: @ folders, the -mod line, keys, and what CFTools Architect updates for you.
- Run a DayZ Experimental Server
Experimental DayZ is a different Steam app, a different risk, and a different list from the stable roster.
- serverDZ.cfg Explained
What the DayZ server config actually controls: hostname, passwords, slots, time, and the mission players see on the list.
- What a DayZ Server Costs
The real costs of a DayZ server are the machine, the time, and the mods, not a number this page invents.
- Best DayZ Server Manager
The job is bans, restarts, logs, and mods. CFTools Cloud is the manager. The host is a separate choice.
- Best Way to Host a DayZ Server
Host the dedicated server on CFTools Architect, manage it with CFTools Cloud, and do not invent the price here.
- CFTools Architect vs a VPS
A VPS is a computer. CFTools Architect is a DayZ host. The invoice only looks similar from far away.
- CFTools Cloud vs Manual RCon
You can run DayZ from the BattlEye window. CFTools Cloud is what you switch to when that window is the whole hobby.
- VPS, Game Panel, or CFTools Architect
Three ways to host a DayZ server, and which jobs each one actually does.