ARK: Survival Evolved Linux Server Tools

Pre-requisites

To install ARK Server Tools you must have already installed SteamCMD following this guide:

https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/SteamCMD#Linux

We assume you have created the steam user to store steamcmd and your ARK server.

Requirements

Use this command to install soft requirement on your system

# Debian based/ Ubuntu
apt-get install screen

# RHEL / CentOS / Fedora
yum install screen

Edit /etc/sysctl.conf and set:

fs.file-max=100000

Edit /etc/security/limits.conf and set these limits:

* soft nofile 100000
* hard nofile 100000

Add the following line to /etc/pam.d/common-session (Debian/Ubuntu) or /etc/pam.d/system-auth (RHEL/CentOS/Fedora):

session required pam_limits.so

After these edits, you'll need to restart your bash session or reconnect to your SSH shell.

Install ARK Server Tools

To install ARK Server Tools run these commands:

curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/FezVrasta/ark-server-tools/master/netinstall.sh | bash -s steam

NB: You may want to change the bash -s parameter to fit your steam user if different from steam.

This will copy the arkmanager and the arkdaemon to the proper directories and will create an empty log directory in /var/log for ARK Server Tools.

Configure ARK Server

All the needed variables are stored in the /etc/arkmanager/arkmanager.cfg configuration file change them following the comments.

Install ARK Server

To install ARK Server just run this command as normal user:

arkmanager install

Commands

arkmanager install

installs arkmanager to the directory specified in .arkmanager.cfg

arkmanager start

starts ARK server

arkmanager stop

stops ARK server

arkmanager restart

restarts ARK server

arkmanager update

manually updates ARK server

arkmanager status

Get the status of the server. Show if the process is running, if the server is up and the current version number

arkmanager checkupdate

Check if a new version of the server is available but not apply it

arkmanager broadcast [message]

broadcast a message to ARK server chat

arkmanager broadcast "your message here"

Credits

Original author of arkmanager: LeXaT