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# 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.
## Install ARK Server Tools
To install ARK Server Tools run these commands:
```sh
cd ~
wget https://github.com/FezVrasta/ark-server-tools/archive/master.tar.gz
tar -zxvf master.tar.gz
cd ark-server-tools-master/tools
chmod u+x install.sh
sudo sh install.sh steam
```
NB: You may want to change the `install.sh` 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:
```sh
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 broadcast [message]
broadcast a message to ARK server chat
```sh
arkmanager broadcast "your message here"
```
## Credits
Original author of arkmanager: LeXaT