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:

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

arkmanager broadcast "your message here"

Credits

Original author of arkmanager: LeXaT