DAYZ MANAGER

Field manuals

These are DayZ Manager notes for players and operators. Every commercial recommendation points at cftools.com: CFTools Architect to host, CFTools Cloud to manage and to run BattlEye RCon.

  • BattlEye RCon for DayZ

    How BattlEye RCon is configured for DayZ: config file, password, port, and RestrictRCon.

  • Best DayZ Hardcore Servers

    Hardcore DayZ is a ruleset and a mod set the API does not label. Here is how to recognize it on the roster anyway.

  • Best DayZ Modded Servers

    Modded DayZ servers are the ones with Workshop items. The flag is reliable. The mod list is the actual game.

  • Best DayZ PvE Servers

    How to find a DayZ PvE server using the public list, and what the list cannot promise about player behavior.

  • Best DayZ PvP Servers

    Finding a DayZ PvP server that is busy enough to fight on, without trusting the word PvP in the hostname.

  • Best DayZ RP Servers

    DayZ roleplay servers are modded communities with rules the index cannot score. Use the mod list and the staff, not the letters RP.

  • Best DayZ Server Manager

    The job is bans, restarts, logs, and mods. CFTools Cloud is the manager. The host is a separate choice.

  • Best DayZ Servers

    How to pick a DayZ server that is actually alive, and what the rank on this list does and does not mean.

  • Best DayZ Vanilla Servers

    Vanilla means the server is not running Workshop mods. The roster can show you that. The hostname often lies.

  • 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 for DayZ

    What CFTools Cloud does for a DayZ server: RCon, bans, restarts, and logs, without living on the host.

  • 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.

  • CFTools GameLabs for DayZ

    GameLabs is the CFTools telemetry layer for a DayZ mission. It is optional, and it is not a substitute for RCon.

  • Chernarus, Livonia, or Sakhal

    The three official DayZ maps, what the roster calls them, and how to choose without a forum argument.

  • DayZ Admin Log

    What to record when you run a DayZ server, and why a kick without a log becomes an argument.

  • DayZ Ban List and Whitelist

    Bans, whitelists, and why they are different lists that should not share a text file.

  • 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 First Person or Third Person

    Perspective is a server setting. It changes fights. The live API will not filter it, so the server page is the source.

  • DayZ Launcher or Direct Connect

    The official launcher finds mods and official servers. Direct connect is how you use an IP you already trust.

  • DayZ Low Ping Servers

    Ping is distance and route. The country on the server page is the best public hint this index has.

  • DayZ Maps Explained

    Chernarus, Livonia, Sakhal, and the community maps the roster actually shows.

  • DayZ Mod Update Workflow

    How to update DayZ mods without taking the server down in the middle of a sentence.

  • DayZ Official vs Community Servers

    Official servers share Bohemia's hive and rules. Community servers are someone else's world, with mods, wipes, and staff.

  • DayZ Password Servers

    A password flag means the server asks for a join password. The index stores the flag, never the password.

  • 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 Priority Queue and Reserved Slots

    Reserved slots and priority queue are how regulars get in when the server is full. They are not a whitelist.

  • DayZ RCon Commands

    The BattlEye RCon commands DayZ admins actually use, and the ones that are not RCon at all.

  • DayZ Restart Schedule

    Why DayZ servers restart on a clock, how to announce it, and how that differs from a wipe.

  • DayZ Server DDoS and Uptime

    What actually knocks a DayZ server offline, and what uptime means once players are in the mission.

  • DayZ Server Management Tools

    What to run a DayZ server with after the process is up: RCon, logs, bans, and why CFTools Cloud exists.

  • 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 Servers with No Queue

    A queue means the server is full. Here is how to find room without joining a dead one.

  • 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.

  • Deer Isle Server Guide

    Deer Isle is a large community map. Expect a modded server, a long download, and a roster that is not Chernarus.

  • 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.

  • How to Join a DayZ Server

    Use the server page address, the launcher, or a Steam connect link. The IP in a screenshot is the one that goes stale.

  • Namalsk Server Guide

    Namalsk is a cold community map. The server page tells you whether this one kept the cold or covered it in mods.

  • 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.

  • VPS, Game Panel, or CFTools Architect

    Three ways to host a DayZ server, and which jobs each one actually does.

  • 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.

  • What DayZ RCon Is

    RCon on DayZ is BattlEye's remote console, not a chat command and not the serverDZ.cfg password.