In this video tutorial learn How to install/Setup Ark Survival Evolved on CentOS 7. ARK Survival Evolved is one of most popular action gaming site that has amazing features survival-themed crafting, combat, and most notably. Ark Survival Evolved must be played using specific servers.
Get ARK Survival Configuration on CentOS 7 Step By Step:
1. yum update -y
2. adduser arkserver
3. passwd arkserver
4. iptables -A INPUT -p udp -m udp –sport 27015 –dport 1025:65355 -j ACCEPT
5. iptables -A INPUT -p udp -m udp –sport 7777 –dport 1025:65355 -j ACCEPT
6. iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp –sport 32330 –dport 1025:65355 -j ACCEPT
7. service iptables save
###Run the following command to install the libraries required for SteamCMD:
8. yum install glibc.i686 libstdc++.i686 ncurses-libs.i686 -y
##SteamCMD needs a few changes to sysctl.conf to run properly. This command will update the max files open:
9. echo “fs.file-max=100000” >> /etc/sysctl.conf
10. sysctl -p /etc/sysctl.conf
11. We’ll input information into our limits.conf file with this command:
echo -e “ soft nofile 1000000\n hard nofile 1000000” >> /etc/security/limits.conf
12. Switch to arkserver user
su – arkserver
cd ~
##Download SteamCMD and essential software
13. yum install nano wget screen -y
14. wget https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/client/installer/steamcmd_linux.tar.gz
tar xf steamcmd_linux.tar.gz
#we will launch and update SteamCMD. App 376030 is Ark Survival Evolved Dedicated Server and it will be installed in
the /ark directory:
15. ./steamcmd.sh +login anonymous +force_install_dir ./ark +app_update 376030 validate +quit
#The screen will display ” Success! App ‘376030’ fully installed.” upon completion.
##Create a file called updatearkserver and open it in the vi text editor:
16. vi /home/arkserver/updatearkserver
login anonymous
force_install_dir ./ark
app_update 376030
##Now when you want to update your server, simply run:
17. ./steamcmd.sh +runscript updatearkserver
## Create a file called arkserver.sh in the vi text editor:
18. vi /home/arkserver/ark/arkserver.sh
#!/bin/bash
servername=”ServerName”
port=”7777″
queryport=”27015″
rconport=”32330″
rconpassword=”YourAdminPassword”
maxplayers=”50″
screen -dmS ark ShooterGame/Binaries/Linux/ShooterGameServer TheIsland?listen?Multihome=0.0.0.0?SessionName=$?MaxPlayers=$?QueryPort=$?RCONPort=$?Port=$?ServerAdminPassword=$ -server -log
19. chmod +x /home/arkserver/ark/arkserver.sh
20. sh /home/arkserver/ark/arkserver.sh
#To quit the server, execute:
21. screen -S ark -X quit
//Note:- Now, you can connect to your Ark: Survival Evolved game server.
Open Steam > click View > Server > and add your server to the Favourites list.
Once you open the game, click Join Ark and your server will get connected.