How To Set Up Your Own DayZ Server For FREE

In this video, I show you a step-by-step tutorial for how to set up your own DayZ server in just a couple of minutes. First, you'll be able to connect to your own server locally via LAN, then I'll show you how to set up port forwarding so your friends can connect to your server as well.

Server folder by default:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\DayZServer

Ports to forward:
2302 & 27016

In the next video, we install CF Tools & Zomberry Admin Tools to enable useful tools such as god mode, teleporting, spawning items, and much more:

#dayz #dayzserver

00:00 Intro
00:28 Download DayZ Server From Steam
00:41 Initial Config File Setup - Change Server Name
01:09 Configure Launcher Options
01:29 Launch The Server
01:42 Connect To Local Server (LAN)
01:59 Letting Friends Connect
02:38 Access Your Router Dashboard
03:13 Port Forwarding Settings
04:59 Windows Firewall Settings
05:40 Connecting To Your Server Via Direct Connect (IP Address)

[johnlacap]

Swashed! Thank you for the excellent no nonsense DayZ server tutorial. Very well done, Swashed. Created and executed server in my area of The Gulf Coast in the US without effort. Stay safe out there and be well.

[HiShadowSword]

I did follow all steps but my friends still can't see the server or join via Direct Connect

[walkerjw]

You did not include the command to run the server with the cfg modifier in the description.

[xXWANTEDXc]

1:22 I can't see it in the description!

[callsignspartan-airsoft]

I wish I watched this tutorial first instead of wasting 45 minutes of my night on another one that clearly was out of date but created a month after your tutorial...bonus points to you for also being with the same ISP as me so the port forwarding page was easy to understand!

[JungleJimABAB]

Your productions are informative and entertaining. I appreciate the effort that you put into this content. If you haven't already made a video about setting up a personal mod'd server, please make that happen.

[OldSchoolDo]

hey mate . ive followed your instructions exactly, but . no server showing up . the only thing ive done differently was install the server not on C but on D the games drive . will the parameters change in the server launch line since its on another drive ?
thanks for any help .

[jones]

in my router it asks for a external host and an internal host ? what do i fill in

[dvazquez]

How do i run it on a second computer while playing on another? Buy the game twice?

[DOPExQA]

did every step with you even with a start.bat and BEC headache, all that to stick with the same LAN server. wasted 2 days trying every possible walkthrough to make a server yet nothing worked. I give up.

[swoopio]

Such an underrated video, big thanks to you for making such a simple guide.

[fuzzypanda]

My game files and the server are installed on my D drive not my C drive but when I got launch the server it looks for the files in C drive and I can't figure out why it isn't looking for them in the drive it's installed in.

[War_Jugger]

What specs should my pc have if I run the server and the game on the same device?

[Pixelsheep]

for the config thing you put into the launch options at 1:24 i have it here to copy: -config=serverDZ.cfg -profiles=profile have fun on your server :)

[sobelowtriplefo]

wow u made it so incredibly easy worked like a charm and im not tech savy at all thank u so much look forward to learning more

[Egobyte]

Unfortunately, though this was a very nice video and straightforward with the explanations, sadly it didn't work. The server works fine and I can access it whenever I have it active, but the port forwarding didn't do anything. I have done exactly the same. Created the necessary forwarded ports in the router hub, created the rules in the firewall settings, but my friends still can't see the server in the list when they search for it. I have a public IP and can see the server on MY side, both in the LAN and Community tabs (one has my local IP the other has my external IP), but it won't show up to anyone else.

[stonermank]

In your video where you say you would put it in the description where did you put it and this is a serious question i cant find it and i don't no how to do the floating dot at the beginning

[tboydesign]

Nice, but i have a question. how can i put mods in my server ? for me

[channelname]

would love to see a follow up video to this covering admin panels/server management. and adding/updating mods. i was able to get it working through sheer force but it was a pain to pack and repack, and add custom mods ive made.

[stefanflorentinc]

yeah mine didnt work. When im trying to foward the port i see some options in plus like: service port, common service port wich idk what they are. and i get a weird error wich says: The IP address is not from the same subnet as the LAN IP address.

any help please?