Copy your already installed ArmA directory on to the server.

Add the ArmA_Server.exe file to the same directory as ArmA.exe.

Install the corresponding version of the game on any machine (you will need ArmA DVD for this).

The latest version of this executable is always available from the Downloads section. (However with the latest patch version 1.05 the DVD is no longer needed.).If you want to run a server without the DVD and serial number, you have to use the standalone dedicated server executable. While this is easy, it requires the ArmA DVD to be present in the drive during server operation and also original serial number.

When you have installed the Arma game, you can use the main executable (ArmA.exe) with the command line argument –server to start a dedicated server. There are two possible ways to install the dedicated server. For installation on a Linux computer see the Linux section. The rest of this section covers installation on a Windows computer. We recommend using 2 GHz machine, with 512 MB RAM and a 1 Mbps upload network bandwidth.Īrmed Assault: You need either a Microsoft Windows 2000/XP or Linux computer to run an Armed Assault dedicated server.Īrma 2: You need a Microsoft Windows XP/2000/Vista/2008/Seven computer to run an Arma 2 dedicated server, yet a version of Linux server is also available. This software is released under end user agreement terms as the original game so you should agree with the terms of the end user agreement of Armed Assault/Arma 2/ Arma 3 as found in the manual before installing and using this software. Some of the information on this page covers beta versions of the software and documentation.

This article covers some of the aspects of the dedicated server for Armed Assault, Arma 2 and Arma 3.

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