How to Add an Admin to Your Arma 3 Server

Arma 3 offers two ways to grant admin rights: an admin password that lets any player who knows it log in, and a fixed admin list of SteamID64s that works without a password at all. Both are configured in the server.cfg of your server.

Edit the server.cfg

1. Stop the server
   Stop your server via the dashboard. The server.cfg is only read on server start.

2. Connect via SFTP
   Connect to your server via SFTP.

3. Open the server.cfg
   Open the following file in the main directory of your server:

   /server.cfg
   

4. Set the admin password
   Enter an admin password. Every player who knows this password can log in as admin in the game:

   passwordAdmin = "yourAdminPassword";
   

5. Add fixed admins
   In addition you can grant players permanent admin rights. Add their SteamID64 to the admins[] list – separate multiple IDs with a comma:

   admins[] = {"76561198012345678", "76561198087654321"};
   

   These players can later log in as admin without a password.

6. Start the server
   Save the file and start your server.

Structure of the entries

passwordAdmin = "yourAdminPassword";
admins[] = {"76561198012345678", "76561198087654321"};
serverCommandPassword = "yourCommandPassword";

Log in as admin

1. Join the server
   Connect to your server – see Join Server.

2. Open the chat
   Press the / key in the game to open the chat console.

3. Log in
   If you are listed in admins[], this is enough:

   #login
   

   Otherwise you log in using the admin password:

   #login yourAdminPassword
   

4. Log out
   The following command ends the admin session again:

   #logout
   

Admin command overview

All commands are entered in the chat console.