Introduction

This guide goes over the steps to load Arma Reforger mods from the Steam Workshop to your dedicated server.

Reading time: 5min

Prerequisites / Disclaimers

You must have:

• A valid copy of the game from Steam

• Ability to download the workshop mods locally on your computer

• Some Windows prowess to locate the modId for each one

• A server that is ready to go

Purpose

To teach you how to load mods onto your Arma Reforger dedicated server.

Procedure

Navigating to your config.json

1. Stop your server. - Learn more

2. Navigate to the File Manager on the Game Panel - Learn more

   1. Or SFTP (if preferred) - Learn more

3. Open the config.json - In this example, we will just use the File Manager option and not SFTP.
   

   

   Navigating to the config.json

   
   

4. You should see a mods section that looks like this

   

   An empty mods section

   
   

5. Now you may keep this tab open, proceed with the next steps below.

Fetching the modIds to load

1. To load mods onto the game you first must get the modIds, open up a client copy of Arma Reforger (on your PC).

2. Subscribe / Download any of the mods you want to add to the server from your local Game/Steam. I.e. Subscribe to Capture & Hold from the Steam Workshop on your PC.

3. Once you have done this close the game and navigate to My Documents\My Games\ArmaReforger\addons\
   

   

   Example of mods folder in ./addons/

   
   

4. The modId is the numbers and letters in sequence located after the ‘modname_’, so for ACECore_, the modId would be 60C4CE4888FF4621

   1. To get more of the metadata open the folder and then open the ServerData.json
      

      

      Example serverdata.json

      
      

5. Now open return to your config.json tab you left open back on Navigating to your config.json steps.

6. Enter the mods using the modId, name and version like the below.
   

   
   
   

7. Here is an example of what it should look like:
   

   

   Enabling 3 mods example

   
   

8. Click Save File

9. Start your server. ⭐

   1. You will notice in the console shortly after initial startup it will begin downloading the workshop mods

Out of storage?

Some workshop mods take a large amount of space up on your server. It is important to check your server storage when loading mods. If you need more space we recommend purchasing a higher tier plan.

Checking your storage space

I’m already on a high tier plan?

If you’re already on a high tier plan you can reach out to us via a support ticket and request a quote for more storage. We can up your storage on a cents per GB basis, just let us know how much storage extra you would like.

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