Get a Nitrado server
dzbot connects exclusively through the Nitrado API. If you do not yet have a Nitrado account or a DayZ server, follow this guide to get one before continuing with the Getting started setup.
1) Create a Nitrado account
Go to nitrado.net and click Register in the top navigation.
Fill in your email address, choose a password, and confirm your email address via the link Nitrado sends you.
2) Order a DayZ server
Once logged in, open Game Servers → DayZ from the Nitrado product catalog, or go directly to nitrado.net.
Choose the platform that matches your community:
| Platform | Notes |
|---|---|
| DayZ (PC) | Standard PC servers — most popular |
| DayZ (PlayStation) | PS4 / PS5 console servers |
| DayZ (Xbox) | Xbox console servers |
| DayZ (Switch 2) | Nintendo Switch 2 console servers |
Select your preferred server location, number of player slots, and billing period. Nitrado offers flexible monthly billing and longer-term discounts.
After completing the purchase, your server appears under My Services.
3) Wait for the server to be ready
Nitrado takes a few minutes to provision and start a newly ordered server. Watch the My Services list until the server status changes from Installing to Active (or the equivalent label for your region).
Do not connect dzbot until the server is fully active — an installing server has no API data for dzbot to read.
4) Verify you can reach the Nitrado game panel
Open your server in the Nitrado web panel and confirm:
- The server dashboard loads without errors.
- You can see the server status and basic configuration options.
This confirms your account has the API permissions dzbot needs.
5) Come back and connect
Once your server is running, return to dzbot.de and continue with the Getting started guide. dzbot will ask you to authorize access to your Nitrado account — a one-time OAuth step that takes about 30 seconds.
Log settings dzbot keeps switched on
Kill feed, map, bases and almost everything else in dzbot come from your server's logs, so dzbot switches these Nitrado settings on when you connect and checks them again every day:
- server logs (nolog off) and the admin log
- the admin log's player list, build actions and placements
- cfggameplay.json (
enableCfgGameplayFile)
None of them changes gameplay by itself, with one catch: while cfggameplay.json is on, the gameplay switches in the Nitrado web interface (base and container damage, night lighting, personal light) no longer apply. Set them with the free gameplay mods instead. Nitrado applies a changed setting at the next start of the game server, and dzbot does not restart it for that — the dashboard says when a change is still waiting for a restart. If dzbot cannot switch a setting on (for example because the connected Nitrado account lacks the right), the dashboard names it with a Check again button. Switching one of them off in the Nitrado web interface only lasts until dzbot's next check.
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