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Server AdminProject Zomboid Server Setup: SteamCMD, servertest.ini, Mods & RCON
How to stand up a Project Zomboid dedicated server: installing app 380870 with SteamCMD (anonymous login works), choosing Build 41 vs the Build 42 unstable branch without losing your save, the servertest.ini keys and both UDP ports that must be forwarded, raising the default Java heap, adding Workshop mods with WorkshopItems= and Mods=, and enabling the built-in Source RCON for remote admin.
Server AdminProject Zomboid Server Admin & RCON Commands: Server Admin Reference
Every Project Zomboid admin command an operator needs: enable RCON in servertest.ini, set access levels, kick and ban by username/SteamID/IP, broadcast and save, change live server options, spawn items and vehicles, and trigger weather and events - plus the headless-RCON gotchas (no-slash syntax, commands that need an online target, and /alarm needing an in-world admin).