Windows: Installing your server

Installing a Raft Dedicated Server has been made as easy as downloading the software and modifying a text file so almost everyone can do it !

RDS is really easy to install as it is a single application named RaftDedicatedServer.exe that you can download on our master website available here.

How to install ?

1 ) Download Raft from Steam and copy all the Raft files in a folder. 2 ) Put the downloaded RaftDedicatedServer.exe in the same folder and launch it. Your folder should looks like the following image. On the first start, RDS will generate all the required directories, required files and the configuration files as shown below. 3 ) Now go in YourFolder/RDS_Data/config and open the file rds_config.ini with your favorite text editor (We recommend Notepad++ or VSCode). 4 ) In order to successfully start and secure your server you need an RDS Private Key obtainable here and a Steam API Key obtainable here. After getting both keys, add them in the configuration after the = symbol. (If you don't know how .ini config files works, visit our configuration guide available here). Your configuration file should then be similar to this except it'll have your own private keys. 5 ) Finally, start the RaftDedicatedServer.exe again and you should be good to go !