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[Feature Request] New Startup Parameter - "-keys=path/to/folder"
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Description

Hi :)

Currently, when a server admin wants to run multiple Arma3 servers with key/signature verification=2 but with different sets of mods, they have no ways around to create a new install of the server files in a sperate path since there is no way to customize the path to the keys folder.

Everything else is already available for a while - mods, serverpofiles, ports, battleeye, basic.cfg, server.cfg, ...

Therefore, i would like to propose a long overdue feature: A new startup parameter that allows server admins to define a custom location of the "keys" folder for the circle to be completed.

Thaanks!

Details

Severity
Feature
Resolution
Open
Reproducibility
N/A
Operating System
Windows 10 x64
Category
Server
Steps To Reproduce
  1. Establish and host a dedicated server.
  2. come to the conclusion that you want a 2. server with seperate mods.
  3. be sad that there is no way around needing to have multiple installs of the arma 3 server files, only because key verification is hardcoded to a single path/folder.

Event Timeline

mrzorn created this task.Mar 28 2024, 1:00 PM
mrzorn renamed this task from New Startup Parameter - "-keys=path/to/folder" to [Feature Request] New Startup Parameter - "-keys=path/to/folder".Mar 30 2024, 12:26 PM
mrzorn added a comment.Fri, Apr 26, 3:31 PM

please? 😬

kju-PvPscene added a subscriber: kju-PvPscene.Sat, Apr 27, 10:05 AM

cant you just symlink/junction all folders but keys into a second "server folder" - would leave only to duplicate the exe and a few dlls in the root dir

mrzorn added a comment.EditedSun, Apr 28, 2:45 PM

I mean yea, if i would be an advanced windows user, and would i know how to do that, then yea.

But considering that the following commands already allow you to define a dedicated path, like:

basic.cfg with -cfg=<filename>
server.cfg with -config=<filename>
serverProfile with -name=<string> and -profiles=<path>

... well then keys is really the only thing missing to make this complete and therefore it seems like a "planned" or "old" feature that has been neglected when signature verification has been introduced.
(idk if keys have been a thing before A3 so i might be wrong here).

kju-PvPscene added a comment.Sun, Apr 28, 5:00 PM

not disagreeing. would be handy.
t the same time with very limited dev resources, its a matter of priority, complexity and benefits

mrzorn added a comment.Sun, Apr 28, 11:53 PM

Thats fair and i can understand the reasoning. still would be cool.

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