Troubleshooting

Common issues and what to check.

My server shows 0 online / last heartbeat "never"

Population and last-seen sync from Sentinel about once a minute. If they read empty, the server most likely isn't running/reporting yet — give it a minute after boot, confirm the mod is loaded, or hit Sync from Sentinel on the server page. "0 online" with a recent heartbeat just means nobody's connected.

My server shows a placeholder name (not its real name)

The real name comes from dayz.fyi reading your server's Steam query — set steamQueryPort in your serverDZ.cfg (DayZ's default is 27016) and restart. Until then, just set the name yourself under Edit settings. On a multi-server box, give each a distinct steamQueryPort.

The mod isn't reporting

• Confirm the mod is in your -serverMod= load order and the server restarted.
• Self-registered servers configure themselves on first boot — check the server log for the Sentinel Enforcer startup line. If you set up with a sntl_v1.… bootstrap token manually, confirm it's in <profile>/SentinelEnforcer/config.json.
• Rotating your dayz.fyi install token (stk_…) does not affect reporting — that's your ownership credential, not the mod's sntl_v1.… reporting credential. Don't paste it into the mod config.

I can't claim — "already claimed"

The server is owned by another account. Log in as that account, or rotate the token from the owning account to take it over.

Discord login fails

If the login round-trips but errors on return, the dayz.fyi admin may still be finalizing the OAuth setup — ping us on Discord.