Moving your Project Zomboid server to Pine Hosting is extremely simple. This guide covers how migrate your server files with ease.
Step 1: Back Up Your Files
Find and zip these folders into PZ_Backup.zip:
- Zomboid/Server/ (config files: .ini and SandboxVars.lua)
- Zomboid/Saves/ Multiplayer/ (world saves)
- Zomboid/db/ (database file: .db)
- Zomboid/mods/ (mods, if installed manually)
Step 2: Upload to Pine Hosting
- Login to your game panel here
- Select the server you want to work on
- Click on "Files" and Upload your files to these locations:
Configs → /.cache/Server/
- Rename to Zomboid.ini
- Name must match database and save folder
Saves → /home/container/Zomboid/Saves/Multiplayer/
- Keep the original folder name
Database → /home/container/Zomboid/db/
- Rename to Zomboid.db
Mods → /home/container/Zomboid/mods
- Only for manually installed mods
Step 3: Set Up Your Server
- Open "Zomboid.ini" in /.cache/Server/ and edit: Mods=mod1;mod2 and WorkshopItems=12345;67890 and replace them with your Workshop IDs
- Ensure the following names match:
Config: Zomboid.ini
Database: Zomboid.db
Save Folder: Zomboid (inside Saves/Multiplayer/)
- Head over to Console tab and Restart your server
Step 4: Update players.db
Updating players.db file is required in order to correctly transfer characters from one server to another. In case players.db file is not updated correctly the server will ask you to create new character!
- find players.db file located in .cache/Save/Multiplayer/Zomboid directory and download it to your PC
- Using SQLiteStudio (Or similar software) open players.db
- in networkPlayers data table make sure that world is set as "Zomboid" (If it is not change it to Zomboid)
- Save the file
- Upload it to .cache/Save/Multiplayer/Zomboid
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