Unable to query server info on self hosted Server joining localy!

[Devcraft]

Hi, I know this Topic is widely discussed, but I can't seem to get my Server working. 

I'm trying to host my own Ark-Server on my Raspberry Pi 5. It's already running as you can see from the pictures. 

The Server won't show in Ark itself, but it shows up in Steam-game-servers a you can see in the pictures. When I try to join the Server(Locally) via Steam I get the "Unable to query server info for invite" Error. 

 

I also tried to Join via the Ark-console via the "cheat Open <IP:Port?Password>"-command. There I get a different error. I briefly get a "Invalid Server Password(Empty Password Field)"-Error, even though I'm correctly typing in the Password of the Server. After that Error I get an "Lost/timedout pending connection to host"-Error.

 

What am I doing wrong? I'm trying to join locally so It shouldn't be a port-issue (even though I already opened Ports 7777 and 27015)

I've noticed that my Server is running on version 358.24 and the Client is running on 358.25, but all of the other servers that I can see in Ark are also running on 358.24. When I try to update my server it stays on 358.24, so I think that's the latest version for the Servers.

 

Here is my arkserver.service-file, I've commented out the "ExecStartPre"-line since it gave me Errors, could that be the Problem?:

 

[Unit]
Description=ARK Dedicated Server
Wants=network-online.target
After=network-online.target

[Service]
LimitNOFILE=1000000
Environment=SteamAppId=376030
Environment=LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/ark/arkserver/linux64:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
Type=simple
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=10
KillSignal=SIGINT
User=ark
Group=ark
WorkingDirectory=/home/ark/arkserver/ShooterGame/Binaries/Linux

# Run SteamCMD to update and validate the ARK server files

#ExecStartPre=/home/ark/steamcmd/steamcmd.sh +force_install_dir /home/ark/arkserver +login anonymous +app_update 376030 validate +quit
#ExecStartPre=/usr/games/steamcmd +login anonymous +force_install_dir /home/ark/arkserver/ShooterGame/Binaries/Linux +app_update 376030 validate +exit

# Start the ARK server

#ExecStart=/home/ark/arkserver/ShooterGame/Binaries/Linux/ShooterGameServer TheIsland?listen?SessionName=ProjectAscension?ServerPassword=Ascension?ServerAd>ExecStart=/home/ark/arkserver/ShooterGame/Binaries/Linux/ShooterGameServer TheIsland?listen?SessionName=ProjectAscension?QueryPort=27015?ServerPassword=Asc>
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

 

 

 

 

Edited August 15 by Devcraft

[Larkfields]

Firstly - congratulations on getting the server going on a Pi...  I'd love to know what the performance is like.

I can't remember all the details, but your router has to be able to support NAT-Loopback for you to join a server on your own LAN.

Client and server need to have the same major-version, the minor version (after the point) doesn't matter.

 

When you specify (for example) port 7777, Ark will also use the next port-number up.  So you need to open 7777, 7778 and 27015 for UDP.  All three also need to be allowed through the firewall - and setup for port-forwarding on your router.

[Devcraft]

So I've set rules for all of the ports you mentioned for the firewall of the Raspberry pi with ufw as you can see in the pictures. Or do I need to set those rules for my windows-machine-Firewall?

I've also port-forwarded all of those ports in my router. I need to mention that Port-forwarding doesn't work for me though since I don't have a static public ipv4 address. That shouldn't matter though since right now I'm only trying to connect locally and then I want to use playit.gg to make it reachable from outside of my network.

I've also found a setting in my roujter called "DNS-Rebind-protection" and set the Ip-adress of the Raspberry-Pi as an exception to the Supression of DNS-Answers from inside the Network.

 

And it's still not working. I'm getting the same error.

 

Edited August 15 by Devcraft

[Larkfields]

Port-forwarding needs a static address on your ark-server.  Your external IP address doesn't matter.
For example, my server has a fixed LAN address of 192.168.1.10 - so that's where I forward the port numbers from my router.

I'm not familiar with playit.gg - My router does port-forwarding and my server's firewall is open for the required port numbers.

 

 

[Devcraft]

Yes,  my server also has a static ipv4-adress. I have my ports opened for that address, but I thought port-forwarding was only necessary if I want other people to join the Server, not when I want to join localy.  

[Larkfields]

AFAIK, Ark goes out to the internet to look for servers.

Also: You'll need an ISP and router that supports NAT-loopback.  Most do.  Some don't.