Hello there, I'm a DayZ Server admin and I'm setting up an external monitoring solution to no avail.

My question is this: What protocol or string do you (GameTracker) use to check the alive state of a server, specifically DayZ?

I know this is an odd question, but I cannot always remote to the desktop of the dedicated box, thanks in advance for your response.

Hi lethal_d0se,

You should be able to find sufficient information about querying ArmA2 servers (if I am correct with that assumption) here https://www.google.com/search?sugexp=chrome,mod&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=arma+2+query+protocol

You could also use GameTracker banners as a method of checking if it is offline, though it would not be an immediate indicator all of the time.