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How to start / stop your Ragnarok Online private server

In order for the Ragnarok server to run, the executable programs must be kept running.

1. To connect to your server (via Putty), click me if you don't know how to. Use the username and password provided to you.
2. Once inside, run the following commands to clear any existing screen sessions and stop the server:
killall -9 screen; screen -wipe; ./kill-server.sh

3. Navigate to your core's executables location by typing this default path (without double quotes) and press enter:
cd ~

Starting / Stopping the Ragnarok Core
1. To start the core, type the following commands (without double quotes) and press enter. Then, detach from the screen session by pressing Ctrl + A followed by D:
cd ~/rathena/; screen -S ragnarok ./athena-start start
2. To stop the core, type the following commands (without double quotes) and press enter:
cd ~/rathena/; ./kill-server.sh

NOTE: After starting the core, you must detach from the screen session. You can re-attach to the screen session by typing (without double quotes):
screen -dr ragnarok

Screen
1. To detach your screen from the running Ragnarok core, just press Ctrl then A followed by D.

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