Quick Start

What you'll need

Before you start, have these three things ready:

1. A Nitrado account with an active DayZ console server
2. A Nitrado API token — this is how Vigil reads your server logs (how to get one)
3. A Discord server you manage, with at least one channel to receive events

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Step 1 — Create your Vigil account

Go to vigilkillfeed.com and sign up. You can register with Discord for the fastest setup.

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Step 2 — Add your server

Once logged in, click Add Server from your dashboard.

You'll need to enter:

• Nitrado API Token — your personal token from the Nitrado dashboard (guide here)
• Nitrado Service ID — the numeric ID of your DayZ server on Nitrado

Vigil will immediately verify the connection and start discovering your server's log file. This takes up to one minute on first run.

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Step 3 — Enable your first module

Once your server is added, click into it and go to Modules.

Each module is independent. Enable the ones you want, each with its own Discord webhook URL.

To get started quickly, enable Kill Feed:

1. Click Kill Feed
2. Toggle it on
3. Paste your Discord webhook URL (how to create one)
4. Click Save

That's it. Vigil will start posting kills to that channel within the next poll cycle — within 30 seconds.

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Step 4 — Configure to taste

Every module has its own configuration page where you can:

• Choose Simple or Rich embed style
• Customise the message template or embed title/description
• Change colours, toggle what information is shown
• Set a custom bot username and avatar

Start simple — you can always come back and tweak later.

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How it works

Vigil runs a polling worker that connects to Nitrado and checks your server's .ADM log file for new content — every 30 seconds. Any new events are parsed, matched against your enabled modules, and posted to the Discord webhooks you've configured.

Nothing is installed on your server. Vigil works entirely through the Nitrado file API.