How to Set Up an Interactive Live Map for Your 7D2D Server

Learn how to set up an interactive live map for your 7 Days to Die dedicated server using Allocs Server Fixes and the Web Dashboard.

An interactive live map lets you and your players view the 7 Days to Die world in real time through a web browser. This guide covers how to install Allocs Server Fixes, configure the Web Dashboard, and render your map. This guide is written for 7 Days to Die V2.1 (b9) and later, where the live map is integrated into the built-in Web Dashboard.

Installing Allocs Server Fixes (Modded Servers Only)

⚠️ Warning: If you have crossplay enabled, skip this step. Modded servers are not compatible with crossplay.

📝 Note: Setting up a live map is more advanced than a typical mod installation. This guide assumes some familiarity with modding and config files.

Download the mod

Download Allocs Server Fixes from the official page.

Extract the files

Extract the downloaded archive on your computer.

Stop your server

Upload the mod

Using an SFTP client, upload the extracted mod folders into your server's Mods folder.

Enabling the Interactive Live Map

Stop your server

Open the serveradmin.xml file

In the sidebar, click Files and navigate to .local/share/7DaysToDie/Saves/serveradmin.xml.

Add the API token

Paste the following under the </apitokens> section, then click Save:

<token name="web" token="PickAToken" permission_level="2000" />

The bottom of your file should now look similar to this:

     -->
<apitokens>
  <token name="web" token="PickAToken" permission_level="2000" />
</apitokens>

📝 Note: Permission level 2000 means anyone can view the live map without logging in to the Web Dashboard. Lower this value if you want to restrict access to admins only.

Enabling the Web Dashboard With Map Rendering

Stop your server

Navigate to Startup

In the sidebar, click Startup.

Enable the Web Dashboard

Set Web Dashboard Enabled to Enabled.

Enable Map Rendering

Set Enable Map Rendering to Enabled.

Start your server

Click Start to launch the server.

Viewing Your 7 Days to Die Live Map

Copy your server's IP address from the panel.
In your browser, navigate to ServerIPAddress:WebDashboardPort. For example: 123.123.123.123:7800, where 7800 is the Web Dashboard Port (found under Startup).
Select Legacy-Map to view your live map.

💡 Tip: If you sign in to the Web Dashboard as an admin, you will have access to additional management features. Regular users can only see the map and chunk regions.

Rendering the Full Map

The map only renders areas that have been explored by a player. To render the entire map at once, use the visitmap command in the server Console:

visitmap -x -x x x

Replace the coordinates with the map boundaries. Here are the commands for common pregen map sizes:

4k Pregen:

visitmap -4096 -4096 4096 4096

6k Pregen:

visitmap -6144 -6144 6144 6144

8k Pregen:

visitmap -8192 -8192 8192 8192

10k Pregen:

visitmap -10240 -10240 10240 10240

⚠️ Warning: Rendering a large map can cause significant lag on the server while the command is running. Consider doing this when few players are online.

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