Getting Started
How to Connect to Your Server via SFTP
Learn how to connect to your game server using SFTP to upload, download, and manage files using FileZilla.
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General Guides
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General
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Server Administration
How to Set Up or Disable RCON on Your Game Server
What RCON is, how to enable it in Minecraft's server.properties or on the Startup tab, why it needs a strong password and its own port, and how to switch it off.
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Server Administration
Create a MySQL Database for Your Game Server
Create a MySQL database from the Databases tab, copy host, port, name, username and password into your plugin, and rotate or delete it when you need to.
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Configuration
How to Change the Max Player Count on Your Server
Change the player limit from the panel player count in two clicks, or in the game config file. Which games support it, and why more players need more RAM.
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Server Administration
Dedicated IP: What It Is and How to Add It
A dedicated IP gives your server its own IPv4 address, usually on the game's default port. How to add it at checkout or from Upgrade server, and what changes.
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Configuration
How to Edit Your Game Server's Config Files
Edit config files in the panel editor or over SFTP with Notepad++ or VS Code. Why to stop the server first, plus syntax traps in .properties, .ini, .json, .yml.
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Server Administration
Upgrade or Downgrade Your Server: RAM, Storage, Add-ons
Add RAM, storage, backup slots or CPU threads from the panel and pay only for the days left in your period. Your files stay put. Plus what you can lower.
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Server Administration
Use Your Own Domain as Your Server Address
Replace IP:port with a name like play.yourclan.com: a subdomain from the panel, a domain bought from us in one click, or A and SRV records at any registrar.
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Getting Started
How to Find Your SteamID64 (Steam ID)
Find your 17-digit SteamID64 in the Steam client, from your profile link or your friend code, get another player's, and add it as admin on your server.
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Getting Started
A Tour of the Game Server Control Panel
Where everything lives in the panel: the server list, power buttons, console, files, backups, startup, schedules, access and settings, tab by tab.
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Server Administration
Cancelling Your Server: Steps, Timing and Undo
Cancel from the panel in about a minute. Your server runs to the end of the period you paid for, and the Keep Server button undoes it until that date.
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