Logging into the Game Panel and Feature Overview

Console screen

The console screen shows the status of your game server. The layout is designed to be self-explanatory; when a resource reaches its limit, the matching resource icon turns red.

File browser

The file browser (file manager) lets you view and edit the files on your server directly. Use it to edit configuration files, add mods and so on.

The basics

Click a folder name to open it; the breadcrumb at the top (“Home › …”) shows where you are. Use the “⋯” menu at the right of each row to choose an action for that file or folder. Clicking the name of a text file opens the editor.

The main actions available from the “⋯” menu are as follows.

• Rename: changes the file name.
• Copy: creates a duplicate in the same folder. It is named “… copy.extension” automatically, and the original file is left untouched.
• Download: saves the file to your own PC.
• Archive: packs the selected files and folders into a single compressed file (.tar.gz). You can also unpack a compressed file from the “⋯” menu.
• Permissions: changes the file access permissions. You normally do not need to change these.
• Delete: deletes the file or folder (this cannot be undone).

Creating and uploading: use “New File”, “Create Directory” and “Upload” at the top. Uploads are per file; you cannot upload a whole folder.

Moving files (easy to get wrong)

Choosing “⋯” → “Move” opens a screen for specifying the destination. What you specify here is the destination folder. Either click through the folders in the list, or type the destination path into the “New location” field and press “Move”. The file name itself does not change. You can also move a file by dragging and dropping it onto a folder.

When a file of the same name already exists (important)

What happens when a file of the same name already exists at the destination depends on the action. This is particularly easy to get wrong, so please check the diagram below.

• Upload: overwrites a file of the same name without asking. Back up important files first (see 5.5).
• Move and rename: if the same name already exists at the destination, you get an “already exists” error and nothing happens (nothing is overwritten). Delete or rename the existing file first.
• Copy: automatically uses a different name (“… copy”) and does not overwrite the existing file.

Acting on several items at once

Select several files or folders with the checkbox at the left of each row, and the buttons at the top right change to “Archive”, “Move” and “Delete”, letting you act on everything you selected at once.

Schedules

With the schedule feature you can set up recurring tasks — for example, restarting the server every day at 4 a.m.

User permission groups

This feature is useful when you want to manage the game server together with friends. Enter the email address of the person you want to add, tick the actions you want to allow, and click the “Invite” button; our game panel then sends an invitation email automatically.

Backups

You can keep as many backups as your plan allows. Give the backup file a name and click the “Start Backup” button.

Rotating backups automatically (schedules)

If you want “the oldest one removed automatically whenever a new backup is taken, keeping a fixed number”, use an automatic backup via the schedule feature. Even when you are at the limit, a scheduled automatic backup deletes the oldest backup first and then creates the new one (so the most recent generations are always kept, within the backup count for your plan).

How to set it up

1. Open “Schedules” from the left-hand menu and click “Create Schedule”.
2. Set the schedule name and when it runs (for example, Minute = Once, Hour = Every Day at 6:00 AM for 6 a.m. daily). To specify an arbitrary time, switch to “advanced” and enter it in cron format.
3. After creating it, open “Manage Schedule” and click “New Task”.
4. Choose “Create Backup” as the action and save with “Create Task” (list anything you want left out under “Ignored Files”).
5. At the specified time the backup is created automatically, and if you are at the limit the oldest one is replaced automatically. To check straight away, use “Run Now” on the schedule detail screen.

Protecting a backup you want to keep (lock)

For an important backup, choose “Lock” from the “⋯” menu in the list and it is excluded from automatic deletion (rotation) (a padlock icon appears to the left of the name).
Note that a locked backup still uses one of your slots. If you lock all of them, automatic rotation can no longer work.

The number of backups you can keep depends on your plan and on the game title, and is higher on higher plans. You can check your current limit on the backup screen, where it reads “△ of ◯ backups have been created for this server” (◯ is the limit). If you want to keep more generations, please consider upgrading to a higher plan.

Network

Here you can check the IP address and port numbers assigned to your game server. The one marked “Primary” is the game port.

Startup

The “Startup” screen lets you view and change the settings (variables) applied when the server starts. The variables shown differ by game title (the examples below are from Palworld). Changes to the input fields are saved automatically and take effect the next time the server starts (after a restart).

Putting a join password on your server

When you want to play with friends only, set a join password. In Palworld this is “[SERVER] Server Password (join)”.

1. Open “Startup” in the left-hand menu.
2. Enter a password in the “[SERVER] Server Password (join)” field (letters, digits, hyphens and underscores only). What you type is saved automatically.
3. Restart the server to apply it. From then on the world is private, and players must enter this password to join.
4. To remove the password, empty the field and restart.

Activity

Here you can review a log of the actions carried out on your game server.

Settings

The “Settings” screen lets you check the SFTP connection details, the server name and debug information (node / server ID), and lets you reinstall the server.

Reinstalling the server (reset)

“Reinstall Server” runs the installation script that was used when your server was first built, returning the server to something close to its initial state. When you run it the server stops once, and some files may be deleted or changed during the process.

When to use it

• When you want to wipe the server back to a clean state and start again (a reset).
• When the server no longer starts properly — because a configuration file is corrupted, for example — and you want to recover by returning it to its initial state.

Steps

1. Open “Settings” in the left-hand menu and scroll to “Reinstall Server” at the bottom right of the screen.
2. Before running it, finish backing up (see 5.5) or downloading the data you need.
3. Click the “Reinstall Server” button and a confirmation appears. Read it, and if you are happy to proceed click “Yes, Reinstall Server”.
4. The reinstall begins. It takes a while to finish (you can follow its progress on the “Console” screen). Start the server once it is done.

Downloading an FTP client

There is no particular restriction on which FTP client you use, but we recommend FileZilla.

Download FileZilla here →

Install it once the download has finished.

Entering the connection details

First, find the details you need under “Settings” in the game panel. Then fill in each field, using the images below as a guide.

• Host: copy and paste from the game panel
• Username: copy and paste from the game panel
• Password: the password you use to log in to the game panel

Once everything is filled in, click “Quickconnect”.

Uploading files

Once connected, you can upload folders several levels deep to the game server as they are.