Rust Connecting to your server Using the connect to server button on the panel Click on Rust in the sidebar to open the console page of the panel You should now see a green link near the top left of the console with the text Connect to Server . Clicking this will open a prompt on your browser asking if you want to allow the CreeperPanel to open an application. Click on Open, and it should now load the game up for you and attempt to connect you to your server. Using the in-game server list The in-game server list may not show your server sometimes. Pressing the refresh and waiting a little while may work in finding your server. However, if the server still does not show up, we cannot assist as we do not control the server list. If you have set a unique name for your server, you can use the in-game server list by clicking on Play Game , then click on the Search Servers.. text box and enter the name you gave your server. If all goes well, you should find your server and connect to it by clicking on it. We also recommend clicking on the star icon next to your server name to add it to your Favourites, as this will make it easier to connect to your server in the future. Using the Steam client If none of the methods above work for you, you can follow our Connecting to your server via Steam guide. This method adds your server to your Steam favourites list. Once the server is added to your favourites in Steam, you should also be able to use the Favourited section in the in-game server list to connect to your server. Setting a server description, URL, header image and rcon password Setting the server description, URL and header image can help advertise your server to other players, giving them an idea of the type of server you are hosting. The server description and URL can be set on the settings page after selecting Rust from the sidebar however to set the header image for your server you will need to manually edit the server config. Before proceeding please make sure to stop your server if its running by clicking on the red stop button in the top right of the console page. Click on Rust in the sidebar to load the console up, then once on the console page click on Files to load up the file list for your rust server. Once on the files page double click on the following folders: server > my_server_identity > cfg You should now see 3 files (bans.cfg, serverauto.cfg and users.cfg) double click on the serverauto.cfg to open it. The files will now open for you and it should already contain some default settings (if it doesn't do not worry). If the file already has some default settings within it search though the file to see if there is one for server.headerimage If the file is empty or you do not see server.headerimage anywhere in the file go to the bottom of the file and press enter to add a new line then type server.headerimage "" now between the "" enter the URL to the image you wish to use as the header image. We recommend using a header image that is 1024x512 as this will not be stretched or appear blurry/pixelated Click save then you can start your server up again. Rcon Password You will need to set a rcon password via the settings page or your server will not start up Adding admins to your server Adding admins to your server allows them to run admin commands such as kick, ban, mute and many more commands from in-game. A full list of commands can be found at https://rust.fandom.com/wiki/Server_Commands Admin Levels There are 2 admin levels you can grant to users in rust. ownerid - This will grant access to all admin and server commands which include adding/removing other admins. moderatorid - This will grant the user access to all admin commands but not the ability to add/remove admins. Setting a player as an admin or moderator. Before proceeding you will need to make sure the server has been stopped and that you have the steam64 id of the user you wish to set as an admin or moderator. You can get the steam64 id from https://steamid.io/   Click on Rust in the sidebar to load the console up, then once on the console page click on Files to load up the file list for your rust server. Once on the files page double click on the following folders: server > my_server_identity > cfg You should now see 3 files (bans.cfg, serverauto.cfg and users.cfg) double click on the users.cfg to open it. In this file you will want to enter the following: To set as an admin use global.ownerid "yourSteam64ID" or to set as a moderator use global.moderatorid "yourSteam64ID" , replacing yourSteam64ID with the steam64 id of the player you wish to set as an admin/moderator Click save and then start up your server, once connected to the server you should be able to run admin/server command through the in-game console (Press F1 to open the console) Banning and unbanning players You will need to be either set as an admin or moderator to run the following commands In rust there are two methods to ban a player from your server, Banning players The first method uses the in-game username of the player you wish to ban, this method will require the player you want to ban be connected to your server as it will try to get the SteamID from their username. The second method is to use the SteamID of the player you want to ban from the server, this method can be used even if the player is not currently connected to your server. You will need to open the in-game console to enter the ban command by pressing F1. Banning with a player name With the console open type ban "player_name" "optional_reason"  replacing  player_name with the in-game name of the player you want to ban and if you want to enter a reason for the ban replace "optional_reason" with your reason otherwise feel free to not put a reason and press enter to send the command. Banning with a SteamID If the player is not online you can use the SteamID of the player you want to ban using the following command.  banid "steamid" "optional_reason" replacing steamid with the SteamID of the player you want to ban and if you want to enter a reason for the ban replace "optional_reason" with your reason otherwise feel free to not put a reason and press enter to send the command. If the ban was successful you should get a console message that should looks something like Kickbanned User: steamid - players_name - optional_reason Unbanning players Help, I have accidentally banned my friend how do I unban them from my server? Unbanning a player is similar to banning a player, if you haven't opened the in-game console, you can do so by pressing F1. With the console open type  unban steamid replacing steamid with the SteamID of the player you wish to unban then press enter to send the command. If you want to view the ban list you can run  banlistex command in the in-game console and you should get an output similar to. steamid "players_name" "optional_reason" steamid "players_name" "optional_reason" Installing Oxide/uMod Oxide/uMod is a mod/plugin loader for Rust servers that allow server owners to install plugins such as whitelists to their servers. Stop your Rust server by pressing the red stop button in the top right. Click on Versions Click on the Install button next to the Oxide version and wait for it to install. Once it's finished installing start your server up. You can add mods/plugins to your server by going to the Files page and navigating to the oxide > plugins folder then dragging and dropping the plugins into the file manager to upload them. Adding a whitelist to your server To add a whitelist to your server you will first need to install Oxide/UMod on your service We have a guide to install Oxide/UMod at https://www.creeperhost.net/wiki/books/rust/page/installing-oxideumod Download the whitelist plugin by Wulf at https://umod.org/plugins/whitelist Click on Rust in the sidebar then click on Files to open the file browser for rust Navigate to the oxide > plugins folder by double-clicking on the folders. Drag and drop the Whitelist.cs file you downloaded from the link above to the file browser to upload the file Start your server, once it's started the plugin should be loaded. Connect to your server and once in-game press F1 and enter the following command oxide.grant user steamid whitelist.allow replacing steamid with the SteamID of the player you wish to whitelist then press enter. You can find the SteamId of the player by going to a website such as https://steamid.io/ Adding tags to your server Setting tags on your rust server is a way to show players the type of server you are running by giving them key information such as saying you are running a build server and how often you reset the world. Setting the tags Before proceeding please make sure to stop your server if its running by clicking on the red stop button in the top right of the console page. Click on Rust in the sidebar to load the console up, then once on the console page click on Files to load up the file list for your rust server. Once on the files page double click on the following folders: server > my_server_identity > cfg You should now see 3 files (bans.cfg, serverauto.cfg and users.cfg) double click on the serverauto.cfg to open it. The files will now open for you and it should already contain some default settings (if it doesn't do not worry). If the file already has some default settings within it search though the file to see if there is one for server.tags. If the file is empty or you do not see server.tags anywhere in the file go to the bottom of the file and press enter to add a new line then type  server.tags "" now between the "" you can enter valid tags such as "monthly,creative,builds" on your server, a full list of valid tags can be found at https://wiki.facepunch.com/rust/server-browser-tags Once you are happy with the tags you have set click on the save button to save your changes and start your server up again.