Your Control Panel: Console, Files, Plans and More

Open any server from your dashboard to reach its control panel. Your server address sits at the top: click it to copy, then paste it into your game.

Console and actions

The Console tab shows your server's live output. Type any command at the bottom and press Enter.

On the right you have Start, Restart, Stop and Backup, plus buttons for your game's everyday jobs such as saving the world or broadcasting a message. Buttons that need a detail, like a player name, ask for it first.

Files

The Files tab lets you browse your server's files and edit config files in the browser (Ctrl+S saves). Drag files in to upload them, or paste a link and the server downloads the file itself, which is handy for mods and plugins. Download any folder, or a selection of files, as one zip. You can also search every folder, rename (F2), move, copy, make new files and folders, and extract archives. Changes to config files usually need a restart to take effect.

Some games come with extra ports for add-ons, such as Minecraft's voice chat and web map ports. They are listed under your server address on the Overview.

Backups and restoring

Click Backup on the Overview any time. Backups are also made automatically before game updates and server type switches, and are stored off the server. To roll back, open Settings, find Backups and click Restore next to the one you want: the server stops, every file returns to that moment, and you start it again when it finishes. Only the server's owner can restore.

SFTP for big uploads

For large uploads such as worlds and modpacks, use an SFTP app like FileZilla or WinSCP. Go to Settings and click Show SFTP login to see the host, port, username and password. Each time you show the login, a new password is set, so the old one stops working.

Sleep when empty

With Sleep when empty on, your server stops after 4 days with nobody playing. Nothing is lost: your world is saved, and one press of Start brings it back. Turn it off in Settings if you want the server online around the clock.

Changing your plan

In Settings, pick another plan of the same game. To upgrade, you pay the difference for the rest of your current billing period on Stripe's secure page, and the new plan starts as soon as it is paid. To downgrade, the change is immediate and the unused difference comes off your next bill. The new memory applies after a restart. If you split the bill, everyone moves to the new price: your share changes now and your friends are emailed before theirs changes.

Switching games

Bored of a game? In Settings, move your server to another game that has a plan with the same memory. We back up your current world first, then reinstall the server with the new game, which takes about a minute. Your price only changes if the new plan costs more or less.

Deleting a server or cancelling

At the bottom of Settings, Cancel subscription stops future payments while your server keeps running until the end of the time you paid for, and Delete server removes the server and its files. A deleted server you keep paying for stays on your dashboard as an empty slot you can start any game with the same memory in. See billing and cancellation.

Sharing with friends

If you split the bill with Server Share, friends who make an account with the email they paid with see the server in their own dashboard. They can use the console, the actions and the files. Only you can change the plan, switch games, manage the split and get SFTP access.

Earn from your link

At the bottom of your dashboard you can get a referral link. When someone buys a server through it, you earn 20% of what they pay, every month they stay.