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How to: Access Your Starbound Server RCON

The server RCON tool is a conveinent way to access your server's console from outside of your game. You're able to view the server logs, as well as input commands just like you normally would through your ingame admin console.

Navigation:

Locating Your RCON Password

First and foremost, your RCON cannot be accessed without a password. Your password can be found by navigating to your Gameserverkings Manager Panel. Log in, click the Game Services tab on the left-hand sidebar to go to your Starbound server. From here, click the Configuration Files button.

Now click the Text Editor button to the right side of the starbound_server.config file to open it up.

Once open, scroll down and locate the rconServerPassword value in this file. Your server will be installed with a short, random password. You can edit the value of the password in this file to something else if you'd like to change it. In this example, my password is: ckdil

Accessing Your RCON Console

Now that we have our password, back out of the file and click the Web Console button.

This will open up your console. Below all of the output, at the very bottom, is an input box. Enter your password into this box and press your Enter key to submit it.

If you've entered the correct password, the label for the input box will now change to "Command", indicating that you can now use this box to send commands to your Starbound server.

You can now moderate and manage your server without ever entering the game itself! This can be accessed via mobile device as well.

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