Console
Watch your server, send it commands, and start or stop it.
The Console tab opens first when you open a server.
Power controls
Four buttons sit at the top right of the page.
| Button | Action |
|---|---|
| Start | Starts the server. Greyed out unless the server is off. |
| Restart | Stops the server and starts it again. Greyed out unless it is running. |
| Stop | Sends the game its own shutdown command. |
| Kill | Stops the server at once. |
Start, Restart and Stop act straight away. Kill asks you to confirm, because the server gets no chance to save first.
Use Stop whenever you can wait. Kill is hidden while the server is off, and turns orange when a stop is taking too long.
Only the three icon buttons carry a tooltip. Point at one to read what it does.
Reading the output
The console loads its recent history when you open it, so you can scroll up and read back.
Error lines are red, messages from the panel are yellow, and your own commands are cyan.
The console has no search. Download the log to search it on your own computer.
An amber Reconnecting pill appears beside the server name when the live connection drops. Figures on screen stay as they were until it returns.
Sending a command
Type the command in the box at the foot of the console and press Enter.
Press the up and down arrows to bring back commands you sent earlier.
The console buttons
Four small buttons sit at the top right of the console itself.
| Button | Action |
|---|---|
| Download | Saves the console log to your computer. |
| Pop out | Keeps a small console on screen while you use other tabs. |
| Eraser | Turns the automatic clear on restart on or off. |
| Bin | Clears what is on screen. Nothing on the server is touched. |
Live figures
On a wide screen, a Server Information panel sits on the right.
| Item | Shows |
|---|---|
| Address | Your connection address. Click it to copy. |
| Uptime | How long the server has been up. |
| CPU Load | Current use against your limit. |
| Memory | Current use against your limit. |
| Disk | Current use against your limit. |
| Network (Inbound) | Data received. |
| Network (Outbound) | Data sent. |
| Players | Players online against the maximum. |
The Players card appears for games the panel can ask for a player list. Click the chevron to see the names, then click a name to copy that player ID.
Three graphs run across the foot of every tab: CPU Load, Memory and Network. They start empty and fill in while the page is open.
On a phone or a tablet the right panel is hidden, and the graphs stay.
Next steps
- Server management for the server list and every tab
- Startup settings to change the settings your server reads when it starts
- Activity log to see who did what