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How To Install Plugins For Your CSGO Server

Installing plugins on your Counter-Strike: Global Offensive server can enhance gameplay and add new features. By default, Game Host Bros CSGO servers come with Metamod, Sourcemod preinstalled and configured for use after CS2’s release. We also preconfigure Cleaner to remove any messages about needing to update your server after CS2’s launch.

We suggest you only add a single plugin or extension at a time and ensure it’s working before moving onto installing another plugin. Installing lots of plugins at once makes it much harder to troubleshoot what is causing problems.

How To Install Plugins

  1. In the sidebar go to Management > File Manager.
  2. Navigate to the csgo/addons/sourcemod/plugins/ directory.
  3. Upload your plugin files (usually ending in .smx) to this directory.
  4. Restart your server or use the sm plugins refresh command in the server console.

To check if your plugins have loaded, you can type sm plugins list into the server console and it will print out all the running plugins.

How To Install Extensions

Some plugins require additional extensions to function properly. Here’s how to install them:

  1. In the file manager, go to the csgo/addons/sourcemod/extensions/ directory.
  2. Upload the extension files (ending in .so for Linux) to this directory.
  3. If the extension came with a .cfg file, upload it to csgo/cfg/sourcemod/.
  4. Restart your server.

Always make sure you’re using extensions compatible with Linux and your SourceMod version.

To check if your extensions have loaded, you can type sm exts list into the server console and it will print out all the running extensions.