Beginners Guide

In this guide I’ll show you the basics of running your new Game Host Bros server. Think of this as a crash course into game server hosting.

If you don’t have a server with us yet, click here and get one now.

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If you get stuck at any time or have questions, don’t be afraid to reach out to a bro with a support ticket or on Discord. We are here to help you get everything set up the way you want it.

The Game Panel

After you sign up and pay for your Game Host Bros server, you will be sent an email titled Server Installed. This is where you set a password to access our Game Panel. Once you click the button in the email, it will bring you to an overview of all the servers you have with us.

If you don’t see the Server Installed email in your inbox, please check your spam folder. If you’ve clicked the button multiple times and cannot set a password, you can simply reset your Game Panel password here

Starting & Stopping Your Server

Once you’re in the game panel, you can simply click the server you want to manage, and you will be brought to the server Console. This is where you can Start,Stop, Restart your server and type commands.

Edit Server Settings

In the sidebar click Configuration > Startup Parameters

This is where you will edit most of the basic settings for your server such as the servers public name, maximum players, setting a password and changing game modes. After any change is made here, you will need to restart the server.

Some games also don’t have settings in our panel but rely on config files. We have guides on these configs under each game section in the sidebar here.

Note

These settings are different for each game.

Connect To Your Server

To connect your server, you will need the IP address. We display this at the top left of every page. Simply click on it to copy. How you connect using the IP address is different for each game, but we include a “Connect to Your Server” guide for each game in the sidebar here.

Game-Specific Guides

Congratulations 🎉 you’ve finished the beginners guide crash course! See it wasn’t that hard. Now check out our game-specific guides to find help for your particular game.

• 7 Days To Die Server Guides
• ARK Survival Evolved Server Guides
• Aska Server Guides
• Aloft Server Guides
• American Truck Simulator Server Guides
• Arma Reforger Server Guides
• Astroneer Server Guides
• BeamMP Server Guides
• Conan Exiles Server Guides
• Core Keeper Server Guides
• Counter-Strike 1.6 Server Guides
• Counter-Strike 2 Server Guides
• Counter-Strike GO Server Guides
• Counter-Strike Source Server Guides
• Day of Defeat Server Guides
• DayZ Server Guides
• Deadlock Server Guides
• Enshrouded Server Guides
• Euro Truck Simulator 2 Server Guides
• Factorio Server Guides
• Garry's Mod Server Guides
• Half Life 1 Server Guides
• Half Life 2 Deathmatch Server Guides
• ICARUS Server Guides
• Left 4 Dead 2 Server Guides
• Minecraft Server Guides
• Minecraft Bedrock Server Guides
• Necesse Server Guides
• No More Room In Hell Server Guides
• Palworld Server Guides
• Project Zomboid Server Guides
• Quake 3 Server Guides
• Quake Live Server Guides
• Rust Server Guides
• Satisfactory Server Guides
• Sons Of The Forest Server Guides
• Soulmask Server Guides
• Space Engineers Server Guides
• Sven Co-op Server Guides
• Team Fortress 2 Server Guides
• The Isle Evrima Server Guides
• The Lord of the Rings Return to Moria Server Guides
• V Rising Server Guides
• Valheim Server Guides
• Vintage Story Server Guides
• Wreckfest Server Guides

You can also find out how to do other things like adding users to your server and more in our other guides.

Remember, the bros always have your back so come and join our Discord and let’s get your server set up the way you want it.