Game server config and command reference
Field by field documentation for the config files, console commands, RCON tooling, and networking gotchas behind every dedicated game server we host walkthroughs for. Verified against current game builds, updated whenever a patch changes the schema.
ARK Survival Ascended1
Counter-Strike 21
Minecraft4
- Networking 8 min
Minecraft server port forwarding guide (TCP 25565, NAT, CGNAT)
How to forward TCP 25565 on any consumer router, why your server is unreachable, and what to do when your ISP uses CGNAT.
- Cosmetics 5 min
Minecraft server icon: 64x64 PNG spec, placement, and troubleshooting
Exact size, format, and file placement for a Minecraft server-icon.png, plus ImageMagick and online converter commands that produce a valid file every time.
- Config reference 14 min
Minecraft server.properties: full field reference for 1.21
Every key in server.properties for Java Edition, what it does, the accepted values, the default, and the fields most commonly misconfigured on community servers.
- Server admin 6 min
Minecraft whitelist.json: schema, UUID lookups, and enforce-whitelist
Schema for whitelist.json, how to look up player UUIDs, when to edit by hand versus the in game command, and what enforce-whitelist actually does at runtime.