How to Set Your Rust Server: Description, Header Image, and URL

A Guide to Personalizing Your Rust Server: Description, Header Image, and URL

Give your Rust server's session page a unique touch by customizing its description, header image, and URL. This step-by-step guide will walk you through the process, ensuring your server stands out among the rest.

Game Server Control Panel Guide

To modify your Rust server's description, header image, and URL, follow these steps:

Log in to your server control panel.
Navigate to Startup and scroll down a bit until you see DESCRIPTION SERVER IMAGE, and URL.
Provide your desired text/url as you wish!

Reference Image from our Game Control Panel for Rust

Reference Image from our Game Control Panel for Rust

Dedicated Servers

To modify your Rust server's description, header image, and URL, follow these steps if you do not have a control panel

Remote in to your server or FTP directly to your server
Navigate to your server's server.cfg file (ex: \server\myserver123\cfg)
Add and adjust the following lines in your server.cfg file:

server.url "https://yourwebsite.com"
server.description "Your custom description goes here"
server.headerimage "https://yourimageurl.com/yourimage.png"

Save the file and head to your server console.
Type server.readcfg in the console to apply the changes without restarting your server.

If the changes don't appear immediately, restart both your game and server.

Obtaining a URL for Your Rust Server Header Image

To use a custom header image for your Rust server, you'll need to provide a URL. Follow these steps to upload your image and obtain its link:

Create a header image with the correct dimensions (512x256).
Upload the image to an image hosting service like Imgur.
Once the image is uploaded, right-click it and select "Copy image address."

Use the copied link as your Rust server's header image URL in the server.cfg file.

Conclusion

Customizing your Rust server's session page by changing its description, header image, and URL adds a personal touch and helps your server stand out. With this SEO-optimized, concise guide, you'll easily personalize your server and enhance the gaming experience for your players.

Updated on: 10/04/2023

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