Installing Oxide on Your Rust Server
Step-by-step guide on installing the Oxide modding framework on your Rust server for adding plugins, custom features, and enhanced server management
Rust drops you naked on a hostile multiplayer island where every other player is a threat. Gather resources, craft weapons, build a fortified base, and raid your rivals before they raid you.
Step-by-step guide on installing the Oxide modding framework on your Rust server for adding plugins, custom features, and enhanced server management
Add admins and moderators to your Rust server by SteamID with the DoomHosting Player Manager, or the ownerid and moderatorid console commands. Manage bans too.
Add a header image and circular server logo to your Rust server from the Startup tab. Exact sizes, direct link rules, and why server.cfg is ignored.
Turn off Easy Anti-Cheat on your Rust server by adding +server.secure 0 to the startup arguments. Step-by-step panel guide, plus what disabling EAC means.
Join your Rust server in seconds: copy the address from the panel, press F1 in game and use client.connect, or find the server by name in the browser.
Set Rust server browser tags from the Config tab. The full tag list, the one tag per group rule, and why your tags sometimes never show up in the browser.
Wipe your Rust server in a few clicks: what a map wipe vs full blueprint wipe deletes, when the monthly forced wipe hits, and how to set a new map seed.