PotBot Rcon Setup

This section will help you setup RCON for your server.

Game.ini

First locate your Game.ini file on your game server’s files.

Info

LinuxServer is the folder name for Linux servers. If you are using a different operating system, the folder name will be different but the other folders will be the same.

NLC Servers

Warning

Below this is all NLC Server need

Edit Game.ini file, and locate this section:

[SourceRCON]
bEnabled=true

Nothing more!

Other Server Providers

Warning

All other Server Providers

Edit Game.ini file, and locate this section:

[SourceRCON]
bEnabled=true
bLogging=false
Password=password
Port=8888
MaxFailedAttempts=3

Once you locate that section, setup your RCON the way you want. Here is an example setup:

Tip

For GameServersHub RCON info please see here

Text	Default	Needed	Description
bEnabled=	`true`	`REQUIRED`	Enables RCON
bLogging=	`false`	`OPTIONAL`	Allows logging of RCON commands (leave it default unless needed.)
Password=		`REQUIRED`	RCON password, (needs to be AT LEAST 8 characters, otherwise RCON will be disabled)
Port=		`OPTIONAL`	RCON Port, should be the game port +2 (Please verify with Server Provider if required)
IP=		`OPTIONAL`	Server IP (Please verify with Server Provider if required)
IPAllowList=		`OPTIONAL`	Server IP (Please verify with Server Provider if required)
MaxFailedAttempts=	`3`	`OPTIONAL`	Limits the failed attempts for connection

Tip

If you are using the new settings to only allow specific IPs to connect, please add the following to the same section:

Warning

If you use the IPAllowList then only that IP can ever connect to your game server, even if you use the right password!

Text	Needed	Description
IPAllowList=	`OPTIONAL`	Allows only specific IPs to connect

Tip

These are the IPs needed to allow PotBot to connect to the Game Server via RCON.

IPAllowList=65.109.24.150

IPAllowList=128.140.34.222