How to Add an Admin to Your IOSoccer Server

IOSoccer does not ship with an admin system. There is no in-game admin list and no server setting that turns a player into an admin. The server is managed through the server console or RCON – in-game admin rights are only available through SourceMod.

Find the SteamID

For the admin list you need the SteamID in the format STEAM_0:x:xxxxxxx.

Add an admin

1. Connect via SFTP
   Connect to your server via SFTP.

2. Open the file
   Open the following file:

   /iosoccer/addons/sourcemod/configs/admins_simple.ini
   

3. Add the player
   Add one admin per line. A line is structured like this:

   "<SteamID | !IP | Steam name>" "[immunity level:]<flags | @group>" ["password"]
   

   Examples:

   "STEAM_0:1:16"		"bce"			// generic, kick, unban for this SteamID, no immunity
   "STEAM_0:1:12345678"	"99:z"			// all permissions, immunity level 99
   "[U:1:24691357]"	"z"			// same permissions using the Steam3 format
   "!127.0.0.1"		"5:z"			// all permissions for this IP, immunity level 5
   

4. Apply the changes
   Save the file and enter the following command in the server console:

   sm_reloadadmins
   

   Alternatively restart your server.

Permission flags at a glance

Use the admin menu

1. Join the server
   Connect to your server. See Join Server for how to do that.

2. Open the menu
   Open the admin menu with the command sm_admin in the game console or with !admin or /admin in the chat.

Alternative: admins.cfg

Instead of admins_simple.ini you can also add admins in the KeyValues format:

/iosoccer/addons/sourcemod/configs/admins.cfg

Admins
{
	"Player name"
	{
		"auth"		"steam"
		"identity"	"STEAM_0:1:12345678"
		"flags"		"abcdef"
	}
}

Without mods: server console and RCON

If you do not want to install plugins, the server console in the dashboard remains. You can run every server command there without being an admin inside the game – including match control with sv_restart, sv_endmatch, sv_startpenalties, sv_starttimeout and sv_endtimeout.

On top of that you can use RCON to run the same commands from outside. Your server receives the RCON password on every start, so you set it in the dashboard:

1. Open the dashboard
   Open the dashboard of your server and switch to the Settings.

2. Enter the password
   Enter a long, unique password in the RCON Password field.

3. Restart the server
   Save the change and restart your server. The password is passed on at startup and therefore only takes effect after a restart.

Harden RCON

Add these values via SFTP to /iosoccer/cfg/server.cfg as well. If the file does not exist yet, create it: