How to Use the Config Editor for Your Game Server

With the Config Editor, you change your server's settings directly in the dashboard, without having to download and edit configuration files via SFTP. Each setting is shown with a short explanation, its default value and the allowed range.

Open the Config Editor

1. Open the dashboard
   Open your server's dashboard.

2. Select the Config Editor
   Click Config Editor in the left sidebar.

Simple Mode and Expert Mode

In the Config Editor, you use a toggle to switch between two views:

Mode	Content
Simple mode	The most important settings of your server, each with a short explanation.
Expert mode	All settings, start variables and the configuration files in raw format. Next to every name is the key from the file. Depending on the game, some start variables are read-only.

In simple mode, a hint tells you that expert mode contains more settings, start variables and raw files. Use the button in this hint to switch to expert mode directly.

Categories

On the left, the settings are sorted into categories. On a Minecraft server, these are for example:

• General
• Server icon
• World
• Gameplay
• Players and access
• Network and performance
• Server software (expert mode only)
• Java version
• More settings

Other games show different categories.

Find Settings

Use the search field Search name or key to find a setting quickly, e.g. view-distance. You can search for the displayed name or for the key under which the setting is stored in the configuration file.

For each setting, the Config Editor shows you:

• Label: the name of the setting, e.g. Server message (MOTD) or Maximum players.
• Key: a badge with the name from the file, e.g. motd, max-players, online-mode or hide-online-players.
• Description: a short explanation of what the setting does.
• Default: the default value, shown as Default:, and, if available, the allowed range.

Settings you cannot change are marked Read only. On Minecraft, this is e.g. the Game port (server-port).

Raw Files in Expert Mode

In expert mode, you also find the Files list on the left. On a Minecraft server, these are for example:

• server.properties
• paper-global.yml
• paper-world-defaults.yml
• spigot.yml
• bukkit.yml

Files that do not exist on your server yet are marked as not created yet.

Save Changes

1. Change a setting
   Adjust the value you want.

2. Save
   Save your changes. New values only apply after saving.

3. Restart the server
   Many settings are only read when your server starts. After saving, restart your server with Restart so the changes take effect.

Server No Longer Starts After a Change

If your server no longer starts after a change, check the Console for the error message. Then reset the setting you changed last to the default value shown in the Config Editor and start your server again.