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What is WARDOGS RCON?

RCON (remote console) is the admin connection built into every WARDOGS dedicated server. It's a small web API on the server's RCON port — 7776 unless your host changed it — protected by the RCON password from the [/Script/WDRCON.WDRCONSettings] section of the server's ini.

Through RCON a tool can read the live player list and the match, and send admin actions: message, kick, ban and unban players, change the map, end or restart the match and edit the server settings. On its own it has no screen — you need an RCON tool to use it.

What you can do with WARPANEL's RCON tool

• See everyone on the server right now with their team, kills, deaths, ping and how long they've been online.
• Message a player privately, or broadcast to the whole server.
• Warn, kick or ban a player with a reason — and unban from the ban list.
• Move a player to another team on server builds that support it.
• End or restart the match, or override the next map with its mode, zone and time of day.
• Edit the map rotation and reserved slots without opening the ini.
• Follow the match: team scores, match time, map and weather, updated every few seconds.

More than an RCON console

A plain RCON console only does what you type, while you're watching. WARPANEL keeps the connection open for you and acts on its own: rules in plain language (for example "ping over 250 ms for 2 minutes → warn, then kick"), scheduled messages, seeding alerts and welcome messages.

It also keeps a log of every admin action with who did it, posts leaderboards and staff alerts to Discord, and gives your server its own website with live status. With the kill feed turned on you get kill stats, records and unusual-stat flags too.

Share admin rights without sharing the RCON password

The RCON password gives full control of a WARDOGS server, so it shouldn't be passed around. In WARPANEL only the owner enters it — moderators get their own role (for example message and kick, but no bans) and sign in with their own Steam account.

The password is stored encrypted, used only to talk to your server and never shown again, not even to you. Remove it, or change it on the server, and WARPANEL's access ends.

Connect your server in two minutes

1. 01Turn on RCONMake sure the server's ini has a [/Script/WDRCON.WDRCONSettings] section with a port and a password, and that the RCON port can be reached from the internet. The RCON setup guide shows how.
2. 02Sign inSign in to WARPANEL with the Steam account you run the server with.
3. 03Link it with RCONEnter your server's public IP, RCON port and password. WARPANEL tests the connection, finds the server and links exactly that one.
4. 04Open LiveThe Live page shows the match and everyone on it. Invite your admins from Team.

WARPANEL and other WARDOGS RCON tools

There are a few RCON tools for WARDOGS: a quick browser console, self-hosted open-source panels and hosted panels like WARPANEL. Which fits depends on whether you just need to kick someone now or want a whole admin team, automation and Discord. Our comparison of WARDOGS admin tools lists what each one does.

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