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How to Protect Your Rust Server From DDoS Attacks

Featured • August 1, 2023

How to Protect Your Rust Server From DDoS Attacks

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How to Protect Your Rust Server From DDoS Attacks

August 1, 2023 • 5 min read

How to Protect Your Rust Server From DDoS Attacks

Rust is a survival game where you collect resources on a server and build bases and tools to protect you from the sources of damage, such as players -one of the main characteristics of Rust- and animals. An online game where you can go solo or ally with other players to guarantee your survival, that’s up to you! Perhaps you and your team want to raid another clan and steal their resources, or perhaps you want to help other players get started in the game? The decision is yours and you can use y

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April 19, 2022 • 3 min read

How to install Rust Kits on Your Rust Server

Rust Kits is an uMod modification that, as the name implies, will allow you to set custom kits of tools and items for your players. Fast, intuitive, and easy to use, certainly a good option for your Rust server. You will be able to set custom icons for your kits, limit them to a specific role, set a cooldown, assign them a cost and even modify the GUI! Installation (Mod Manager) * From your Iceline Game Panel, go to the plugins tab. * Using the search bar, search for the “Kit

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April 18, 2022 • 1 min read

How to install Discord Commands on Your Rust Server

Yet another Discord Core dependent plugin that will allow users (with the respective permission) to run commands in the game server directly from Discord, a good tool for admins and moderators! You need to have Discord Core installed and configured in your server, you can follow this guide to install it Installation (Mod Manager) * From your game panel, go to the plugins tab. * Using the search bar, search for the “Discord Commands” plugin and press the “Install Plugin” butto

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March 1, 2022 • 2 min read

How to Install Arkan on Your Rust Server

What’s Arkan? Arkan is an umod plugin that will help you in the task of moderating your Rust server against the use of ‘Aimbot’ and ‘No Recoil’ by providing an analysis of player shots, taking into consideration a wide range of factors such as the angle and the distance to determine which one of them may be potentially made by a cheater. Under its features lies the possibility to link it to a discord webhook, which will allow you to get notified on a discord chat about possible vio

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February 28, 2022 • 3 min read

How to install Rust Player Administration

The Player Administration plugin is a great tool for monitoring and performing actions on online & offline players while in-game using a GUI. It allows you to teleport to your players, teleport your players to you. Mute, kick, ban and kill players. As well as heal, feed and water players. Those are just some of the features available. Installing the plugin to your Rust Server 1. Navigate to the plugins menu of the Iceline Game Panel and click on the PLAYERADMINISTRATI

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December 15, 2021 • 1 min read

How to install Discord Chat on Your Rust Server

Discord chat is a uMod plugin that will allow you to link a discord channel with the in-game chat, you will be able to answer messages from anywhere without needing to be on your rust game server! You need to have Discord Core installed and configured in your server. Installation (Mod Manager) * From your Iceline Game Panel, go to the plugins tab. * Using the search bar, search for the “Discord Chat” plugin and press the “Install Plugin” button. * Restart your server. I

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September 30, 2021 • 4 min read

How to Install Rust Furnace Splitter on Your Rust Server

The furnace splitter is a wonderful plugin that automatically allocates the right amount of wood for the ore that’s put in the furnace. It also splits the ore so that you get maximum efficiency on wood usage and the shortest time to smelt the ore. It works with both small and large furnaces. At Iceline Hosting, we provide hosting services for Rust. Start your server today and read on to learn how to install the furnace splitter plugin! Installing The Plugin

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May 26, 2021 • 2 min read

How to Install Advert Messages on Your Rust Server

Overview The Advert Messages plugin allows you to display messages to your players in a configurable interval, EG. Rules/Links/Donations ETC. To install it onto your Rust Server, follow the below instructions: 1. Navigate to the plugins menu in the Game Panel and click on the AdvertMessages INSTALL PLUGIN button. 2. Once installed go to your Rust Console page and start your server or restart it if it is currently running. 3. First check that oxide is runn

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May 26, 2021 • 2 min read

How to Install the Better Loot Plugin to Your Rust Server

Overview The Better Loot plugin allows a Rust server admin to essentially allow for better loot (higher tier and increased quantities) in brown, military, & elite crates. To install it, follow the below instructions: 1. Navigate to the plugins menu in the Game Panel and click on the Better Loot INSTALL PLUGIN button. 2. Once installed, go to your Rust Console page and start your server or restart your Rust server hosting it if it is currently running. 3.

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May 19, 2021 • 2 min read

How to Install the Welcomer Plugin to Your Rust Server

Overview The welcomer plugin displays the name of the player and his location when he or she joins or leaves the Rust server, as well as the number of players currently on the server. To install it, follow the below instructions: 1. Navigate to the plugins menu and click on the Welcomer INSTALL PLUGIN button. 2. Once installed go to your Rust Console page and start your server or restart it if it is currently running. 3. First, check that Oxide is running

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May 4, 2021 • 2 min read

How to Install "RUST:IO Live Map" to Your Rust Server

RUST:IO allows players to view themselves, teammates, and even Bradley in real-time using the playrust.io website. How to install RUST:IO live map on your Rust server: 1. Login to your Iceline Hosting Game Server panel and choose the Rust server you wish to install RUST:IO on. 2. Click on Mods on the top menu of the page the choose INSTALL next to the RUST:IO Live Map (Latest) block. 3. Now click on INSTALL MOD. 4. Once the Mod is installed you can see that t

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May 4, 2021 • 1 min read

How to Install Instant Craft to Your Rust Server

Sometimes, some quality of life changes are needed to make pleasant the most tedious things on a Rust playthrough. An example is spending a lot of time waiting for stuff to be done, and that’s where Instant Craft shines. Instant Craft it’s a uMod modification that will allow you to (as the name implies) automatically craft your stuff without having to wait. You can also set this permission to just one or a bunch of players/groups on your Rust server hosting server. Not only that, bu

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May 3, 2021 • 1 min read

How to Install Zone Manager to Your Rust Server

In some cases, you may have thought of creating a zone for the new players where they can feel welcome to your Rust server and get familiar with the rules. But, with Rust being a game focused on PvP and Raids, this can prove to be a challenge. Zone Manager is a uMod plugin that allows you to designate and administrate zones with special features, creating non-PVP areas to welcome your new players. You can also apply other conditions (called flags) such as disabling the chat, buildin

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May 2, 2021 • 2 min read

How to Install Admin Radar on Your Rust Server

Overview Admin Radar is an ABSOLUTE MUST for any admin of a Rust servers. It shows you where items, collectibles, ore nodes, player TCs, players (active and sleepers) are, as well as loot, NPC’s, stashes, and more! It’s the best and easiest tool for watching your Rust server hosting server and the players on it! Its basically ESP. To install it, follow the below instructions: 1. Navigate to the plugins menu and click on the ADMIN RADAR INSTALL PLUGIN button. 2. Once installed

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May 1, 2021 • 2 min read

How to Update Your Rust Server

You will need to update your Rust server once in a while when Facepunch adds more content or has mandatory updates on either their client side or server side. This tutorial shows you how to go about updating your Rust server hosting server to the latest version. Backing up your server Backing up your Rust server hosting server is always good practice when you have to update. This is because something could go wrong and having a backup enables you to restore and attempt the ser

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March 25, 2021 • 1 min read

How to Install Save Announcer to Your Rust Server

What is Save Announcer? Save Announcer is a simple plugin used to make an announcement to all players in your chat when your Rust server is saving. It’s a good idea to run this plugin if your Rust server hosting server has a large number of entities, as saving the world can cause a split second of lag — and it’s reassuring for players to know what the cause is. How to Install Save Announcer to Your Rust Server 1. To begin, start by downloading the ‘Save Announcer’ plugin b

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March 16, 2021 • 2 min read

How to Install Sign Artist to Your Rust Server

What is Sign Artist? Sign Artist is a plugin that provides players with the ability to load custom images onto signs, picture frames, etc, on your Rust server hosting server. This plugin can provide a lot of entertainment to your server, however, just be sure to moderate what images players are importing! To install Sign Artist to your Rust server, hosting services, you’ll need to ensure that you have Oxide installed. You can view our knowledgebase guide on how to install Oxide here.

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March 11, 2021 • 2 min read

How to Wipe Your Rust Server

Why Wipe My Rust Server? In Rust, it’s very important to wipe your server. The most common wipe cycle you’ll come across is weekly map wipes, with a forced blueprint wipe upon the release of a game update. You might be thinking to yourself “Why are rust servers wiped so frequently?“. The reason being is that after around a week of consistent playing, most players will have achieved ‘end-game’ progress and the pace of gameplay will gradually slow down. How to Wipe Your Server Through

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March 11, 2021 • 1 min read

How to Increase Gather Rates on Your Rust Server

Why would you want to increase gather rates? Increasing gather rates on your Rust server hosting server is an essential process for most modded servers on Rust. It allows players to farm resources at a higher rate and thus progresses through the game a lot faster. The plugin we’ll be using to achieve this is called ‘Gather Manager’ and will require you to have Oxide installed on your Rust server. You can view our knowledgebase tutorial on how to install Oxide here. How to Instal

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March 9, 2021 • 2 min read

How to Install Better Chat to Your Rust Server

What is Better Chat? BetterChat is a plugin that can be used to revamp and replace Rust’s default chat system. It allows you to customize things such as the color of player’s names and even gives you the ability to add prefixes to make it easier to see which users are donators, staff members, etc. To install BetterChat on your Rust server hosting, you’ll need to ensure that you have Oxide installed. You can view our tutorial on how to install Oxide here. How to Install Better Cha

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March 1, 2021 • 3 min read

How to Setup the Rust+ Phone App

The Rust+ App allows you to monitor your Rust Server activity, view the in-game map live, chat with teammates, and the most important feature, the devices function which allows you to monitor the state of your base. This includes how much upkeep you have on your tool cupboard, adding smart switches to turn on and off devices, as well as setting up smart alarms to tell you when someone is around, in, or attacking your base. Downloading the Rust+ App 1. Download the Rust+ app

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February 28, 2021 • 2 min read

How to Install Discord Core on Your Rust Server

Discord Core is an uMod modification that provides linking functionality between a discord server and players, while this plugin doesn’t have a characteristic feature, it is required for all the other plugins such as Discord Chat or Discord Commands, that add interesting and special custom features accessible to users from the chat! Before Starting You’ll need the Discord plugin installed on your Rust Server, if done, you can skip this step * Go to the uMod page * Download

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February 28, 2021 • 1 min read

How to Install Vanish to Your Rust Server

What is Vanish? Vanish is a plugin for Rust Servers that allows you to become completely invisible to other players on your own server or Rust server hosting server. It’s a great tool for spectating players if you have any doubts about them playing the game legitimately. To install Vanish on your Rust server, you’ll need to ensure that you have Oxide installed. You can view Iceline Hosting’s tutorial on how to install Oxide here. How to Install Vanish to Your Rust Server 1. To

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February 28, 2021 • 2 min read

How to Install Quick Smelt to Your Rust Server

What is Quick Smelt? Quick smelt is a Rust Server plugin that allows players to smelt/cook items at a lot faster rate than usual. This is an important plugin that you might want to consider installing if you’re running a modded Rust server with increased gather rates. To install Quick Smelt on your Rust server hosting server, you’ll need to ensure that you have Oxide installed. You can view our tutorial on how to install Oxide here. How to install Quick Smelt to Your Rust Serv

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February 25, 2021 • 1 min read

How to Setup Rust Server Tags

What are Rust server tags? Tags are additional bits of information that describe Rust servers to help players get a better understanding of what your server is like. With server tags on your Rust server hosting server, players can see information quickly such as how often your server wipes and what type of ‘mode’ you’re running (vanilla, roleplay, creative, etc). Up to three tags will be displayed and using them is a great way to draw more attention to your Rust server! You can find the supp

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February 25, 2021 • 1 min read

How to Install Stacksize Controller to Your Rust Server

What is Stack Size Controller? Adjusting the stack limit is a great idea if you’re running a modded Rust server hosting server with increased gather rates as it allows players on your server to conserve more space in their bases. To modify the item stack limit on your Rust server hosting server from Iceline Hosting, you’ll need to ensure that you have Oxide installed. You can view our tutorial on how to install Oxide here. How to Install Stacksize Controller to Your Rust Server 1. To begi

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December 17, 2020 • 3 min read

How to Create a Rust Server on a Windows VPS

Introduction In this tutorial, we’ll be guiding you through the process of creating a Rust server on a Windows based VPS. We recommend purchasing a Game VPS from Iceline Hosting, as we’ve rigorously tested numerous hardware to ensure that your game server will perform at it’s best! Installing a Rust Server First, you’ll need to use RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) to login to your VPS. 1) Navigate to “This PC” then “Local Disk (C:) 2) Create a new folder labelled “

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November 25, 2020 • 1 min read

How to Ban & Un-Ban Players on Your Rust Server

How to Ban & Un-Ban Players In Rust: There are many reasons why you as a server owner or an admin on the server would want to ban a player. Banning players is a way to make sure that the rules that you set in your Rust server are followed. Toxic behavior from un-wanted players can cause other wanted players to leave and never return to your server. Method One (Banning a player who is currently on the server): 1. While in-game hit F1 to bring up the console 2. Type ban “player_name” “opti

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November 16, 2020 • 2 min read

How to Change Your Rust Server Description, Header Image & Url

How to Change Your Rust Server Description, Header Image & Url To change your server description for your Rust server hosting, header image, and URL please follow the steps below: 1. Navigate to the Iceline Game Panel 2. Click on “Manage server” this will bring you to the Rust server’s console. 3. From there, go to the left-hand side and navigate to configuration > startup parameters 4. Within the startup parameters, scroll down and you will see input boxes for each. (Description, Header

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November 9, 2020 • 1 min read

How to Add an Admin to Your Rust Server

Different Rust Admin Roles: With Rust server hosting, there are different types of roles for admins. Granting a player admin privileges on your Rust server will enable them to use all the Rust admin commands in-game. For example, this could be kick, ban, etc… There are two types of admin roles in Rust: ownerid – This will allow the player to execute all admin commands and be able to add/remove other admins. moderatorid – This will allow the player to execute all admin commands. However, th

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November 6, 2020 • 1 min read

How to Upload a Custom Map to Your Rust Server

How to Upload a Custom Map to Your Rust Server When using Rust server hosting services, you can create or use community-made custom maps on your Rust server. There are many different maps that you can download and try out on your server! We recommend trying out custom maps as it may add a customizable Rust server experience! Uploading a Custom Map to Your Rust Server: 1. Find the custom map that you want to use and make sure that the file type is a .map file. 2. Upload the .map file t

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August 20, 2020 • 1 min read

How to Connect to Your Rust Server

How to Connect to Your Rust Server When connecting to your Rust server there are a couple of options you can choose from: Method A: Rust has an in-game console where you can input commands such as a command to connect to your Rust server hosting service. This is the easiest method and best method if you don’t wish to advertise your server on the public community list. Method B: Rust offers an in-game list of public servers that are available to join. These server lists are great for showi

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June 28, 2020 • 1 min read

How to Add Oxide to Your Rust Server

What Is Oxide? Oxide is a mod for Rust Servers that allows you to install plugins to your Rust Hosting server. Oxide is very popular in Rust and it’s easy to use. It allows you to add “mods” to your Rust hosting server to create a different survival experience. How to Install Oxide on Your Rust Hosting Server 1. Go to the Oxide website. 2. Download Oxide Linux. 3. Make a folder called “Oxide” and extract all in the folder. 4. Turn off your Rust server. 5. Connect to you

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June 28, 2020 • 1 min read

How to Fix "Waiting for Rcon to Come Up..." on Your Rust Server

What Is Rcon? RCON is a remote console and allows you to change your Rust server hosting variables without restarting. Please make sure to have a strong password to keep hackers out of your server. How to Fix “Waiting for Rcon to Come up”: 1. Navigate to the Iceline Game Panel 2. Make sure you are logged in and click “Manage server” 3. This will bring you to your server’s console. On the left-hand side navigate to configuration > startup parameters and scroll down until yo

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June 28, 2020 • 1 min read

How to Install Plugins on Your Rust Server

What Is a Plugin? A plugin is a file that goes onto your Rust virtual private server in order to change certain aspects of the game. A whitelist system and Airloot are examples of plugins that are commonly used. You can find many different plugins for your virtual private server! How to Install Plugins on Your Rust Virtual Private Server 1. Go to your favorite plugin website, we recommend UMod 2. Download the plugin you want, and save it on your desktop. 3. Login to your

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June 28, 2020 • 2 min read

How to Whitelist a Player With Rustadmin

Why Use a Whitelist? Using a whitelist system adds an extra layer of protection for the other players on your Rust server. Whitelists restrict access to your Rust server, only allowing players who have the whitelist permissions. Why is it important to have an extra level of protection? Well, we all know that sometimes our Rust servers will attract cheaters/people who just don’t want to follow your server rules. We get it, it’s a pain for admins to have to be dealing with players like t