Click the Rcon button to load your instance's rcon page. Rcon, short for "remote console", is a way for game server administrators to give commands directly to the server through a text interface without having to go in-game. Cortex's rcon interface is unique in that you receive the response from each command you enter into your web browser. When you first open the rcon page cortex runs the instance's status command to give you a quick overview of your server when you connect. To run an rcon command simply enter the command you wish to run in the text box and click Execute. Cortex will display the command and its response. Not all games have a remote console. Games that do not have an rcon will not have an rcon icon on the instances page.

The rcon connection is an open conenction stream from your browser to Cortex to your game server. Since this is a time sensitive connection the rcon page will timeout after two minutes of inactivity. If your session times out reload the rcon page in your browser to reconnect.

The rcon page does not show you the local server console. See our troubleshooting guide to see how to view the game server console. This page has been tested to work in Firefox, Opera, and Internet Explorer, however it does not work in Safari on the Macintosh platform.

Built in Commands

Each game server has its own unique set of rcon commands you can run. Listing all of them here is quite outside the scope of this manual. We have, however, taken some of the more popular commands per game and entered them into a dropdown list for you to run. These commands range from listing maps to showing the current status to kicking and banning players. Select the command in the dropdown list and if necessary enter a player name before hitting the Execute button to run one of the builtin commands.