Admin & Mods

Walkthrough of Carbon install from scratch on a vanilla server. srtbull (Rust Admin Academy) is the reference for admin tutorials. The process hasn't changed much since 2023 — still accurate.

Best practices for installing and managing Oxide plugins: which folders to touch, how to validate the plugin before production, how to recover when an update breaks it. 12 dense minutes.

Setup of the AdminTools plugin (paid, via Codefling) to consolidate player bans, kick, log review, and permission management into a single GUI. Worth it for servers with 2+ admins.

Curated list of lesser-known tools that improve admin: panels, monitors, schedule managers. 8 minutes of pointers to reduce operational friction.

Pterodactyl setup to host Rust with Oxide, plugins, and admins. Pterodactyl's process hasn't fundamentally changed — still the clearest reference for self-hosting with a panel.