Admin & Mods

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Tutorials for hosting your own server, installing Oxide or Carbon, essential plugins, and admin via RCON

VideoEN3 years ago
srtbull

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.

VideoEN2 years ago
srtbull

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.

VideoENlast year
srtbull

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.

VideoENlast year
srtbull

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

VideoEN4 years ago
GhostCap Gaming

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.

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