How to Connect to Your Counter-Strike 2 Server via FTP

Published June 9, 2026 · By Host Havoc Technical Support Team

FTP access lets you upload, download, and edit your CS2 server files directly from your computer. This guide uses FileZilla, a free FTP client, but any FTP client will work.

Download FileZilla from https://filezilla-project.org/download.php?show_all=1 if you do not already have it installed.

Find your FTP credentials

  1. Log in to the Game Control Panel and navigate to your server.
  2. Near the middle of the screen, locate the FTP Info section. It shows your FTP host and port, for example 167.114.172.201:8821.
  3. Your FTP username and password are the same as your game panel login credentials.

Note: If the panel shows SFTP Info instead of FTP Info, prefix the host with sftp:// when entering it in FileZilla, for example sftp://167.114.172.201:8821.

Connect in FileZilla

  1. Open FileZilla.
  2. Paste the FTP host and port (from step 2 above) into the Host field.
    The FTP Info section in the Host Havoc game panel showing the host and port to copy into FileZilla
  3. Enter your game panel username in the Username field.
  4. Enter your game panel password in the Password field.
    FileZilla with the Username and Password fields filled in using game panel credentials
  5. The Port field will fill automatically if you included the port in the host value.
  6. Click Quickconnect.

Once connected, you can browse your server files in the right-hand pane and drag files between your computer and the server. For editing server.cfg or uploading plugins, navigate to the csgo/ directory. You can also manage files directly in the panel using the File Manager if you prefer a browser-based option. See installing MetaMod and plugins for an example of plugin file placement.