Configure RCON on Your Garry's Mod Server

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

RCON (Remote Console) lets you run server console commands from an external tool. You configure it by editing server.cfg. For other server.cfg settings, see Set Server Password or Change Server Name.

Steps

1. Log in to the Game Control Panel and navigate to your server.

2. Click the Configuration Files module.

3. Open server.cfg in the text editor.

4. Find or add the rcon_password setting:

rcon_password "yourpassword"

5. Save the file.

6. Restart the server.

Note: To disable RCON entirely, set rcon_password to an empty string:
rcon_password ""