Game Panel overview

A guided tour of every page you'll touch when running a PulsarServers server. By the end you'll know exactly where to find the console, files, backups, schedules and access control.

Signing in

The Game Panel lives at panel.pulsarservers.com. Use the credentials from your welcome email — these are separate from your billing account, so write them down or use a password manager.

The server list

Right after sign-in you'll see every server you have access to — including any servers you've been added to as a subuser. Each entry shows:

• Server name — click to open.
• Status indicator — green (running), yellow (starting/stopping), red (offline), grey (installing).
• Resource usage — current RAM and CPU at a glance.
• Address — the connection IP and port.

Dashboard

Opening a server lands you on its dashboard — the only page you'll need 95% of the time. Three things to know:

Power controls

The top-right has four buttons:

• Start — boots the server. First start after install takes longest.
• Restart — clean stop, then start. Use this after most config changes.
• Stop — graceful shutdown; saves the world.
• Kill — force-terminates the process. Last resort — unsaved world chunks can be lost.

Console

The big black panel is your live server console. You can:

• Watch logs scroll in real time.
• Type any in-game command at the bottom — e.g. op <username>, say Hello!, tps.
• Press ↑ to repeat the previous command.

> op Steve
[Server] Made Steve a server operator

> say Server restarting in 1 minute
[Server] [Server] Server restarting in 1 minute

Resource graphs

Below the console you'll find live charts for CPU, RAM, disk and network. If your RAM bar stays glued at 100%, that's your signal to upgrade or optimise — see the Lag & TPS drops guide.

Files

The Files tab is a full file manager — upload, edit, rename, download, mass-delete, archive into a .zip, the works. Most things you'll do here:

• Drop a .jar into /plugins to install a Bukkit/Paper plugin.
• Drop a .jar into /mods for Forge/Fabric mods.
• Edit server.properties directly (click the file name, not the row).
• Upload a pre-built world into / and rename it to world.

For details — including SFTP for large uploads — see File manager & SFTP.

Backups

The Backups tab manages snapshots of your entire server. You can:

• Click Create backup for an instant manual snapshot.
• Restore any backup with one click — your current files will be replaced.
• Download a backup as a .tar.gz archive.
• Pin important backups so they never auto-rotate out.

Schedules

Schedules let you automate anything you'd otherwise type into the console. A schedule has a cron expression (when to fire) and one or more tasks (what to do). Examples:

• Restart the server every night at 4 AM to free RAM.
• Announce a daily event at 19:00 with say Event time!.
• Run an automated backup every 6 hours.

Schedule: Nightly restart
Cron:     0 4 * * *           (every day at 04:00)
Tasks:
  1. Send command: say Restart in 60 seconds!
  2. Wait 60 seconds
  3. Power action: restart

Network

Your server can have multiple ports — useful for things like Geyser (Bedrock support), Voice chat plugins, or running a Velocity proxy. The Network tab lets you add additional allocations and pick a primary port.

Subusers

Want a moderator to use the console without sharing your password? Add them as a subuser — they get their own login, scoped to only the permissions you grant. See Subusers & permissions for the full breakdown.

Settings

Mostly cosmetic but worth a look:

• Rename — give your server a nicer name in the panel.
• SFTP — find your SFTP hostname, port and login.
• Activity Log — see who did what (handy with subusers).
• Reinstall — wipes and reinstalls your selected egg. Destructive — back up first.