Your Vein server is managed entirely from the GuavaHost panel: set the server name, player limit, password, and world options on the Startup and Files tabs, then restart to apply them.
Managing your server from the panel
Everything about your Vein server lives in the GuavaHost panel, which is built on Pterodactyl. The tabs you will use most are:
- Console: watch the live server log and type server commands in the box at the bottom.
- Startup: set the core server variables like server name, player limit, and game version.
- Files: browse and edit config and save files directly in your browser.
- Backups: snapshot your world before any big change.
- Settings: rename, reinstall, and find your SFTP connection details.
After changing any setting, restart from the Console tab so the new value takes effect.
Core settings to check first
Open the Startup tab and set these before you invite anyone:
- Server name: what shows to players and in any listing.
- Player limit: how many survivors can share the world.
- Password: leave blank for an open server, set it to keep things private.
- Game version or build: keep this matched to the version your group runs on Steam.
For any option that is not a Startup field, open the Files tab and look for the server's config file (Vein stores its server configuration as an editable text file in the server folder). Change the value, save, and restart. Because Vein is a newer game and still updating, the exact file name and the options inside it can shift between builds, so if a setting is not where you expect, skim the files in the root folder or ask us and we will point you to it.
Your world and saves
Vein keeps your colony's world in a save folder inside the server files, which you can browse under Files. A few good habits:
- Before changing world settings, reinstalling, or updating, open the Backups tab and create a snapshot. Restoring a snapshot overwrites the current files, so it is your safety net for undoing a bad change.
- To start a fresh world, back up the current save first, then clear or rename the save folder and restart so the server generates a new one.
- To move a solo world onto the server, upload its save folder over SFTP (a secure way to copy files between your computer and the server, with the host, port, and username on the Settings tab). FileZilla is a free client that handles this well.
Keeping the server healthy
- Match versions after updates. Vein patches often. When Steam updates the game, update the server from the Startup tab and restart so players can reconnect.
- Pick the right RAM. You choose RAM at checkout and can upgrade any time from guavahost.com/account with prorated billing, so if the server struggles as your colony and player count grow, bump it up.
- Automate restarts. Use the Schedules tab to set a daily restart, which keeps a long-running survival world responsive.
- Host close to your players. Your location is set at checkout and changeable later, and a nearby node means lower ping for everyone.
Still stuck? Jump into our Discord at discord.gg/GuavaHost and the team will help you out.