Find setup and troubleshooting guides for your game server

Find setup and troubleshooting help for all 18 games currently listed on the CloudExa website. Choose your exact game below. ARK: Survival Evolved and ARK: Survival Ascended have separate guides; their files, mods and networking requirements are not interchangeable.

Mods, plugins and Workshop content

Find mod and plugin instructions for every offered game, including compatibility checks, client requirements, safe updates and recovery.

Choose your game

• Minecraft
• Rust
• ARK: Survival Ascended
• Palworld
• Valheim
• 7 Days to Die
• CS2
• Satisfactory
• Terraria
• Squad
• ARK: Survival Evolved
• Arma 3
• DayZ
• Garrys Mod
• Unturned
• Factorio
• Assetto Corsa
• Hytale

Before changing a server

Use the addresses and ports allocated to your service. Match the guide to your server build, platform and template. Keep a completed recovery backup before changing saves, maps, mods or frameworks. Keep passwords, server tokens and licence details private. A hosting plan does not grant unrestricted access to its underlying machine.

Minecraft

• Connect to your Minecraft server
• Upload an existing Minecraft Java world
• Install plugins on a Paper or Purpur Minecraft server
• Fix common Minecraft connection errors
• Diagnose Minecraft lag with TPS, MSPT and spark

Rust

• Find Rust server.cfg and the correct identity save folder
• Diagnose Rust game, query and RCON connection ports
• Plan a Rust wipe and choose a map seed safely
• Fix Rust update and startup failures without wiping

ARK: Survival Ascended

• Choose an ARK Survival Ascended map and CurseForge mods
• Move an ARK Survival Ascended save safely
• Diagnose ARK Survival Ascended connection failures
• Restore an ARK Ascended checkpoint with consistent player and tribe data

Palworld

• Move an existing Palworld world safely
• Edit Palworld server settings safely
• Fix Palworld password and joining problems
• Read Palworld crash and memory evidence before changing resources

Valheim

• Transfer a Valheim world without losing the original
• Connect to Valheim using Steam or crossplay networking
• Check Valheim BepInEx mods before updating a server
• Set Valheim world modifiers without changing the world

7 Days to Die

• Edit 7 Days to Die serverconfig.xml safely
• Preserve a 7 Days to Die save when moving or changing worlds

CS2

• Configure a CS2 server and protect its Steam login token
• Load and troubleshoot CS2 Workshop maps
• Diagnose CS2 startup and update failures without losing data

Satisfactory

• Claim and connect to a Satisfactory dedicated server safely
• Diagnose Satisfactory Server API errors and stalled joins

Terraria

• Upload a Terraria world and verify the server connection
• Set up TShock accounts and grant limited administrator permissions

Squad

• Prepare and find your Squad server for its first match
• Diagnose a missing Squad listing or failed server join

ARK: Survival Evolved

• Configure an ARK Survival Evolved server and verify the first connection
• Diagnose ARK Survival Evolved startup and joining failures without wiping

Arma 3

• Configure an Arma 3 server and test a first mission connection
• Diagnose Arma 3 connection failures and mission loading errors

DayZ

• Set up and join a DayZ server without changing its existing world
• Diagnose DayZ startup, mod and joining failures without wiping persistence

Garrys Mod

• Set up Garry’s Mod Workshop collections and gamemodes
• Find the addon behind a Garry’s Mod Lua error
• Fix missing Garry’s Mod textures and client downloads

Unturned

• Configure and join an Unturned server using its assigned connection method
• Troubleshoot an Unturned server missing from the list or rejecting players

Factorio

• Enable a Factorio whitelist without locking out your group
• Resolve Factorio mod and startup-setting mismatches
• Collect a useful Factorio desync report
• Plan a Factorio server update around save compatibility

Assetto Corsa

• Prepare an Assetto Corsa race server and verify the first join
• Diagnose Assetto Corsa startup, lobby and join failures

Hytale

• Authenticate a Hytale server and check the first connection
• Diagnose Hytale authentication, UDP and world-loading failures

Shared game-panel checks

• Back up game files before making changes
• Fix a game console that will not connect or shows a 504 error
• Schedule game server backups and check retention
• Investigate and recover from a full game server disk
• Game server will not start: choose the next safe check
• Players cannot join: follow the connection checks
• Server lag: choose checks for delays, freezes or low FPS

Additional guides in the library

These guides remain available for other server types and existing services; inclusion here is not a promise that every game is currently listed for new orders.

• Set up a FiveM server licence key in Cfx Portal
• Diagnose FiveM joining problems on the assigned TCP and UDP port
• Configure Project Zomboid Workshop mods for the correct build
• Move a Project Zomboid save and preserve its server identity
• Configure a TF2 server and use RCON safely
• Keep a Don't Starve Together cluster token private
• Connect Don't Starve Together Master and Caves shards

When to contact support

Record your server ID, game and client versions, the exact error and its UTC time. Send a redacted startup or connection log through a private support ticket. Avoid repeated reinstalls, forced shutdowns or opening every port. A successful startup is only the first check: join with an ordinary player account and verify the intended save, permissions and gameplay.