How to become an admin on your Insurgency server

Rcon is built in and controls the whole server. SourceMod adds an in game admin menu with per person rights.

1. Set the rcon password

1. Stop the server and open insurgency/cfg/server.cfg in the Files tab.
2. Set rcon_password "a-long-secret".
3. Save and start the server.

Never share this with players. It gives full control of the server.

2. Use rcon

1. Join the server and open the console.
2. Run rcon_password a-long-secret.
3. Then run commands with the rcon prefix, such as rcon status, rcon changelevel sinjar checkpoint or rcon kick "PlayerName".

The Console tab in the Game Panel runs the same commands with no prefix and no password.

3. Install SourceMod

1. Stop the server.
2. Download the Linux builds of MetaMod:Source and SourceMod.
3. Upload both into the insurgency folder so you have insurgency/addons/metamod and insurgency/addons/sourcemod.
4. Start the server and run meta list and sm plugins list in the console to confirm they loaded.

4. Add yourself as an admin

1. Run status in the console while connected and copy your Steam ID.
2. Stop the server and open insurgency/addons/sourcemod/configs/admins_simple.ini.
3. Add a line such as "STEAM_0:1:12345678" "99:z".
4. Start the server and type sm_admin in chat to open the menu.

5. If admin does not work

• Match the Steam ID format exactly as status prints it.
• Restart the server after editing the admin file.
• Confirm SourceMod is loaded before blaming the file.

Open a ticket from Support in the Client Area with the console output if it is still refused.