How to connect an RCON tool to your Minecraft server

Switch Enable remote console on in Settings, Server Properties (Java), and click Save & restart. The panel gives the remote console a port of its own and a password, and shows the address under Remote console password as RCON: followed by the address and port. Put that address and the password into your bot or tool.

You only need this for an outside tool, such as a Discord bot or a monitoring service. The panel's own Console tab does not use RCON.

Turn it on

1. Open your server in the panel and click the Settings tab.
2. Under Config files, click Server Properties (Java).
3. Switch Enable remote console on.
4. Optional: type your own Remote console password. Make it long and use it nowhere else: anyone holding it can run any command on your server. If you leave it empty, the panel fills in a random one for you.
5. Click Save & restart.

When the server is back, the line under Remote console password says RCON: and the address. The port also appears on Ports & Network, named Remote console (RCON).

Connect your tool

In your bot or tool, enter:

• Host and port: the address after RCON:, which is in the form host:port. Some tools ask for the two in separate boxes.
• Password: the Remote console password.

Commands sent over RCON are the same as in the Console, without a slash, for example list or say Hello.

If it does not work

• Turning it on is refused with a message that the plan has no extra ports or uses all of them: the remote console needs a port of its own. Remove a port you no longer use on Ports & Network, or contact support if your plan has no extra ports.
• The page says The remote console has no port of its own yet, so tools outside cannot reach it. Turn it off and save, then turn it on and save again.
• Your tool is refused: check the password, and that you restarted after saving.
• You cannot switch it on: turning on the remote console takes a port, so you need the Add ports permission as well as Edit and rename.

Turn it off

Switch Enable remote console off and click Save & restart. The port stays on your server, still named Remote console (RCON), and is used again if you turn it back on. You can remove it on Ports & Network if you do not need it: How to add a port to your Minecraft server.

Good to know

• Change the password if you think someone else has it, then restart and update your tool.