How to Set Up RCON on Your Rust Server

How to enable and use RCON for remote administration of your Rust dedicated server.

Enabling RCON

Via startup parameters:

+rcon.port 28016 +rcon.password "YourPassword" +rcon.web 1

Setting	Description
`rcon.port`	TCP port (default 28016)
`rcon.password`	Auth password (no spaces/special chars)
`rcon.web`	`1` = WebSocket RCON (modern standard)

Tool	Type
Facepunch WebRCON	Official, free, browser-based
RustAdmin	Desktop app (free) / Cloud service (paid)
BattleMetrics	Web-based RCON + player tracking
Rusty (rcon.io)	Web-based RCON

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Complete Rust server.cfg reference — hostname, world size, seed, decay, performance, anti-hack, and all server convars.