# Server Grouping (!group) in SCP: Secret Laboratory (/docs/scp-secret-laboratory/server-grouping)



If you run **more than one** SCP: Secret Laboratory server, **Server Grouping** (`!group`) makes your related servers appear **together** in the public server list, so players recognise them as one community instead of scattered, unrelated entries.

What it does [#what-it-does]

* Ties several of your servers under one **group** in the server browser
* Keeps your community's servers next to each other in the list, rather than sorted apart by ping
* Helps players find your other servers (e.g. a second region or game mode) once they've found one

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  Server Grouping is a **server-list / browser** feature — it changes how your servers are *presented* in the list, not their gameplay or permissions. It's separate from [Remote Admin permission groups](/docs/scp-secret-laboratory/remote-admin-permissions), which control who can moderate.
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Setting it up [#setting-it-up]

Grouping is configured in your server's config (via the panel **File Manager**), giving each server you want linked the **same group identifier**. Apply the same value across each server you own and restart them.

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  The exact `!group` config key and identifier format are defined by Northwood and can change between game versions. For the precise, current setup, follow the official [SCP:SL techwiki Server Grouping (!group) guide](https://techwiki.scpslgame.com/books/server-guides) — set the same group value on each of your servers, then restart.
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When to use it [#when-to-use-it]

* You run **multiple regions** of the same community and want them listed together
* You host **different modes** (vanilla, modded, event) under one brand
* You want players who join one server to easily discover your others

If you only run a single server, you don't need Server Grouping.