The Action Button is the central control hub for managing your game servers in GameCP. Found at the bottom of every server card, it opens a quick-access overlay with all available actions for that server.

What is the Action Button?

The Action Button appears as a grid icon at the bottom center of each game server card. Clicking it opens the Quick Actions overlay, a compact grid of buttons that gives you immediate access to power controls, tools, and management options.

Available Actions

When you click the Action Button, you'll see a grid of actions organized into rows. The exact buttons shown depend on the server's current state and your permissions.

Power Controls

The top row provides server power management:

Start - Starts the game server (available when the server is stopped)
Stop - Stops a running server
Restart - Restarts the server without fully stopping it

Tip: These buttons are context-aware. Start is only enabled when the server is stopped, and Stop/Restart only appear when the server is running.

Tools

The middle rows give you access to server tools:

Terminal - Opens a live console session to your game server
Logs - View the server's recent log output
AI Debug - Launches AI-powered diagnostics to help troubleshoot server issues
Metrics - View CPU, memory, and player count charts
Files - Opens the file manager to browse and edit server files
Settings - Opens the server editor to modify configuration, startup parameters, and more

Game-Specific Actions

Some actions only appear for games that support them:

Mods - Browse and install mods (available for supported games like Minecraft)
Versions - Switch between game versions or branches

Management

The bottom row contains server lifecycle actions:

Install - Deploys and installs the server on the node (shown when the server is not yet installed)
Uninstall - Removes the server installation from the node while keeping its configuration
Delete - Permanently deletes the game server and its configuration
Enable / Disable - Toggles the server's active state without deleting it

Admin Actions

Administrators have access to additional actions:

Reset Status - Force-resets a server stuck in a transitional state (installing, starting, stopping, etc.)

How Actions Change by State

The Action Button is context-sensitive. What you see depends on the server's current status:

Server State	Available Actions
Stopped	Start, Terminal, Files, Settings, Logs, Metrics, Delete, Uninstall
Running	Stop, Restart, Terminal, Files, Settings, Logs, Metrics, Mods, Versions
Not Installed	Install, Settings, Delete
Installing	Abort is available during installation
Node Offline	Stop and Restart can still be attempted; Start is disabled

Permissions

Not all users see every action. GameCP uses role-based access control (RBAC) to determine what's visible:

servers.control - Required for Start, Stop, and Restart
servers.console - Required for Terminal access
servers.files - Required for File Manager access
servers.logs - Required for viewing Logs
servers.debug - Required for AI Debug
servers.update - Required for Settings, Install, Uninstall, and Enable/Disable
servers.delete - Required for Delete

Next Steps

Learn how to use the Terminal to send commands to your running server
Explore the File Manager to edit configuration files
Check out AI Debug for automated troubleshooting when your server has issues