The "Action Button"
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