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How to become a admin on Starbound Server

Last updated 03 Oct 2025

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  1. Log in to the Kinetic Panel.

  2. Stop the server.

  3. Go to the file Manager.

  4. Navgaite to Storage > starbound_server.config.

  5. Locate "serverUsers"

  6. Add in the brackets the part below

    "<Username>": {

   "admin" : true,

   "password" : "<password>"
    
   }

  7. Change the password & username.

  8. Save the file & start the server.

  9. On joining the server, use the login created to log in as admin.

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