server.description (Rust server ConVar)

server.description is the longer text about your server. The server's help text, which Facepunch marks as generated: "Short description of the server shown to players in the server browser". Facepunch's server guide describes it as the text on the server connection window and suggests using it for the size or intent of the server.

Applying a change

It can be set on a running server, with no restart, over RCON or in the server console:

server.description "Weekly wipes on Thursday.\nVanilla rates, no plugins."

The value we read on our test server was A Rust Server, which is Panelra's default, not a Rust default.

Line breaks

server.cfg has one ConVar per line, so a real line break inside the value would end the line. Write a line break as the two characters \n inside the quotes, as in the example above. Panelra converts the new lines you type in the dashboard to \n when it writes server.cfg. When you read the value back over RCON, the escape can come back doubled (\\n), so compare with that in mind if you script checks.

Keeping it after a restart

server.writecfg does not save it; our test server's serverauto.cfg had no server.description line. Keep the text in server.cfg, quoted. Facepunch's guide says server.cfg is read at startup and takes priority over the command line, which is also the easier place to edit a long value than a startup argument.

In Panelra

Description is under Settings and applies instantly over RCON. It is part of the server.cfg Panelra regenerates on every apply and start, so it survives a restart.