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title: Adding a Server Description to Your Rust Server
description: Learn how to add a server description to your Nodecraft hosted Rust server!
source: "https://nodecraft.com/support/games/rust/adding-a-server-description-to-your-rust-server"
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published: "2020-06-26T19:18:49.909Z"
updated: "2021-01-15T17:29:00.000Z"
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# Adding a Server Description to Your Rust Server

Learn how to add a server description to your Nodecraft hosted Rust server!

A server description is text that will appear when potential players click on a Rust server in the in-game listings. You can use this text to describe your server and attract new players.

It's common to list information like:

- Any special server settings.
- Plugins running on the server, like increased gather rates.
- Rules for players, like the size of teams (solos, duos, trios, etc).
- Dates of server wipes.
- Contact information for admins.

## Setting the Server Description on the NodePanel

At Nodecraft, we have added a way to add a server description directly on the Nodecraft control panel. Click on the "Game Settings" section of the NodePanel, and then click on the "Basic Settings" tab.

![The server description field in NodePanel for a Rust server](https://s3-assets.nodecraft.com/attachments/2Z0eb6iS8iZqU8d0VpiQ_Screenshot%202021-01-14%20135215.png)

The text is entered into a single narrow field, and if you have a large amount of text it might stretch outside the visible part of the field and be hard to see. You might want to write the actual text in a word editor and then copy and paste the text into the field as one single block.

### Adding new lines

If you want text to appear on different lines, you can add the characters `\n` to create a new line directly below it. You don't need to add spaces around the `\n`, they can be directly touching text on either side.

For example, adding the text below to the Server Description field on the control panel...

```
Testing\nTesting\nTesting\nThis is my Rust Server
```

...will create the following description for the server, when viewed in the in-game listings:

![A view of a server description text for the game rust, from the in-game listings](https://s3-assets.nodecraft.com/attachments/FUxhJqCpTlyjIzosepkY_Rust_server_description_sample_pic.png)

## Setting the Server Description in the `server.cfg` File

If you're curious where this setting is stored, it's placed into the `server.cfg` config file. This is normally located in `server/(server name)/cfg`. At Nodecraft, that path is set to `server/default/cfg`, unless it is renamed. It's normal for this config file to be empty following a fresh server installation.

When this setting is added automatically by the Nodecraft control panel, it will appear as the line:

```
server.description "(your description text here)"
```

Below is a screenshot showing the `server.cfg` file, and the `server.description` setting on the last line of the config file.

![A view of the server.cfg file for the game Rust, showing the server.description setting](https://s3-assets.nodecraft.com/attachments/EPIXHU65Su6FM4sN1xdL_Rust_server_description_config_file.png)