> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://crcon.cloud/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Deploy CRCON

> Run CRCON, the Hell Let Loose admin tool, in the cloud in about five minutes

[CRCON](https://github.com/MarechJ/hll_rcon_tool) gives your Hell Let
Loose server a full web admin UI: live game view, player management,
bans, VIPs, automod, Discord webhooks, and a public scoreboard. This
template runs it on [Railway](https://railway.com): no VPS, no Docker,
no config files.

All you need is your game server's **IP**, **RCON port**, and **RCON
password** from your game server provider's control panel.

[![Deploy on Railway](https://railway.com/button.svg)](https://railway.com/new/template/hll-crcon-cloud)

## Three steps

<Steps>
  <Step title="Fill in the three variables and hit Deploy">
    The button above opens Railway. Only the **backend** service needs
    input: your game server's IP, RCON port, and RCON password. Then
    click **Deploy**.

    <Frame caption="The only three values the template asks for">
      <img src="https://mintcdn.com/revive-e101ee80/o7rJ9OAvtFfltNUF/images/railway-config.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=o7rJ9OAvtFfltNUF&q=85&s=3a782c3ad0379ce796acbccc3d32e877" alt="Railway deploy screen asking for HLL_HOST, HLL_PORT and HLL_PASSWORD" width="1361" height="896" data-path="images/railway-config.png" />
    </Frame>

    <Warning>
      The RCON port is its own port, not the game or query port. Wrong
      port or password is the number one reason for an empty dashboard.
    </Warning>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Wait for the services to come online">
    Railway builds and starts all seven services. This normally takes
    around five minutes; if one service sits in "Queued" for a while,
    that's Railway's build queue and it resolves on its own. The backend
    logging `Waiting for database migrations` is normal; it starts by
    itself once the database is ready.

    <Frame caption="First boot complete: everything Online">
      <img src="https://mintcdn.com/revive-e101ee80/o7rJ9OAvtFfltNUF/images/railway-project-online.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=o7rJ9OAvtFfltNUF&q=85&s=4be3dc0507f496e59c5053fc6fa3e935" alt="Railway project with all seven CRCON services online" width="1361" height="896" data-path="images/railway-project-online.png" />
    </Frame>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Log in and change the password">
    Open the **frontend** service's domain (shown on its card) and sign
    in with `admin` / `admin`. Then **change that password immediately**
    in the admin UI.

    <Frame caption="Your CRCON login page">
      <img src="https://mintcdn.com/revive-e101ee80/o7rJ9OAvtFfltNUF/images/crcon-login.jpg?fit=max&auto=format&n=o7rJ9OAvtFfltNUF&q=85&s=9a23528582a5ed3baf969c9b596df978" alt="CRCON sign-in page" width="1600" height="1000" data-path="images/crcon-login.jpg" />
    </Frame>
  </Step>
</Steps>

That's it. Your server name, live map, and player list appear on the
dashboard within a minute.

<Accordion title="Optional: enable the public scoreboard">
  The frontend also serves a public stats site for your community on port 81. In
  the frontend service go to **Settings, Networking**, add a second domain, and
  set its target port to **81**. Then configure the scoreboard in the CRCON UI.
  Playing Hell Let Loose: Vietnam? Also change `HLL_GAME` to `hllv` on the
  backend service.
</Accordion>

## Next steps

<CardGroup cols={3}>
  <Card title="Add more servers" href="/guides/multi-server">
    Manage up to 10 game servers from this one install.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Troubleshooting" href="/guides/troubleshooting">
    What's normal on first boot, and what actually needs fixing.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Reference" href="/guides/architecture">
    The architecture and every variable the template configures.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>