Configure RCON

RCON (Remote Console) is the protocol Squad uses to accept admin commands from external tools. heliana connects to RCON to run commands from trigger actions — kick a player, broadcast a warning, change the layer, or any other admin console command your server accepts. Without an active RCON connection, heliana can still read the log and fire triggers, but it cannot send commands back to the server, and the whitelist can’t be reloaded automatically after a sync.

Enable RCON in Squad

Squad’s RCON settings live in the server configuration files, not in the Squad admin UI.

Open Rcon.cfg in your Squad server’s config folder. The typical location is:
```
SquadGame/ServerConfig/Rcon.cfg
```
Set or confirm the following values:
```
bEnabled=True
Password=<your-rcon-password>
Port=21114
```
- bEnabled must be True for RCON to accept connections.
- Password — choose a strong password. This is what you will enter into heliana.
- Port — 21114 is the Squad default. You can change it if needed; enter the same value in heliana.
Save the file and restart your Squad server for the changes to take effect.

Enter the RCON credentials in heliana

In the server connection form, fill in the Connection (RCON) section:

Host — the public IP address of your Squad server.
RCON port — the port from Rcon.cfg (default 21114).
RCON password — the password from Rcon.cfg.

heliana tests the RCON connection when you save the server. If the connection fails, double-check the IP, port, password, and that the RCON port is reachable from outside your network.

What heliana uses RCON for

Running RCON commands from trigger actions.
Reading live server state — who’s online, squad and role, current layer and player count — for the Players page.
Reloading the whitelist on the server after heliana pushes an updated Admins.cfg over SFTP.

Configure RCON

Enable RCON in Squad

Enter the RCON credentials in heliana

What heliana uses RCON for

See also