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February 16, 2026 • 4 min read

Iceline Shield – Game Tunnel Installation Guide (Windows & Linux)

curl -sSL https://shield.iceline-hosting.com/api/tunnel/remote-config/180?token=0xxx0xx0-xX00-xxxX-0xx0-000x0x0xxx00 | sudo bash curl -sSL https://shield.iceline-hosting.com/api/tunnel/remote-unconfig/180 | sudo bash $apiBase = "https://shield.iceline-hosting.com" $tunnelId = 61 $installToken = "0xxx0xx0-xX00-xxxX-0xx0-000x0x0xxx00" $remoteName = "client-windows" $remoteIp = "YOUR_PUBLIC_IP" $body = @{ tunnel_id = $tunnelId install_token = $installToken remote_nam

January 14, 2026 • 7 min read

How to Create a Hytale Server on a Windows VPS

Hytale is a sandbox RPG where players can explore dungeons and biomes on procedurally generated worlds, fight monsters thanks to its dynamic combat, talk with NPCs, or even mold the world to their liking, thanks to the vanilla content or the integrated mod support. With Hytale, the choices are limitless. Hytale was originally announced in December 2018 and will eventually include minigames and an adventure mode in future releases. As of January 2026, the long-awaited Hytale early access has bee

January 13, 2026 • 4 min read

How to Change Your Hytale Server Name and Description

Hytale early access has finally launched, and it features day-one support for community servers, meaning you can create your own dedicated server to play with your friends or your community, or you could try your luck and make it public for everyone to join! But how can you identify your server from the rest? That's where settings like the server name come into play. With a unique name, players will be able to easily identify the server and join again in the future, and with a brief and concise

January 12, 2026 • 3 min read

How to Change Your Hytale Server Settings and World

Hytale early access has finally been released, and with this, a whole world of possibilities is now available through the engine. This early access includes support for dedicated servers, so it's important to know how to be able to change the server settings so you can tailor the gameplay and difficulty as much as you want for you and your players. Likewise, it's also important if you ever want to replace your world with a new one, for example, a custom world made by another player, thanks to th

January 11, 2026 • 4 min read

How to Install Hytale Server Mods and Plugins

Mods and plugins can enhance the experience in a game through additional content and features not included in the original product, leaving a lot of room for creativity to flow and adding a lot of replayability value to a game, which is why most games include support for Mods or plugins nowadays. Gaming communities can form around popular mods to the extent that some of their content can end up in the original game, or can evolve to a new game on its own (like Counter Strike!). Fortunately, Hyt

January 10, 2026 • 3 min read

How to Connect to Your Hytale Server

Servers are a huge part of gaming nowadays, thanks to them, players from almost everywhere around the globe can socialize and play together specific games, one of them being the latest release from Hypixel Studios: Hytale, which supports community servers on day one, so you can join your friends and explore the world of Orbis together. Whether you have a self-hosted game server or a dedicated server from a hosting provider, the very first step to get started in your Hytale Journey is to be able

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October 8, 2023 • 8 min read

Helpful Tools & Commands for Counter-Strike 2

Counter-Strike 2 is an FPS and Free to Play game and the latest update to the CS:GO game from Valve, featuring better graphics, sounds, effects, and an overall better experience thanks to the new engine. Counter-Strike 2 also features a console and multiple commands so you can adjust the experience to your liking, either letting you add and remove bots or adjusting other parameters like the server gravity and more. This console can be used in single-player or in your own Counter-Strike 2 server

September 30, 2023 • 3 min read

How to Install Counter-Strike 2 Server Plugins

When hosting your own Counter-Strike 2 server you may wish to install plugins that allow you to customize your gameplay experience. Plugins are scripts or extensions that can be added to your server to add new features, enhance existing ones, or change how the game is played. In this tutorial, we have discussed in detail about Counter-Strike 2 plugins and how to install Counter-Strike 2 server plugins. Currently Counter-Strike 2 plugins may or may not work with servers. More information can be

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September 29, 2023 • 1 min read

How to Change Counter-Strike 2 Server Tickrate

When creating and playing on your Counter-Strike 2 Server you may wish to modify the server's tickrate. At Iceline Hosting, the default server tickrate is set at 128. The tickrate in Counter-Strike refers to the server update rate. It's essentially how often the game server updates the game state per second. A higher tickrate means more frequent updates, which can lead to smoother, more accurate movements and shots in the game. The standard tickrate for Counter-Strike servers is typically 64,

September 29, 2023 • 4 min read

How to Protect Your Counter-Strike 2 Server From DDoS Attacks

Counter-Strike is a game that originally started as a mod back in 1999, it was purchased by Valve and developed into its own game, with many versions being released since then, with the newest version being named Counter-Strike 2 and featuring high-quality graphics and effects and a new engine. Counter-Strike 2 is mainly a multiplayer game, and as such, is susceptible to Cyberattacks by malicious users and trolls, this can affect your server performance and do a heavy blow to your community by

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September 28, 2023 • 2 min read

How to Obtain Steam Web API Key for CS2 Server

When deploying your own Counter-Strike 2 server you'll need to obtain and provide a Steam Web API key. If you wish to use Workshop maps on your CS2 server you'll need this Steam Web API key, which is used to locate your desired workshop map and download it to your server. In this tutorial, we will show you how to obtain the Steam Web API Key and how to configure the key with your Counter-Strike 2 server. Getting Started Before proceeding with this tutorial, it's essential to have a Counter-

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September 27, 2023 • 1 min read

How to Change Counter-Strike 2 Server Map

When creating your own Counter-Strike 2 server you may wish to change the default server map. Changing the CS2 server map allows you to handpick and decide the kind of gameplay experience you want to offer to your community. Whether you prefer a fast-paced, action-packed environment or a strategic, slow-burning gameplay, changing the server map can help you tailor the gaming experience to meet the preferences and expectations of your community members. We have created a detailed guide allowing

September 27, 2023 • 4 min read

How to Build a Counter-Strike 2 Community

Counter-Strike 2 is a game that can be enjoyed in singleplayer with the bots and training modes included in the game, but this can be boring and solitary after a while and to be honest, you won't be enjoying the game at its full potential, that being multiplayer. Playing any multiplayer mode in Counter-Strike 2 is as easy as locating a server or game mode and joining, but these servers are managed by other people and are subject to their changes or criteria, thankfully and as in other games, yo

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September 26, 2023 • 1 min read

How to Change Counter-Strike 2 Server Name

If you're setting up your own Counter-Strike 2 Server with Iceline Hosting, one of the first things you might want to do is change the server name. This can make it much easier for players to identify your server among the multitude of others. A unique, catchy, or easily identifiable name can significantly improve the visibility and popularity of your server. We have created a comprehensive tutorial designed to guide you through the process of changing your CS2 Server Name. Getting Started

September 25, 2023 • 5 min read

How to Manage A Counter-Strike 2 Server

Counter-Strike servers, in general, have always been customizable and this is also the case for Counter-Strike 2, server owners are able to decide what game modes, maps, and game types will be played on the server, which can as a result attract a certain player base and form a community of like-minded players. Get the "Gun Game" or "Free For All" fanatics a good server to spend their time and have fun! In this guide, you will learn how to use the Game Panel to change your server map, display th

September 23, 2023 • 3 min read

How to Connect to a Counter-Strike 2 Community Server

As many of you know, a massive overhaul for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has been released under the name of Counter-Strike 2 or CS2. This update to the new engine Source 2 will bring a graphic overhaul, new reworked maps, lightning effects, and even new features like a global scoreboard. Overall, new high-resolution details to expand on what's already a great game! We have made this tutorial so you can learn how to connect to your CS2 server and play with your friends! Before starting Y

September 20, 2023 • 12 min read

How to Create a Counter-Strike 2 Server

Counter-Strike 2 is a dynamic multiplayer game that thrives on its matchmaking capabilities and dedicated servers, essential for delivering the complete 'Counter-Strike' experience. Engaging in Counter-Strike 2 gameplay enables you to select from official servers featuring diverse game modes such as casual, competitive, and practice. Alternatively, for a more varied gaming experience, you can opt for community servers. These offer an expansive array of gameplay scenarios, including (but not limi

September 6, 2023 • 7 min read

How to Install Minecraft Mods with Curseforge

Before starting, we need to comprehend: What are Mods? 'Mod' refers to any official or unofficial add-on/modification in a game to expand the capabilities and even introduce many new concepts, varying from adding new game modes, skins, characters, weapons, and powers or even reworking the entire initial game to produce something new, did you know that Counter-Strike was originally developed as a mod for Half-Life? Mods provide players with the ability to tailor their experience and have always

September 3, 2023 • 6 min read

How to Install RLCraft on your Minecraft Server

RLCraft is a modpack for Minecraft featuring over 180 mods to provide a difficult survival RPG adventure by adding multiple structures and dungeons to explore, enemies with special capabilities, quests for you to follow, adjustments to vanilla behavior such as the need to use a tool for anything (even for breaking trees), to even adding new need bars for temperature and water, and skills to train with your actions. RLCraft mechanics can be hard to learn and adapt to at first for newcomers due t

September 1, 2023 • 5 min read

How to Install BetterMC on Your Minecraft Server

BetterMC is a Minecraft mod pack made of mods to essentially improve bugs and performance, while also adding new features on top of overhauling existing ones. Explore new dimensions and overhauled vanilla biomes, fight new bosses and discover new mobs, explore with your minimap and create way stones to teleport between locations, and transform your world using the thousands of new blocks added by the mods. BetterMC has a lot of content for avid explorers thanks to the immense amount of biomes i

August 30, 2023 • 6 min read

How to Install DawnCraft on Your Minecraft Server

DawnCraft is a Minecraft modpack of over 200 mods ranging from new mobs, powerful bosses and enemies to make you suffer, abilities and perks to help you survive, new structures and dungeons to keep you busy, and a questline for you to follow. Souls-like fans will be happy to know that DawnCraft also has a Souls-like combat system thanks to Epic Fight, along with a bunch of other mechanics and mods to totally transform your playthrough into a whole different game! Here are some of the mods that

August 27, 2023 • 4 min read

How to Install All The Mods 8 (ATM8) on Your Minecraft Server

All the Mods 8 (ATM8) is a Minecraft Modpack of over 200 mods, adding new mobs and overhauling existing ones (like biome creepers), tweaking inventory and crafting tables, adding automatization, roguelike-based dungeons, new dimensions, new powerful artifacts, and even types of magic! It originated back in 2016 with its first release for the Minecraft 1.10.2 version and multiple versions have come since then, updated for the latest Minecraft versions and with new mods to expand your playthrough

August 2, 2023 • 6 min read

How to Protect Your Minecraft Server From DDoS Attacks

Minecraft is a sandbox game and one of the highest-selling games in history, known worldwide, and a tool for players to express their creativity in amazing ways while also having fun. Minecraft can be enjoyed solo or in multiplayer with a server, which is more fun and expands the possibilities, as you can use plugins that add features that can vary from expanding the vanilla commands to inserting new minigames and worlds within the server, furthermore, you can even use Mods with Forge There are

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January 4, 2023 • 2 min read

How to Setup FTP on Your VPS

What is FTP? The acronym FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol. It’s a communication protocol developed in the late 70’s that allows one computer to transfer files to another computer over a network. All of our Game VPS plans come with an FTP server pre-installed, however, some configuration is required before it works. How to use FTP You need a client installed on your computer to use FTP. There are different choices, but the most popular are WinSCP and FileZilla. When it comes to FTP, bot

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April 19, 2022 • 3 min read

How to install Rust Kits on Your Rust Server

Rust Kits is an uMod modification that, as the name implies, will allow you to set custom kits of tools and items for your players. Fast, intuitive, and easy to use, certainly a good option for your Rust server. You will be able to set custom icons for your kits, limit them to a specific role, set a cooldown, assign them a cost and even modify the GUI! Installation (Mod Manager) * From your Iceline Game Panel, go to the plugins tab. * Using the search bar, search for the “Kit

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Knowledge Base Articles

Iceline Shield – Game Tunnel Installation Guide (Windows & Linux)

How to Create a Hytale Server on a Windows VPS

How to Change Your Hytale Server Name and Description

How to Change Your Hytale Server Settings and World

How to Install Hytale Server Mods and Plugins

How to Connect to Your Hytale Server

How to Set Up a Hytale Server

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We Explain How to Make a Modded Minecraft Server

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Here’s Our Guide on How to Make a GMOD Server [+ Best Practices]

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We Simplify Palworld Server Setup for Epic Multiplayer Action

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Here’s Our Guide to Creating and Joining a Non-Dedicated ARK Server

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How We Set Up and Host a Terraria Dedicated Server

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We Explain Essential 7 Days to Die Server Settings to Enhance Your Gameplay

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Here's Our Guide on How to Set Up a Palworld Dedicated Server

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How to Change Palworld Server Name

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How to Connect to a Palworld Server

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How to Create a Palworld Server

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Setting up a Private Server in Counter-Strike 2

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Helpful Tools & Commands for Counter-Strike 2

How to Install Counter-Strike 2 Server Plugins

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How to Change Counter-Strike 2 Server Tickrate

How to Protect Your Counter-Strike 2 Server From DDoS Attacks

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How to Obtain Steam Web API Key for CS2 Server

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How to Change Counter-Strike 2 Server Map

How to Build a Counter-Strike 2 Community

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How to Change Counter-Strike 2 Server Name

How to Manage A Counter-Strike 2 Server

How to Connect to a Counter-Strike 2 Community Server

How to Create a Counter-Strike 2 Server

How to Install Minecraft Mods with Curseforge

How to Install RLCraft on your Minecraft Server

How to Install BetterMC on Your Minecraft Server

How to Install DawnCraft on Your Minecraft Server

How to Install All The Mods 8 (ATM8) on Your Minecraft Server

How to Protect Your Minecraft Server From DDoS Attacks

How to Protect Your Rust Server From DDoS Attacks

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How to Change Your Website's Nameservers

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How to Change Your Servername on the Game Panel

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How to Setup FTP on Your VPS

How to Install Minecraft Modpacks to Your Minecraft Server Manually

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How to Install ProtectionStones to Your Minecraft Server

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