Navigating the panel and server tabs
A tour of the Victus control panel dashboard, the power controls, and what every tab on a game server does — Console, Files, Databases, Schedules, Users, Backups, Network, Startup and Settings.
Victus Panel is the main server-operations dashboard. It lists your services and gives each server its own power controls and management tabs. Once you know the layout, the same mental model applies to a Minecraft server, a hosted Discord bot or an app.
The dashboard
After signing in you land on the dashboard, which shows every server, VPS, bot and app on your account as a card or row. Each one displays its name and current state. Click a service to open its management view. If you belong to someone else’s server as a subuser, it appears here too.
Power controls
At the top of a server’s view are four power signals. Start boots the server. Stop asks it to shut down gracefully (for Minecraft this runs the proper stop sequence so the world saves). Restart stops then starts. Kill force-terminates the process immediately.
Use Kill only as a last resort
Kill does not let the server save first. On a Minecraft server that can corrupt or roll back the world. Only use it when Stop/Restart hang and the server is truly frozen.
The server tabs
| Tab | What it does |
|---|---|
| Console | Live server output plus a command box — type commands (e.g. op <player>, stop) and watch logs in real time. |
| Files | A file manager to browse, edit, upload, download, compress and extract files — configs, plugins/mods, worlds. |
| Databases | Create MySQL databases and view their host, name, username and connection details. |
| Schedules | Automate tasks (restarts, backups, console commands) on a cron-style timer. |
| Users | Invite subusers and choose exactly which permissions and tabs they can access. |
| Backups | Create, download, restore and delete backups of the server. |
| Network | Manage allocations — the IP and port(s) players/clients connect to; add extra ports if your plan allows. |
| Startup | Change startup variables, switch version/build, and view the startup command. |
| Settings | Rename the server, view its SFTP details and server ID, and reinstall. |
Not every service shows every tab
Tabs depend on the service type and your permissions. A VPS uses a different management view with SSH, snapshots and rescue mode instead of these game-server tabs — see the VPS docs. Subusers only see the tabs their permissions allow.
Finding your way around fast
- The server name and state are always visible at the top so you know what you are working on.
- Console is your home base — most day-to-day work starts by reading the console output.
- Use Files for anything you would edit on disk; use Console for anything you would type at the game.
- The Settings tab holds your SFTP host/port and the server ID you should quote when contacting support.