How to Setup a Whitelist on Rust Console Edition Servers

Whether you’re creating a private Rust Console Edition server or only want trusted players online for a short period of time, setting up a whitelist is required. This process is quick and painless! It will only take a few minutes, as our interface is streamlined for convenience. Playing on Xbox or PlayStation? No problem, in this Nitrado guide – we’ll show you how to enable and add players to a whitelist on your Rust Console Edition server 🔥
 
Note: We strongly recommend using a computer for this process, especially for those hosting their server on the Nitrado App from the Microsoft Store. You will need to access the Web Interface to enable the whitelist and manage players for it.

Enable the Whitelist

1. Head towards your Nitrado Web Interface, then click Settings > General on the left.
   
2. Locate the Enable Whitelist option from the list and toggle it.
   
3. When you’re finished, click Save Changes at the bottom.

Add Players to the Whitelist

1. While on your Web Interface, navigate to Tools > Live Server Console on the left.
   
2. Proceed to enter the global.whitelistID “PlayerID” command in the console.
   
   Replace PlayerID with an Xbox Gamertag or PlayStation Network ID.
3. Afterwards, Restart your server so the changes can apply.
4. When it’s back online, confirm this worked by using the global.whitelist command.

In case you want to remove a player from the whitelist on your Rust Console Edition server, use the global.removewhitelist “PlayerID” command in the Live Server Console. Make sure to include the quotation marks and the exact Xbox Gamertag or PSN ID.

Rust Console Server – Whitelist Guide

Regardless of your reasons to implement a whitelist, knowing how to easily set it up is important. You may want to do this when performing maintenance or testing out changes. Adding or removing players from the whitelist is a piece of cake! All it takes is one simple command on your Live Server Console, then a quick restart to apply the changes.
 
Add friends to the whitelist and invite them to play on your own Rust Console Edition server!