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# How To Enable A Password For Your Rust Server

## 🔑 Step 1: Logging In


When you complete your order, you'll receive a separate email with details on how to create

your account for our control panel, [(https://gp.empowerservers.com/)](https://gp.empowerservers.com/)

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/85bc5985980c3800/image_11wwplm.png =319xauto)

Click the Setup Your Account button to create a password and begin using your server.

## 🌍 Step 2: Finding Your Server IP

* Once logged in, You'll be able to see your server details on the dashboard, This is also how you start the server.


![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/85bc5985980c3800/dashboardpng_6i6991.png =536xauto)

## 📥 Step 3: Installing Oxide & The plugin
Please refer to our guide on installing plugins [Here](https://help.empowerservers.com/en/article/how-to-install-plugins-on-your-rust-server-cct8ca/)
## 🛠️ Step 4:  Setting & Entering A Password
* Once your server have been started up you will need to type server.password PASSWORD replacing PASSWORD with the password that you desire.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/85bc5985980c3800/passwordpng_10ev1rq.png =632xauto)

* When you log into the server it will ask you to enter your password. You will need to enter into the chat.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/85bc5985980c3800/enterpasspng_n83r6a.png =381xauto)

Once entered you will get a success message and you are free to play on your server!