How do I connect to my Project Zomboid server?

You join your Project Zomboid server with your server's address and port. The admin account is in the game panel under Startup; you set a password to join in the server's configuration file.

Find your address and port

1. Log in to the game panel and open your server.
2. Go to Network. It shows your server's address (Hostname) and Port. The same details are also on your service in the client portal.
3. Make sure your server is running. If it's off, click Start in the Console.

Join in Project Zomboid

1. Start Project Zomboid and choose Join.
2. Enter the address and port from Network.
3. Choose a username and password for your account on this server, and click Join Server.

Admin account

In the game panel under Startup you'll find ADMIN_USER (admin by default) and ADMIN_PASSWORD. The password was filled in at random when your server was created. You log in with this account to manage the server.

A password to join

A join password isn't under Startup. You set it in your server's ini file: .cache/Server/<SERVER_NAME>.ini, where <SERVER_NAME> is the value of the SERVER_NAME variable under Startup. By default that's .cache/Server/Pterodactyl.ini. The .cache folder starts with a dot, but it shows up in the list in Files as usual.

1. Stop your server.
2. Open the ini file through Files and find the Password= line.
3. Enter the password after the = sign and save the file.
4. Start your server.

Not working?

Check in the Console that the server has fully started and that you use the port from Network. If it still doesn't work, open a ticket with your server's name and the message you see in the game.