# Hostable

> Install and run game servers on your own VPS with one command.

Paths are site-relative. Use {origin}{path}, not /llms.txt{path}.
Per-page markdown lives at /llms/... by default.

## Table of Contents

### Start here
- [Introduction](/llms/introduction.md): Install and run game servers on your own VPS with one command.
- [Install](/llms/install.md): Put Hostable on a fresh Debian or Ubuntu VPS.
- [Your first server](/llms/first-server.md): From a fresh VPS to friends joining, in a few minutes.

### Games
- [Minecraft](/llms/games/minecraft.md): Vanilla, Paper, Fabric and Modrinth modpacks.
- [Palworld](/llms/games/palworld.md): A Palworld dedicated server through SteamCMD, with a co-op save import path.
- [ARK: Survival Evolved](/llms/games/ark.md): ARK SE through SteamCMD (not Survival Ascended).

### Guides
- [Import an existing server](/llms/guides/import.md): Manage a server you already set up by hand, without moving or re-owning its files.
- [Backups](/llms/guides/backups.md): Manual backups with local retention and optional S3-compatible storage.
- [Console, players and mods](/llms/guides/manage.md): Tail the log, run commands, manage the whitelist and add mods from the TUI.
- [Updating a server](/llms/guides/updating.md): Steam games update in place, with a backup first.
- [Small VPS: RAM, swap, disk](/llms/guides/small-vps.md): Fit a game server on a cheap machine and keep the disk from filling up.
- [Domains](/llms/guides/domains.md): Use a domain name instead of an IP address.
- [Web admin](/llms/guides/web-admin.md): Let friends start and stop a server from a browser. Off by default.

### Reference
- [CLI commands](/llms/cli.md): Everything the TUI does, as one-line commands.
- [Security model](/llms/security.md): What Hostable protects, and what it expects from you.
- [Troubleshooting](/llms/troubleshooting.md): Common problems and the commands that find them.