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Step-by-step answers for the questions we hear most. Never share your password, a bot token or card details with anyone, including us.
Game servers
- Connect to your game server Where to find your server address and what to do if you cannot connect.
- My game server will not start The checks that fix most servers that stay offline or stop right after starting.
- My game server is lagging How to tell whether lag comes from your server, your plan or your connection.
- Restore a backup of your game server Roll your server back to an earlier backup, safely.
- Upgrade or downgrade your plan Move to a bigger or smaller plan without losing anything.
- Failed payments, suspension and data retention What happens if a payment fails and how to restore a suspended service.
- Link your Discord account Connect Discord to get customer roles and see your services there.
- Which Hartwell hosting is right for me? A quick guide to choosing between game servers, bot hosting and web hosting.
- How to open a support request that gets solved fast What to include so we can help you on the first reply.
- Where should my server be? How to think about location, and which locations Hartwell lists.
- Cancel a service How to cancel, what happens to your data and how to change your mind.
- Get started with your game server control panel A tour of the console, files, backups and settings in your panel.
- Upload files with SFTP Connect an SFTP client to move large files to your server or bot.
- Install mods and plugins safely The safe order for adding mods or plugins without breaking your server.
- Set up your Minecraft server Choose a version, set your world options and let friends join.
- Set up your FiveM server The license key and the first steps to bring a FiveM server online.
- Move your game server to Hartwell How to bring an existing world or server over from another host or your own computer.
Bot Cloud
- Upgrade or downgrade your plan Move to a bigger or smaller plan without losing anything.
- My bot is offline or keeps stopping Why a bot goes offline and how to bring it back.
- Deploy your first bot From an empty pool to a running bot.
- My Bot Cloud pool is full What to do when you cannot deploy another bot.
- Failed payments, suspension and data retention What happens if a payment fails and how to restore a suspended service.
- Link your Discord account Connect Discord to get customer roles and see your services there.
- Which Hartwell hosting is right for me? A quick guide to choosing between game servers, bot hosting and web hosting.
- How to open a support request that gets solved fast What to include so we can help you on the first reply.
- Where should my server be? How to think about location, and which locations Hartwell lists.
- Cancel a service How to cancel, what happens to your data and how to change your mind.
- Upload files with SFTP Connect an SFTP client to move large files to your server or bot.
- Get your bot ready before you upload The five checks that prevent most deployment problems.
- Keep your bot token safe How to protect your token and what to do if it leaks.
- Which bot runtime should I pick? Node.js, Python, Java, Go, Rust, Bun, Deno, PHP, .NET or Ruby, and how to choose.
- Common reasons a bot will not start Quick fixes for the errors that most often stop a bot from coming online.
Web hosting
- Upgrade or downgrade your plan Move to a bigger or smaller plan without losing anything.
- My website is down The usual reasons a hosted website does not load.
- My website shows a certificate warning Free SSL is issued automatically once your domain points to Hartwell.
- Point your domain at your hosting Update your domain's DNS so visitors reach your Hartwell site.
- Set up email on your domain Create mailboxes and fix common email problems.
- Failed payments, suspension and data retention What happens if a payment fails and how to restore a suspended service.
- Link your Discord account Connect Discord to get customer roles and see your services there.
- Which Hartwell hosting is right for me? A quick guide to choosing between game servers, bot hosting and web hosting.
- How to open a support request that gets solved fast What to include so we can help you on the first reply.
- Where should my server be? How to think about location, and which locations Hartwell lists.
- Cancel a service How to cancel, what happens to your data and how to change your mind.
- Install WordPress on your web hosting From a fresh hosting account to a working WordPress site.
- Move your website to Hartwell A safe way to move a website and email without downtime.
- Email settings for Outlook, Apple Mail and phones The details to enter to read your domain email in an app.
- Make your website faster and safer Simple habits that keep a website quick and secure.
Still stuck? Open a support request from your dashboard, or use /support in the Hartwell Discord server.