Configure whitelist and blacklist for 7 Days to Die

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What is a whitelist and a blacklist?

Servers, especially in the gaming sector, are generally publicly accessible. A whitelist is a kind of filter and only allows people who have been entered in this whitelist to connect to the server. A blacklist, on the other hand, denies access to certain players on this list. We will show you how to activate and configure your whitelist / blacklist.

How do I activate the whitelist/blacklist in 7 Days to Die?

To activate the whitelist/blacklist in 7 Days to Die, you need to make a few small adjustments. You should know the Steam64 ID of the users you want to add to your whitelist or blacklist. The lists are then edited and configured in Serveradmin.xml.

1. find out your Steam64 ID
2. now open and edit the Serveradmin.xml on your server
   1. you will find the file Serveradmin.xml in the directory saves
   2. open the file Serveradmin.xml for editing with a text editor
3. search for the line <adminTools>
   1. everything between <adminTools> and </adminTools> is recognized by the game server as code. These lines control the configuration of the players.

Configure whitelist

1. each player must be added to the whitelist individually. The Steam ID is required for this.
   1. users who are entered by you between the lines <whitelist> and </whitelist> are allowed to join the server.
2. here you can see an example of how a player has been added to the whitelist

<whitelist>
<whitelisted steamID="STEAM64 ID OF THE PLAYER" />
</whitelist>

• The player's Steam64 ID has been added to the whitelist
• The player can now join the server, even if it was set to private in Serverconfig.xml
• If the server has been set to public via Serverconfig.xml and there are players on the whitelist, the server will deny all other players access to the server
• Therefore, only whitelist users on private servers!

Configure blacklist

1. each player must be added to the blacklist individually. The Steam ID is required for this.

   1. users who are entered by you between the lines <blacklist> and </blacklist> are not allowed to join the server.

2. here you can see an example of how a player has been added to the blacklist

<blacklist>
<blacklisted steamID="STEAM64 ID OF THE PLAYER" unbandate="" />
</blacklist>

• The player's Steam64 ID has been added to the blacklist
• The player cannot join the server until the specified time under unbandate
• Banned players are automatically added to the blacklist

As soon as you have entered all configurations, you can save the changes in Serveradmin.xml and restart the server. Your changes will then be active.