Linking Discord

01Why link Discord

You already sign in to Surge with your Discord account. Linking a Discord server is a separate step, and it is how you give your staff access. Once a Rust server is linked and you have picked an admin role, anyone with that role can open the admin dashboard for the Rust servers linked to that Discord.

Each Rust server needs its own link, even if you own ten of them. They can all use the same Discord, or different ones. A new server does not inherit a link from the others.

02Linking it, step by step

Open that Rust server, then Management > Discord Integration > Overview. The owner and any admin on that server can do this.

1. 1Press Add bot and invite the Surge bot to the Discord you want for this server.
2. 2Press Get install code. You get a 10 digit code.
3. 3In that Discord (not in DMs), run /install and paste the code. You need Manage Server or Administrator permission to do this.
4. 4The bot replies privately to confirm the link. The Overview card updates on its own.
5. 5Now run /admin-role and pick the role that should get dashboard access for servers linked to that Discord.

The Overview card shows which Discord is linked to this server and which admin role is set. Use Unlink Discord if you want this server to stop using it. Other servers that use the same Discord stay linked.

03Setting the admin role

/admin-role takes one role. Whoever has that role in your Discord, and signs in to Surge with that same Discord account, can open the admin dashboard for Rust servers linked to that Discord. You can run it again any time to switch to a different role.

By default Discord only shows /admin-role to people with Administrator permission.

04What Discord role admins can do

Role admins see the Rust servers linked to that Discord on their own Servers page, marked Discord admin. They never see someone else's servers, and they do not see your other servers that are linked to a different Discord.

• They can open every panel and change features, settings and events just like you.
• If a server is Premium, they get the Premium features on it too.
• They cannot change the server's connection details, refresh the connection or delete the server.
• They can see the Management Team, but only you as owner can add or remove people.

Access is checked against Discord, so if you take the role away, their access goes with it. It can take about a minute to catch up.

05Good to know

• A Discord server can only be linked to one Surge account, but that account can link it to as many Rust servers as it wants.
• The Overview card is only for this Rust server. /install is blocked only if that Discord is still in use on a live server under a different Surge account. Unlink there, or if the other server was deleted, /install can take the Discord again.
• Running /install with a new code for this server in a different Discord moves this server there. Other servers stay where they are.
• If you rename your Discord server, Surge picks up the new name automatically.
• The bot asks for permission to view channels, send messages and embed links. Those are used for things like Raid Alarm posts.
• Everyone, including role admins, still has to link their in-game name before they open a server, connect one, or buy Premium.