How to Change Your Server Name
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Changing your server name is pretty simple using our Management Panel. First, from your management panel, click on Commandline Manager.
From here, you'll see several options. Select the one you're using, and if you're unsure select the Procedural Map one to set it as default. Once selected it'll display some options.
The Hostname is the name of your server. Hover your mouse on it for additional information. Once you have the name saved by clicking 
, restart your server and changes should take effect immediately.
Avoiding Escape Characters
Sometimes when you put | in your server name the panel will add \| to your server name. This is known as an escape character.
To avoid this head on over to your Configuration Files and open your server.cfg and on a new line at the bottom put the following
server.hostname "My Server Name | My Server Name"
This will avoid the backslash characters in your servername.