Game Panel Beginner Guide (GlassHosting)

Panel mental model

Billing (billing.glasshosting.com) is for invoices, products, and tickets. The game panel (panel.glasshosting.com) is the workshop for the live process: start/stop, console, file manager, SFTP, backups, schedules, and resource graphs.

Glass Gaming, powered by GlassHosting, uses that panel for Minecraft and other titles. Learn the panel once; the habits transfer.

Tour the controls

• Console: live logs and commands (whitelist, op, say). Read errors before you reinstall.
• File manager / SFTP: worlds, jars, configs. Prefer SFTP for large uploads.
• Backups: named snapshots before risky changes.
• Startup / variables: version pins and env-style settings; change one at a time.
• Schedules: restarts or backup jobs so 3 a.m. chores are boring.

First-week habits

1. Bookmark panel + billing; know which password opens which.
2. Take a named backup on day one even on a fresh world.
3. Restart vs kill vs reinstall: restart is normal; reinstall is last resort after backups.
4. Share join IP:port with friends, never SFTP or panel admin credentials.
5. When stuck, ticket from billing with timestamps and console lines (no secrets).

Verify / done

• You can start/stop, read console, and open files without guessing.
• A named backup exists and you know where restore lives.
• One friend joined using only the public join string.

Related: SFTP mods, first server checklist, free GlassGamePanel Wings installer. KB: access the game panel.