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Euro Truck Simulator 2: Connecting to and setting up your server

How to connect to your Euro Truck Simulator 2 server and enter the Steam token.

Here you’ll learn how to connect to your Euro Truck Simulator 2 server (Convoy) and set it up.

Connecting

  1. Start the server on the server page with Start.
  2. Wait until the status shows “running”. You can follow the progress in the Console.
  3. In the game, choose Convoy mode and search the server list for your server’s lobby name.
  4. The address (IP:Port) is shown at the top of your server page.

Important settings

You change these values in the Startup variables tab. Changes take effect on the next restart.

  • Lobby name (LOBBY_NAME) – the name under which your server appears in the list.
  • Steam token (STEAM_TOKEN) – gives your server a fixed server ID. You create it at steamcommunity.com/dev/managegameservers (you must own the game).
  • Automatic update (AUTO_UPDATE) – updates the server on start.

More settings (e.g. password and player count) can be found in the file server_config.sii under .local/share/Euro Truck Simulator 2/ in the Files tab.

Good to know

  • You enter the Steam token when ordering. You can change it later under Startup variables.
  • During setup, the server files are downloaded via Steam, so the first start may take a few minutes longer.
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