Scheduling daily restarts on a Rust server reduces the buildup of memory leaks, entity bloat, and tick-rate degradation that accumulate over a wipe cycle. Freeing up system resources through automated restarts at set intervals lowers the risk of server crashes and unplanned downtime for active player populations. Daily restarts also help keep Rust servers running at consistent performance levels, reducing lag and desync and ensuring players can connect, build, and raid without interruption.
1. Log in to the BisectHosting Starbase panel.
2. Go to the Schedules tab.
3. Choose Create Schedule.
4. Input a Schedule Name.
5. Select a Start Time.
6. Set the Interval of the server restart. A 12 to 24-hour interval is recommended.
7. Enable the Only When Server Is Online button.
8. Press Create schedule.
9. Select the newly created schedule.
10. Click New Task.
11. From the Action dropdown menu, select Send Command.
12. In the Payload field, input the following: say <message>
13. Choose Create Task.
14. For multiple server notifications, repeat steps 10-12.
15. In the Time Offset field, input the delay in seconds. In this example, 300 sends the server notification 5 minutes after the first one.
16. Choose Create Task.
17. Click New Task.
18. From the Action dropdown menu, select Send Power Action.
19. From the Payload dropdown menu, select Restart the server.
20. Choose Create Task.
21. The Rust server now has a daily restart schedule.