Install the plugin

import { Steps } from ‘@astrojs/starlight/components’;

Check Prerequisites first if you have not. Then:

The first load writes a config file:

<your server>/oxide/config/Cerebrust.json

Open it and paste in your ingest token:

{
  "ApiBaseUrl": "https://api.cerebrust.xyz",
  "IngestToken": "crst_your_token_here",
  "verbose_logging": false
}

Only three settings here are yours to edit:

Key	Default	What it does
`ApiBaseUrl`	`https://api.cerebrust.xyz`	The CerebRUST API. Leave it alone
`IngestToken`	`""`	Your server’s token. Required
`verbose_logging`	`false`	Very chatty diagnostic logging. Only for troubleshooting

What happens next, automatically

Once initialised, the plugin starts working on its own:

Sends a heartbeat every 15 seconds (FPS, players online, sleepers)
Reports player positions every 2 seconds while they are awake
Snapshots tool cupboards every 5 minutes
Uploads a render of your map — but only when nobody is online, since it is a big upload
Posts your monument list once
Reconciles your team roster and ban list a few seconds after startup
Polls CerebRUST every 2 seconds for any commands you have issued from the dashboard

You do not need to schedule or trigger any of this.

The token is a credential. Anything holding it can post data as your server.

A token binds to the first server that uses it (its IP and ports). If you move your server to a new address, see Troubleshooting.