Dashboard

Pages

Detailed reference for every page in the dashboard. For a condensed overview see Features.

Contents

Server

• Layout
• Overview
• Console
• Servers
• Autobroadcast
• Mail Server
• DB Query
• Config
• Backups

Game

• Tickets
• Bans
• Mutes
• Announcements
• Send Mail
• Channels
• Calendar
• Name Filters
• Batch Operations
• Auction House
• Battlegrounds

Players

• Players
• Accounts
• Characters
• Guilds
• Arena Teams
• Character Transfer

Reports

• Lag Reports
• Bug Reports
• Spam Reports

Dashboard

• Alerts (see Features)
• Analytics
• Audit Log
• Health Check
• Sessions
• Settings
• Dashboard Management
• Changelog

Layout

• Sidebar navigation with collapsible groups and page links; selecting a page closes the sidebar on mobile
• On screens ≤ 768px the sidebar collapses off-screen and a hamburger toggle (☰) button appears in the top-left corner; tapping the overlay or selecting a page closes the sidebar
• On screens ≤ 480px, spacing and font sizes are further reduced for small phones
• Toast notifications stack in the bottom-right corner (bottom-center on mobile)

Overview

• Live server status cards (PID, uptime timer) for each configured worldserver and authserver; Dashboard card showing backend and server agent connectivity
• Player Online, Open Tickets, and Active Bans stat cards
• System Memory and CPU usage bars; turn amber then red when alert thresholds are exceeded
• Configurable alert thresholds in Settings → Alert Thresholds (Administrator only); persisted to the acore_dashboard database
• Alerts dropdown — independently toggle popup notifications and alert sounds; sounds use the Web Audio API (no external files); popup notifications require browser permission; both settings persist in localStorage
• Worldserver TCP latency panel — mean, median, P95, P99, and max over a rolling 60-minute window; one panel per worldserver when multiple are configured
• Player count sparkline over the last hour (up to 120 data points sampled every 30 s)
• AzerothCore core revision (clickable link to GitHub commit), DB version, cache ID, and current MOTD
• Real-time push updates via Socket.IO (no polling)

Console

• Live log streaming for each configured worldserver and authserver via Socket.IO — when multiple worldservers are configured, a panel is shown for each
• Full ANSI SGR colour rendering — log colours from worldserver.conf render correctly
• GM command input with up/down arrow history navigation (persisted per session); commands are sent to the specific worldserver panel they are entered in
• Auto-scroll toggle, saved to localStorage

Players

• Online players with character name, race (resolved from ChrRaces.dbc if configured), class (resolved from ChrClasses.dbc if configured), level, zone (resolved from AreaTable.dbc if configured), and account
• Filter by character name or account username
• Kick — with optional reason
• Ban — character, account, or IP; target pre-filled from selected player
• Auto-refreshes every 30 seconds

Tickets

• Open GM tickets with player name, message preview, creation time, assigned GM, and status badges
• Expand any row for full detail including GM comment and last response
• Respond & Close, Add Comment, Assign/Unassign, Escalate/De-escalate
• Toggle to show all tickets including closed ones
• Open ticket count badge in the sidebar, polled every 60 seconds

Bans

• Tabs for Account, Character, and IP bans
• Each row shows target, banned by, reason, date, and expiry
• Issue new bans and unban with a confirmation modal

Mutes

• List of all active account mutes with account name, muted by, reason, mute date, and expiry with time remaining
• Mute — issue a new mute by character name with duration (minutes) and reason (GM 2+)
• Unmute — remove a mute with confirmation modal (GM 2+)
• Actions are audit-logged

Announcements

• Announce (chat) or Notify (on-screen popup) message types
• 200-character limit with live counter; Ctrl+Enter to send
• Six quick-fill templates for common messages
• Session history table of all sent announcements

Accounts

• Loads all accounts on page open with pagination (50 per page); search by username, email, or IP with ← Prev / Next → page controls
• Account detail view: ID, email, join date, last login, last IP, GM level, expansion, status, and character list with playtime
• GM Level change (Administrator), Expansion (Administrator), Email (Administrator)
• Ban with duration presets (1h / 1d / 7d / 30d / permanent) and custom duration
• Lock / Unlock (GM 2+), Reset Password (Administrator), Delete Account (Administrator)
• Mute / Unmute per character with duration and reason (Administrator)
• Account Flags — view active flags for any account; toggle individual flags (Administrator)
• RBAC Permissions (post-RBAC AzerothCore) — collapsible section showing the default role inherited from the account’s security level, per-account overrides from rbac_account_permissions (granted / denied per realm), and the full effective permission set after walking the role inheritance graph and applying overrides; Administrator can grant, deny, toggle, and revoke per-realm overrides; realm scope picker with All-realms or any specific realm from realmlist; permission picker with category tabs (Core / Roles / Commands) and text filter
• Create Account (Administrator)

Autobroadcast

• Table of all entries with ID, text, and colour-coded weight badge (green ≥ 50, amber 20–49, dim < 20)
• Add, edit, and delete entries

Send Mail

• Send mail, items (up to 12 by entry ID and count), or money (gold/silver/copper auto-converted to copper)
• Character name and subject are preserved after sending for quick follow-ups

Guilds

• Guild list with name, leader, member count, and bank balance
• Search by guild name or leader
• Click any guild to open the detail panel showing:
  • Tabard — colour preview (background, border, emblem) with style indices
  • MOTD and guild info text (when set)
  • Members tab — character name, class, level, and rank; personal note shown
  • Ranks tab — rank name and bank gold withdrawal limit per day
  • Event Log tab — last 100 entries: invites, joins, promotions, demotions, kicks, and leaves with timestamps and player names

Arena Teams

• Arena team list sorted by rating with team name, bracket type (2v2/3v3/5v5), captain name, rating, and member count
• Search by team name or captain name; filter by bracket type
• Click any team to open the detail panel showing:
  • Header with captain name, bracket, rating, and rank
  • Season and weekly performance summary (wins/losses/win %)
  • Members tab — roster with class, level, personal rating, season stats (wins/losses/win %), and weekly stats; captain badge shown
  • Stats tab — full team statistics: rating, rank, season games/wins/losses/win %, week games/wins/losses/win %
  • Match History tab — per-player matchmaker rating (MMR) and max MMR
• Create Team (GM 3+) — create a new arena team with custom name, bracket type, and captain selected via character search
• Edit Team (GM 3+) — update team rating and reassign captain to any current member
• Delete Team (GM 3+) — permanently remove a team and all its members
• Remove Member (GM 2+) — remove individual members (captain must transfer captainship first)

Battlegrounds

• Three tabs: History, Deserters, Stats
• History — paginated table (50 per page) of recent battleground matches; columns: ID, Battleground (name from BattlemasterList.dbc with fallbacks), Bracket, Winner (Alliance/Horde/Draw badge), Date; filter by BG type; click any row to open the match detail modal
  • Match Detail Modal — battleground name, winner badge, bracket, date, and player count; two faction tables (Alliance and Horde) showing each player’s name (clickable), class, killing blows, deaths, honorable kills, damage, healing, and win/loss badge
• Deserters — paginated table of characters with the battleground deserter debuff; columns: Character (clickable), Class, Level, Type (Left BG / Offline Kick / Declined Invite / Invite Expired / Logged Out), Date; Remove deserter entries per character (GM 2+)
• Stats — overall summary (total matches, Alliance/Horde wins with percentages, draws) and per-battleground breakdown table (total, Alliance wins, Horde wins, draws, win percentages)

Channels

• Lists all custom chat channels with name, faction (Alliance / Horde / Both), active ban count, password lock indicator, and last used timestamp
• Lock icon shown for password-protected channels — credentials are never exposed
• Click any row to open the detail panel showing:
  • Channel Config — shown when a channels_rights entry exists: restriction flags, speak delay, join/delay messages, moderator list
  • Banned Players — characters banned from the channel with ban timestamp
• Unban removes a player’s channel ban (GM 2+)
• Delete Channel removes the channel and all associated bans from the database (Administrator)
• Note: in-game member roles (Owner, Moderator, Muted) are runtime-only and not persisted to the database

Auction House

• Paginated table (50 per page) of active auction listings with search and faction filter
• Columns: ID, Item (WoWHead-linked name with item quality colour), Qty, Seller (clickable to view character), Auction House (faction badge), Start Bid, Current Bid, Buyout, Expires (time remaining)
• Search by item name or seller name
• Faction filter dropdown — filter by auction house name (e.g. Alliance, Horde, Blackwater); house names resolved from AuctionHouse.dbc with hardcoded fallbacks
• Money values displayed as gold / silver / copper breakdown
• Statistics panel — total listings, unique sellers, active bidders, total buyout value, and per-auction-house breakdown
• Remove individual auction listings (GM 2+) with confirmation modal showing auction ID, item name, quantity, and seller
• Item quality colour-coding (Poor through Artifact)

Calendar

• Month-view grid with Monday–Sunday columns; today highlighted; previous/next month navigation and “Today” button
• Five event types, each colour-coded and togglable via legend buttons:
  • Custom Events (blue) — user-created events with title, optional description, and start/end times
  • Notes (gold) — user-created notes
  • Game Holidays (green) — WoW game events from the game_event table (holiday events only)
  • In-Game Calendar (purple) — player-created events from the calendar_events table
  • Raid Resets (red) — weekly lockout resets for all WotLK 3.3.5a raids (weekly on Wednesday 07:00 UTC)
• Click any day to open a side panel with the day’s events; double-click to create a new event (GM 2+)
• Create / Edit / Delete custom events and notes (GM 2+); game holidays, in-game events, and raid resets are read-only
• Each day cell shows up to 3 events with a “+N more” overflow indicator
• Custom event actions are audit-logged

Servers

• Start and stop worldserver(s) and authserver — when multiple worldservers are configured via worldservers.json, a card is shown for each
• Exit — immediate clean shutdown via server exit
• Shutdown — server shutdown <N> countdown with configurable delay
• Auto-restart — toggle per server; restarts on unexpected crashes only, not manual stops
• Scheduled Restart — preset delays (1m–1h) or custom value; target server selector when multiple worldservers are configured; cancel button available
• MOTD — read and edit via server set motd; unsaved-changes indicator

DB Query

• Select auth, world, or characters database
• Preset queries for common lookups (online players, accounts, bans, inventory)
• Free-form SQL editor — click a preset to load it into the editor, then modify and run; or type any query directly
• Ctrl+Enter to run from the editor
• Supports SELECT (tabular results) and write queries INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE (affected rows count)
• All queries are audit-logged with the executing user, IP, database, and query text

Config

• Tab per config file — worldserver and authserver always first, then module configs alphabetically
• Set CONFIG_PATH to auto-load all .conf files from a directory and its subdirectories (useful for AzerothCore module configs)
• Without CONFIG_PATH, worldserver.conf and authserver.conf are loaded from the exe directory
• Monospace editor with line numbers, find bar, unsaved-change indicators
• Save creates a .bak backup of the previous file automatically
• Discard reverts all unsaved edits

Backups (Administrator only)

• Table of all backup files in the BACKUP_PATH directory with filename, database badge, size, and creation date
• Create Backup — opens a modal with checkboxes for each database (acore_auth, acore_characters, acore_world); runs mysqldump on the server and saves timestamped .sql files; reports created file count and any errors
• Restore — per-file button opens a confirmation modal warning that the target database will be overwritten; target database is auto-detected from the filename; pipes the SQL file into the mysql client
• Download — download any backup file to the browser
• Delete — delete with confirmation modal
• Filter by database via a dropdown; file count and total size summary
• All create, restore, and delete actions are audit-logged

Batch Operations (Administrator only)

• Tabbed interface with four operation types: Batch Kick, Batch Ban, Batch Mail, Batch GM Level
• Each tab has an inline Search Picker — type-ahead autocomplete that searches characters or accounts (debounced, max 15 results) and appends selected entries to a textarea
• Targets can also be entered manually in the textarea (one per line or comma-separated)
• Batch Kick — kick multiple online players with an optional reason
• Batch Ban — ban by character, account, or IP; duration and reason required
• Batch Mail — send in-game mail to multiple recipients with subject and body
• Batch GM Level — set GM level (0–3) for multiple account IDs
• Results modal shows per-target success/failure with error messages

Character Transfer (Administrator only)

• Search characters by name (minimum 2 characters); results table with GUID, name, race, class, level, and online status
• Select an offline character to view transfer detail: character info, current account, and transfer eligibility
• Online characters cannot be transferred (disabled Select button)
• Target Account — search accounts by name with dropdown picker, or enter an account ID directly
• Confirmation modal shows source/target details and notes that the action will be audit-logged
• Transfer updates the character’s account column and is audit-logged

Lag Reports

• Paginated table (50 per page) of player-submitted lag events
• Filter by type (Loot / Auction House / Mail / Chat / Movement / Spells & Abilities) and minimum latency
• Summary bar: total reports, average latency, peak latency, per-type counts
• Top 5 most-reporting characters and top 5 most-affected maps
• Colour-coded latency badges; Dismiss per row (GM 2+); Clear All (Administrator)

Bug Reports

• Paginated table (25 per page) separated into Open and Closed tabs; type filter (All / Bugs / Suggestions / Surveys)
• Search by character name, zone, subject, assignee, or any field in the report — filters server-side across all pages
• Sortable columns — click any column header to sort ascending/descending on the current page
• Table shows assignee; inline Close / Reopen button per row (GM 2+)
• Detail modal shows description, reporter info, location, system specs, aura list, addon data, and state badge
• Editable Assignee and Comment fields in the detail modal (GM 2+)
• Close / Reopen toggle in the modal footer (GM 2+)
• Dismiss removes the report from the database (GM 2+)

Spam Reports

• Paginated table of in-game spam reports with three type filters: Mail, Chat, and Calendar
• Search by spammer name or description
• Sortable columns — ID, type, reported player, details, time
• Detail modal with full report fields (mail ID, channel, message text, event description, time since message)
• Delete individual reports (GM 2+)
• Clear All matching current filters with confirmation (Administrator)

Settings (Administrator only)

• Sections with labelled toggle/input controls, each with a description
• Changes are only sent on Save Changes (dirty-tracking — no unnecessary writes)
• Settings changes are recorded in the Audit Log

Available settings:

Setting	Default	Description
Alert Thresholds → CPU warning at	80%	CPU usage percentage that triggers a warning
Alert Thresholds → Memory warning at	85%	Memory usage percentage that triggers a warning
Alert Thresholds → Latency warning at	100 ms	Mean TCP latency that triggers a warning
Alert Thresholds → Latency critical at	500 ms	Mean TCP latency that triggers a critical alert
Alert Thresholds → Graph history	60 min	Number of minutes shown on the Overview resource graphs
Config Editor → Create .bak backup on save	On	Creates a .bak copy of each config file before overwriting
Discord Alerts → Enable Discord alerts	On	Master switch — when off, no messages are sent
Discord Alerts → Display name	AzerothCore Dashboard	Name shown on Discord messages (overrides webhook default)
Discord Alerts → Avatar URL	(dashboard icon)	Direct image URL used as the bot avatar; defaults to the dashboard icon hosted on GitHub
Discord Alerts → Server offline alert	On	Posts to Discord when worldserver or authserver goes offline unexpectedly
Discord Alerts → Server offline message	see below	Editable message body; supports {server}
Discord Alerts → Server online alert	On	Posts to Discord when worldserver or authserver comes back online
Discord Alerts → Server online message	see below	Editable message body; supports {server}
Discord Alerts → Server stop alert	On	Posts to Discord when worldserver or authserver is manually stopped
Discord Alerts → Server stop message	see below	Editable message body; supports {server}
Discord Alerts → Resource threshold alert	On	Posts to Discord when CPU or memory exceeds the configured threshold (5-minute cooldown)
Discord Alerts → Resource threshold message	see below	Editable message body; supports {resource}, {pct}, {threshold}
Discord Alerts → Agent disconnect alert	On	Posts to Discord when the server agent loses its connection
Discord Alerts → Agent disconnect message	see below	Editable message body; no variables

All sections are collapsible. A gold “unsaved changes” badge appears on any collapsed section that has pending edits.

Environment (.env) settings — a separate collapsible section at the bottom of the page for editing whitelisted .env keys directly from the UI. Changes are written to the .env file on disk and require a backend restart to take effect. Settings affecting server executables (WORLDSERVER_PATH, AUTHSERVER_PATH, *_DIR) also require restarting the server agent. A Restart Backend button appears in the warning banner after saving. The following keys are editable:

Key	Description
WORLDSERVER_PATH / AUTHSERVER_PATH	Paths to game server executables
WORLDSERVER_DIR / AUTHSERVER_DIR	Working directories for game server processes
WORLDSERVER_HOST / WORLDSERVER_PORT	Host/port used for TCP latency measurement
DBC_PATH	Path to WotLK DBFilesClient folder
CONFIG_PATH	Directory containing .conf files for the Config editor
BACKUP_PATH	Where backup files are saved (scheduled and on-demand)
MYSQLDUMP_PATH	Path to mysqldump executable
PDUMP_OUTPUT_PATH	Default directory for character dump exports
FRONTEND_URL	Comma-separated CORS origins
ALLOWED_IPS	Comma-separated IPs allowed to reach the backend
IDLE_TIMEOUT_MINUTES	Session idle timeout
AUDIT_LOG_RETENTION_DAYS	Audit log retention period
DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL	Discord alert webhook URL

Audit Log (Administrator only)

• Paginated table (50 per page) of all dashboard actions, newest first
• Success / Failed / All tab filter — failed logins and blocked actions are highlighted in red
• Action filter — searchable multi-select dropdown to show only specific action types (e.g. config.save, ban.account); multiple actions can be selected simultaneously
• Search across username, IP, action, and details — filters server-side across all pages
• Sortable columns — ID, time, user, IP, action, status
• Colour-coded action badges by category: account changes (gold), bans (red), server ops (amber), console commands (red), config saves (amber), announcements/mail (green), channels (blue), reports (neutral)
• Config saves show a per-key diff: WorldServerPort: "8085" → "8086" so you can see exactly what changed
• Stored in the separate acore_dashboard database — unaffected by AzerothCore upgrades

Analytics

• Historical analytics with canvas-rendered charts for three metric types: Player Count, CPU Usage (%), and Memory Usage (%)
• Tab-style metric selector and date range presets (24h, 7d, 30d)
• Resolution selector: Raw, Hourly, or Daily aggregation
• Summary cards showing peak players (24h, 7d, 30d) and average CPU/memory over the last 24 hours
• Data stored in the analytics_history table in acore_dashboard, automatically populated by the backend
• Data point count and resolution displayed below the chart title

Health Check (Administrator only)

• Database Pools — table showing each connection pool (auth, world, characters, dashboard) with status badge, latency in milliseconds, and connection counts (free, active, total)
• System — Node.js version, backend uptime, PID, platform, CPU core count, heap used/total, and RSS memory
• Services — server bridge connectivity status and agent status with uptime
• Optional auto-refresh checkbox (polls every 10 seconds)

Sessions (Administrator only)

• Table of all active dashboard sessions with username, GM level, IP address, browser user-agent, login time, and last activity (relative time)
• Current session highlighted with a “You” badge; cannot revoke your own session
• Revoke — per-session button with confirmation modal; revoked users are logged out on their next request
• Revoke All Others — bulk revoke all sessions except your own with confirmation modal
• Session data stored in the active_sessions table in acore_dashboard

Changelog

• Paginated table of all dashboard commits with commit hash (linked to GitHub), subject, author, and date
• Click any row to open a detail modal showing the full commit body and external link to GitHub
• Entries are parsed from the changelog.md file, updated automatically by CI on each merge

Characters

• Search all characters by name (min 2 characters); results show race, class, level, and online indicator
• Click any result to open the detail panel with eight tabs:
  • Overview — money, played time, honor/arena points, currencies
  • Stats — base stats (Str/Agi/Sta/Int/Spi), health and power, combat stats (attack power, crit %, dodge, parry, block, armor, resilience), and all six resistances
  • Equipment — all 19 slots with item name, quality colour, and WoWHead tooltips
  • Bags — backpack and up to 4 equipped bag slots with item links
  • Bank — main bank slots and up to 7 bank bag slots
  • Auras — all active buff/debuff auras with spell ID, remaining duration, stacks, and caster
  • Reputation — all tracked factions with standing label (Exalted → Hated), progress bar, and At War indicator; filter by standing or at-war state, sortable by standing value
  • Achievements — all completed achievements grouped by category with completion date; collapsed categories expand on click

Export Dump button (per character, GM 2+):

• Generates a full .pdump-compatible SQL file covering all 31 character tables (inventory, bank, mail, pets, spells, achievements, reputation, etc.)
• Download to browser — sends the file directly as a .sql attachment
• Save on server — writes to a path on the backend machine; pre-fills PDUMP_OUTPUT_PATH if configured

Import Dump button (page-level, GM 2+):

• Accepts a .sql dump file (uploaded from the browser) or a server-side file path
• Account selector with live search — assign the imported character to any account
• Optional character name override — if blank, the name from the dump is used; if that name is taken a temporary name (originalName + GUID_HEX) is assigned and the character is flagged to rename on next login
• Full GUID remapping for characters, items, mail, pets, and equipment sets — same logic as AzerothCore’s native .pdump load; compatible with dumps from both the dashboard and the in-game command

Name Filters

• Two tabs — Profanity and Reserved — each showing the entry count
• Add a new name (max 12 characters) with inline duplicate and length validation
• Filter the current list by typing; shows match count when filtering
• Remove any entry with confirmation modal (GM 2+)
• Actions are audit-logged

Dashboard Management (Administrator only)

• Restart Backend — restarts the Express API server; frontend reconnects automatically within a few seconds
• Restart Server Agent — restarts the standalone agent process; includes prominent warning that game servers will be temporarily unmanaged (running servers are NOT stopped, but cannot be monitored or auto-restarted during the window)
• Restart Frontend — informs the user that the Vite dev server cannot be restarted remotely and must be restarted manually; production static builds do not require restarting
• All actions require a confirmation modal; all are audit-logged

Mail Server

• Template list with ID, active status, subject, per-faction money, item count, condition count, and recipient count
• Create/Edit modal with four tabs: General (subject, body, Alliance/Horde money, active toggle), Items (per-faction item attachments), Conditions (eligibility rules: Level, PlayTime, Quest, Achievement, Reputation, Faction, Race, Class, AccountFlags), Recipients (characters who have already received the template — edit only)
• Items and conditions can be added before saving when creating a new template; they are batch-created alongside the template on save
• Delete with confirmation (cascades to items, conditions, and recipients)

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