Mumble voice servers

A Hostboi Mumble server is a voice chat server for your group. You pay per slot: one slot is one person connected at the same time. Plans run from 10 to 100 slots.

Connecting

1. Install the free Mumble client from mumble.info (Windows, macOS and Linux).
2. Open your server in the panel. The address and port are shown on the server’s home page.
3. In Mumble, choose Server > Connect > Add New…, enter the address and port, pick any username and connect.

Anyone with the address and port can join. To keep the server private, set a join password (see below).

Becoming the admin (SuperUser)

Every Mumble server has a built-in admin account called SuperUser. Hostboi gives each server its own random SuperUser password.

1. In the panel, open Startup and copy the SuperUser password.
2. In Mumble, add the server a second time with the username SuperUser and connect. Enter the password when asked.
3. As SuperUser you can create channels, set permissions and register other users as admins. Most groups make their own account an admin this way, then stop using SuperUser day to day.

To change the SuperUser password, type a new one into the same Startup field and restart the server. Leaving the field blank keeps the current password.

Join password, welcome message and other settings

Server settings live in murmur.ini, which you can edit in the panel’s Files tab. Useful ones:

• serverpassword= sets a password everyone needs to join.
• welcometext= is the message people see when they connect.

Restart the server after editing. The port and the slot limit are managed by Hostboi and are reset to your plan’s values on every start, so changing them in murmur.ini has no effect.

Changing your slot count

Slots are part of your plan, so they are changed in the billing portal, on your Mumble service, not in the panel. If the change isn’t offered there, open a ticket and we’ll make it for you. Billing works the same way as other plan changes; see Upgrading or downgrading.

After the change, restart the server from the panel. The new limit takes effect when the server starts.