Administration Overview
Administrators get deep control over how a 5Stack instance behaves, from who can do what, to matchmaking rules, branding, integrations, and the infrastructure running underneath.
Roles & access control
5Stack uses a role hierarchy. Each role includes the permissions of the ones below it:
| Role | Typical use |
|---|---|
| User | Default for everyone who signs in |
| Verified User | Trusted players |
| Streamer | Can broadcast / spectate demos |
| Moderator | Can sanction players and manage public servers |
| Match Organizer | Can run matches and access the organizers chat |
| Tournament Organizer | Can run tournaments |
| Administrator | Full access, including all settings |
Many features are gated by a minimum role rather than a hard admin-only switch, for example a minimum role to stream, to spectate, to access matchmaking, or to add players without an invite. This lets you open features up to trusted players without making them full admins. A few areas are strictly administrator-only, such as branding, the render queue, and GPU nodes.
Roles are assigned from the player directory.
What admins can configure
- Roles & Players: roles, the player directory, and sanctions.
- Matchmaking & Ranks: match types, Elo ranks, lineups, map pools, and per–game-type server configs.
- Branding & Theming: name, logo, login page, and full light/dark theming.
- Servers & Regions: server types, automatic CS2 updates and version pinning, match server controls, tuning, and regions.
- Integrations: Discord, external match imports (Valve/FACEIT), analytics, and chat.
- System & Monitoring: metrics, logs, database performance, backups, and the render queue.
The admin controls for demo settings, highlights, and streaming are covered on those feature pages.