Ban Management Integration

Pano includes a built-in, synchronized ban management system that allows you to manage server access directly from your web panel. This integration ensures that players who are banned on the web platform are instantly restricted from joining your Minecraft servers.

What is Ban Management?

The Ban Management integration bridges the gap between your website's moderation tools and your Minecraft server. When a moderator bans a player through the Pano Admin Panel, the Pano MC Plugin enforces this ban at the moment the player attempts to join any connected server.

Features

• Instant Enforcement — Bans applied on the web are active immediately in-game.
• Temporary & Permanent Bans — Support for both timed suspensions and lifetime bans.
• Dynamic Kick Messages — Automatically generates localized kick messages with reasons and expiry times.
• Platform-Wide Synchronization — A ban applied in Pano affects all servers connected to that Pano instance.
• Easy Management — Ban and unban from a player's page; the Players page has a Banned filter.

Requirements

1. Pano MC Plugin installed and connected to your Pano instance.
2. Ban Integration enabled for that server (it is by default).

Setup Guide

Step 1: Check the Integration

1. Log in to your Pano Admin Panel.
2. Select the server, then open its Settings → Game Integration (the settings are per server).
3. Make sure the Ban Integration toggle is on — it is by default.
4. Click Save if you changed it.

Step 2: Configure Ban Messages

Ban messages are pulled from your Pano platform's translation files. You can customize them in the Translations section of your panel, under the MC Plugin type:

• auth.ban-kick-temporary: Message shown for timed bans.
• auth.ban-kick-permanent: Message shown for permanent bans.

How It Works

1. Player Joins: When a player attempts to connect to your Minecraft server, the Pano MC Plugin intercepts the join event.
2. Check Status: The plugin sends a real-time request to the Pano platform to check the player's status.
3. Enforcement:
   • If the player is not banned, they are allowed to join normally.
   • If the player is banned, the plugin kicks the player with the reason and, for a timed ban, the date it ends.
4. Already online: a player who is banned while playing is kicked at once.

If the server cannot reach Pano at that moment, the player is let in.

Need Help?

If you encounter issues or have feedback:

• Visit our Discord community.
• Open an issue on GitHub.

Keep your community safe with Pano's centralized ban management.