Profile & security

Email and password#

Your account email and password are managed in the client portal at portal.pyro.host, the source of truth for your login. Open your account settings there to change your email or password, confirming the change with your current password. Once it saves, the new credentials work everywhere you sign in, including the Game Server Panel and the VPS Panel.

A new password has to be at least 8 characters long and should be one you do not use on any other site. After a password change you may be signed out and asked to log in again, so have the new password ready.

Note: Your account password is also your SFTP password. Changing it changes the password you use to connect over SFTP. See connect over SFTP for how to log in again with the new one.

Two-factor authentication#

Two-factor authentication adds a second step when you sign in, so a stolen password alone is not enough to get into your account. You turn it on from your account settings in the portal. Pyro uses an authenticator app for this, the kind that shows a rotating 6-digit code that changes every 30 seconds.

When you enable it, the portal shows a QR code. Scan the code with your authenticator app, or copy the secret printed below it and paste that in by hand. The app then starts generating codes. Enter the current 6-digit code and confirm with your account password to turn it on.

Once it turns on, the portal shows a set of recovery codes. These are your way back in if you ever lose access to your authenticator app, and they are shown only this once, so copy them somewhere safe before you close the dialog.

Note: Some actions can require two-factor authentication before they run, such as restoring or deleting a backup. Keep your authenticator handy for those.

Account activity#

The "Activity Log" page in the Game Server Panel lists recent actions on your account, such as sign-ins, password and email changes, and other security events. Each entry records what happened, when, and the IP address it came from, which makes it the first place to look if something seems off. Entries are sorted newest first and split across pages, so use the pagination at the bottom to step back through older activity.

Press "Filters" in the header to open a panel where you can narrow things down. There is a search box that matches against event names, IP addresses, and usernames, an "Event Type" dropdown that lists the kinds of events present in your log, and a "Time Range" dropdown with All Time, Last Hour, Last 24 Hours, Last 7 Days, and Last 30 Days. When any filter is active a "Clear All Filters" button appears to reset everything at once.

Two more controls sit in the header. "Refresh" turns on live updates, after which the label switches to "Live" and the log reloads itself every 30seconds. "Export" downloads the entries you are currently viewing as a CSV file, handy for keeping a record or sharing it with support. If you prefer the keyboard, Ctrl+F toggles the filters, Ctrl+R toggles live refresh, and Ctrl+E exports.

Note: Your email, password, and authenticator settings live in the portal, alongside billing and subscriptions. The security activity log above, along with your API credentials and SSH keys, lives in the Game Server Panel. Everything shares the same login.