Migrating from CSMM

Coming from CSMM (Catalysm’s Server Manager and Monitor)? You can bring your data with you. The move has two parts:

1. The import copies your server, roles, players, currency and shop listings.
2. The migration checklist covers everything else. Takaro AI can help with it.

1. Export from CSMM

1. In CSMM, open your server settings.
2. Scroll down to the experimental section.
3. Export the server. You get a JSON file.

For the best result, make sure the server is online and connectable in CSMM before you export.

2. Import into Takaro

You need the Manage Game Servers permission.

1. In Takaro, go to Servers and choose Import from CSMM.
2. Under Import data, choose your export file. It can be up to 25 MB.
3. Pick what to import:

Option	What it does
Import roles	Copies your CSMM roles. If off, all players get the default role
Import players	Copies your players. If off, no player data is imported
Transfer currency	Gives imported players their CSMM currency
Import shop listings	Copies your CSMM shop items

4. Choose Start import.

3. Read the import report

When the import is done, you see the CSMM import report.

• Imported: what was copied, per section (Server, Roles, Players, Currency, Shop listings).
• Skipped: open the “N skipped” row of a section to see what was left out and why. For example “A role with this name already exists” or “The item does not exist on the game server”. Sections you didn’t pick show Not selected.
• Not imported: the parts of your export the import does not copy. For example custom commands, custom hooks, cron jobs, server configuration and custom Discord notifications.

Choose Open server to go to your new server.

Switch the server to the Takaro mod

The imported server connects the older way: Takaro reaches your server’s web API with the address and login from your CSMM export. That needs Allocs Server Fixes and an open web API port, as with CSMM.

We recommend moving it to the Takaro mod. The mod connects out to Takaro, so you don’t need Allocs Server Fixes or an open port.

1. On the Servers page, open the server’s row menu and choose Migrate to connector. Takaro shows a registration token and an identity token.
2. Install the Takaro mod for 7 Days to Die and put both tokens in its config, as the migration steps describe.
3. Start the server. It stays the same server in Takaro, with its players, roles, currency and shop.

To come back to the report later, open the migration chat (see step 5). It links to the report.

4. Work through the migration checklist

Under the report is the Migration checklist. It lists what your CSMM server used, such as economy, teleports, high ping kicker, voting rewards or custom commands, and where each part stands in Takaro.

Each item has a status: To do, Imported, Mapped, Module written, No equivalent or Skipped. Use Mark as done, Skip or Undo to keep track.

5. Migrate the rest with Takaro AI

When the import finishes, Takaro AI starts a chat in the Migrate the rest with Takaro AI card. It sums up what was imported and what is left, and you can ask it to do the rest. Takaro AI helps with:

• Modules: which built-in modules replace your CSMM features, and their settings.
• Settings, like your command prefix.
• Role permissions: it proposes permissions for your imported roles. Check the Proposed role permissions card and choose Save to role.
• Custom commands, hooks and cron jobs: it rewrites them as Takaro modules.

Takaro AI asks for your approval before it changes anything, and console commands always ask first.

Good to know:

• This chat does not count against your Takaro AI usage. Each community has a free migration budget. When it runs out, finish the checklist by hand or continue in a normal Takaro AI chat.
• The migration chat belongs to the person who started the import.
• If Takaro AI is switched off, not in your plan, or no server is connected yet, the card tells you.

See Takaro AI for how approvals work.

Limits

• Custom commands, hooks and cron jobs are not imported as-is. Takaro AI can rewrite them as modules, or you rebuild them yourself.
• No modules are turned on by the import. Install them after, by hand or with Takaro AI.
• It is a best-effort move, not a 1:1 copy. Check the report and the checklist.

If you have little CSMM data (few players, no currency, no shop), starting fresh can be quicker.

Need help?

Join the Takaro Discord and open a support ticket. The community moderators are happy to help.