All you need to report stats to qlstats.net is in your server.cfg:

set zmq_stats_enable "1"
set zmq_stats_password "<your password here>"

That then allows the server to send stats to qlstats over TCP on the same port as the game port, so you must allow TCP on that port not just UDP through your server's firewall/router port forwarding as necessary.

And then add your server to one of the panels on http://qlstats.net:8081/servers.html with the zmq stats password you set (not rcon!).

For minqlx once it's installed by the instructions on https://github.com/MinoMino/minqlx all you need to do is add two lines to your server.cfg :

set qlx_owner "<your steamId64 here>" //or it won't know who you are
set qlx_plugins "plugin_manager, essentials, motd, permission, ban, silence, clan, names, log, workshop, balance"

The latter is adding 'balance' to the default set which is the plugin containing all the Elo related commands.

You don't need to edit any .py files or xonstat config at all

If you've set it up right the port will show up green after a while, just refresh the page.

If you've changed server settings because it wasn't working (like fixing port forwarding) and want to force qlstats to try to reconnect again, just click the port you want to test to get the server:port filled in for you, fill in only the "Current ZMQ Stats Password" field and hit submit again.

Yakumo, how to establish minqlx for server on windows? zmq rcon for windows?

zmq - either the same way as on linux, set the zmq_xxxxxx cvars, or not at all, the code might not even be complete on win, never tried it, Predath0r might have.

minqlx - you can't. It wasn't written for Windows,

Also the Win QL client is tied to a steam account and VAC checked, minqlx works the same way the original minobot did, by hooking into the executable, known hooking methods is one of the main things VAC would be looking for so when VAC finally has a ban wave that account would more than likely get banned.

For Minqxl users ... is this still the rutine?

For minqlx once it's installed by the instructions on https://github.com/MinoMino/minqlx all you need to do is add two lines to your server.cfg :

set qlx_owner "<your steamId64 here>" //or it won't know who you are
set qlx_plugins "plugin_manager, essentials, motd, permission, ban, silence, clan, names, log, workshop, balance"

No, you need to follow the whole of post 1 not just that bit.