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How To Setup A Simple Minecraft Server Note: This guide shows you how to set up and configure a Minecraft Server. This will require you to modify your home network configuration. If you don't know what you're doing, it is not recommended. Minecraft Realms has a small, private server that you can buy for your friends. If you still wish to set up your own private server, do so at your own caution as we cannot offer support for home networks or privately made servers. This guide will help you create a server that allows your friends to join and play together. Java must be installed on the computer hosting the server in order to run.jar files. 1. Go to this website and download the minecraft_server.1.XX.X.jar file (The X's will be the current version number) 2. Once you have downloaded the file, create a folder to store all your server files. You can name it "Minecraft Server". 3. Drag and copy the.jar file into your Minecraft Server folder. 4. While you have the file browser open, open command prompt from the start menu. 5. You can check whether Java is installed by entering without quotes "java-version" in the command prompt. 6. To start the Minecraft Server, you will need change the directory location to the one where the Minecraft Server folder and.jar file are located. 7. Simply click on the directory in Windows browser here. (Your personalization settings will affect the color and theme of your file browser.) Copy this address into your clipboard. 8. MINECRAFTSERVERS Type without quotes "cd" hit space and then paste the address you just copied, then hit enter.- This should look like "cd C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\Minecraft Server" 9. After entering the directory, enter the following commands manually. 10. After pressing Enter, you will receive an error message about the failed to load properties and failed eula.txt. Do not worry as you will just need to rerun this command once we have configured these files. 11. Open the "eula.txt." file that you have created using your text editor. Here you will need to set the eula=false to eula=true and save. 12. You'll also see a "server.propertiesâ file. If it doesnât appear like an editable file, right click it and click âOpen withâ or click "More appâ if you are using Windows 10. Scroll down and select your text editing program or notepad. If you do not want this step to be repeated every time you edit a.properties file it is advisable to keep the box stating "Always open this app to edit.properties" intact. 13. There are many settings available here. We will focus on the core settings to get your server working. Pay attention to the query.port setting. This is the port that you need to forward to your local router in order to allow other inbound connections. 14. You can choose whether you want to play survival or creative by setting the gamemode setting. After the "="., type what you want. Spawn protection is the limit of the blocks that can't be broken within the server spawn radius. If you do not want them to break, you can change this value from 0 to 1. 15. The allow-nether specifies if you would like the Nether on your server. Difficulty can set the difficulty of the server. This can be peaceful or normal. 16. You can set the pvp setting to allow players to hurt each other. 17. The max-players specifies the maximum amount of people who can join your server. You may want to adjust this to how much RAM you have dedicated to your server. 18. If you have a level-seed, you can insert a seed to create a world. Motd creates the message in Minecraft server browser that other players see once they add your IP to theirs. Now you just have to rerun the launch command in the command prompt and the server should be running! For the server to be launched again, repeat steps 8-9. Make sure that you are in the Minecraft Server directory. For more details on all the settings for the server.properties file you can go here. Scroll down to "Java Edition". You will also have to forward the port in server.properties query.port. It defaults at 25565. You will need to specify the port to forward in your router configurations. This process can vary between different router manufacturers. You can get assistance in forwarding ports from your router's manual/help site. If you didn't specify anything in the server ip setting, default will be to point to your public IP. This is what other players will need for connection to your server to play with you. Simply type in your search browser "What is my Public IP?" Make sure to search for IPv4 addresses. This means that it has only three decimals and no numbers. We strongly urge you not to give out your public IP. Only give your IP address to people you are comfortable with and trust.
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