How to Start a Minecraft Server in 2023

Hey there my name is paulus and I want to share a simple fact creating a private Minecraft server is not as difficult as it might first appear so in today’s video I will show you how to make one with hostinger First things first we need to buy a Minecraft hosting plan head over to hosinger.com and under VPS you will find Minecraft server hosting we have free plans for you to choose from and it all depends on how many players you expect to host and how much you wish to modify

The server for example the VPS Alex plan is an excellent start for a small group of friends if you have a larger group than a modest village in Minecraft our VPS Enderman plan will be a much better fit however you don’t have to settle right away if you’re just starting out

Begin by picking the smallest plan and scale up from there upgrading your plan takes seconds with no additional hassle pick a hosting plan choose a period create a hostinger account and select your payment option once a transaction is complete log into your hostinger account give your server a name select a

Location closest to you and secure your server with a password let me introduce you to game panel your One-Stop place for all things Minecraft server management login to your hostinger account where you will see your freshly purchased VPS server conveniently snuggled up there this is where you will tweak your server

Settings but right now we’re only interested in accessing the game panel under the overuse section you will see your login URL and username oh and if you already forgot your password you can change it here you should also see that current operating system should be set

To Debian 11 with game panel if for some reason that’s not the case under the change your operating system simply select the game server click the login URL fill in the info and you are good to go it is about time we start that new server of ours click create instance

Where you will find three different Minecraft versions to choose from you’re looking for a Minecraft Java version arguably the most popular and streamlined version of the free it is perfect if you and your friends only use their computers to play the game you can select Bedrock if you expect people to

Plan several different platforms finally choose the bungee cord version if you have a large heavily modded server with different game modes give it a few minutes for that loading screen to creep its way up pun intended and once finished click manage here is the magical part of it all click Start

Accept Minecraft and user license agreement and off you go your Minecraft server is online send your friends the endpoint IP address to access the server and roll credits mission accomplished oh you can stick around for a bit longer as there are a few more things I can teach you

Game panel lets you quickly tweak your Minecraft server settings to your liking select your instance and click configuration here we will find tools for users and role management or view active sessions to see who is currently playing on your server gameplay and difficulty settings allow you to change

Your service active game mode or difficulty level for survival the heck turn on hardcore mode if you hate your friends which will permanently ban players upon death you can also change the server.properties file and tweak some hidden Minecraft settings you wouldn’t find in the configuration section head to manage file manager and

Double click the server.properties file now I would not recommend messing with it too much here if you don’t know what you’re doing but this is your private server so you do you just don’t forget to restart the server after saving your changes by default the system allocates one

Gigabyte of ram to the server even if you bought a hosting plan with more memory you can quickly change this under the configuration section as discussed previously go to Java and memory and set the server limit to your desired value unfortunately you can’t set up more memory than your plan provides and we

Recommend saving at least half a gigabyte to prevent server crashes or other problems for example if your server has two gigabytes of RAM you should keep your memory limit to 1 536 megabytes because we’re using the power of 2 here all right if you have a large server it

Can be difficult to manage it alone if you have a friend or player you trust you can make them an up players with this role can spawn three items kick or ban other players and restart the server entirely if it needs one worry not they are not getting access to your hostinger

Account but they will be able to use console commands in game there are two ways to do this one click manage and open console type forward slash then op space and add the player’s nickname or you can use the same command in-game if you are and up yourself

To revoke a player’s operator status use the forward slash D EOP command and add the player’s nickname if you want to list all available commands that operators have access to type forward slash help things happen and therefore tragedies occur unfortunately no Minecraft server is safe from unexpected issues it is a

Good idea to back up your server files occasionally you can easily create a backup by heading to you guessed it backups give your backup file a unique name and hit create backup you can also set scheduled backups for the system to save your files routinely go to schedule

And select add new trigger select trigger type for example we are going with simple time interval option here and set the desired values now add new tasks and select take a backup there are a whole bunch of options you can schedule so feel free to experiment as

You wish my favorite is setting up a schedule to routinely strike a player with lightning shocking that’s true modding Minecraft makes this game exceptional and a true visual spectacle if you’re tired of messing around with the game’s vanilla version it is time to install some mods first we will need to

Install Forge it is a modding API created to implement mods to the game quickly and easily stop the server as this is important go to server settings then select server type then select Forge if you have specific requirements for your mods you can choose Forge version next to it once everything is

Selected hit the Download update button if you are not quite done yet we need to set up a mods folder first head to file manager right click anywhere and select create directory simply name the folder as mods and hit OK to install a mod simply download the jar or zip file and

Drag and drop it into the newly created folder there are a bunch of third-party Minecraft mod websites to choose from head over to curseforge.com or 9minecraft.net and browse to your heart’s content remember to always backup your files just in case installing plugins is different but not too complicated either Minecraft plugins

Add additional functionality to your server and there is a lot of great stuff to choose from head over to configuration server settings and select a custom server type type you have a whole selection to choose from but I do recommend paper MC for the best possible performance without sacrificing server

Features and functionality just don’t forget to click Download update now go to plugins and peruse all you want to install a plugin simply select something you like and hit install if you can’t find what you’re looking for you can install a plugin manually simply download the jar file from the plugins

Website and place that file in the plugins folder you can check all your installed plugins from a console by typing plugins and hit enter it will start completely fresh when you create a brand new Minecraft server what a bummer I know but it doesn’t have to

Be you can import your old world to the new server just as quickly first we will need to pick up your old world files if you’re on Windows press the Windows key on your keyboard and type percent sign app data and percent sign again open the dot Minecraft folder where you will find

The saves folder and your files on Mac OS press the command space shortcuts to open spotlight search type tilde forward slash Library forward slash application support forward slash Minecraft to find your files now go to file manager remove the current world folder as we will no longer need it compress your old files

Into a single archive file and upload that archive to the server right click and press extract here however remember to rename name your newly updated save file as world to upload the freshly uploaded World file or tweak the server.properties file you should always make your Minecraft server look sleek and inviting to change

Our server icon simply go to file manager and upload a 64 by 64 pixels PNG file make sure to name the server Dash icon.png file for it to work likewise to change the server’s message of the day head over to configuration and server settings you will see the motd option right there

Several updates are essential as they bring new content and Bug fixes to the game besides your Minecraft server will inform you if it is outdated with an error message luckily gamepanel allows you to update the server effortlessly just before we do anything further back up your files I can’t stress this enough

Stop the server and head over to manage you should see the update button right there give it a few minutes and start the server after the update sometimes you must switch to a different Java version for example if a specific plugin asks for it no worries it is a

Simple thing to do go to manage configuration and you will find that option under Java and memory we covered many topics in this video but it was all worth it considering we talked about the creative playground that is Minecraft if you enjoyed this video don’t forget to subscribe to

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