How to Easily Set Up a Minecraft Server and Connect it to a Domain

[@SpaceinvaderOne]

One thing is actually if using the standard minecraft server port 25565 you dont need to use an SRV record as the minecraft client tries this port by default. Personally I when I open a port on my router I prefer to use a non standard port where possible. So you only need an SRV record if youdont want to use the defualt port for the minecraft server. By doing this then you will not have to specify the port on the minecraft client. Also if you only want people you know to be able to access the server then edit the server properties config file and change whitelist to true. Restart container then Adding and removing players to the accesslist 1. Open webui on the container to see the console. 2. In the console, you will need to type “whitelist add playername”. For example, “whitelist add spaceinvaderone”. 3. After you type this command, you will see a message stating “player added to whitelist”. 4. to remove type “whitelist remove playername”

[@LiftKirballsBan]

So, everything has been working fine for weeks, now all of a sudden I get the io.netty.channel.abstractchannel$annotatedconnectexception connection refused error when I try to connect via the domain name. I'm still able to connect via the IP address (both my LAN and WAN IPs). Has anyone else had this issue? Nothing else has changed I don't know why this is happening all of a sudden I've rebooted my network, router, and server. Any suggestions??

[@christianmingle3394]

@@LiftKirballsBan you manage to figure it out? just curious

[@JonShannon]

I tried to add an SRV record for subdomain plex to send traffic to 32400 and it doesn't seem to be working like Minecraft is. if if add the port to the end of the web address it works, but the subdomain still routes back to my router page when remote access is enabled. Is there something different needed with SRV record to get it to direct traffic for a subdomain to a specific port?

[@HubertusGamingHub]

I just got mad trying to solve this yesterday! And today you drop this video… spooky 😂

[@NullynVoyd]

Thank you for this tutorial. It helped so much setting everything up and getting it working correctly! Your unraid tutorials have been a blessing in making unraid a great experience for me.

[@AceBurn90]

2024 and its still relevant. Thanks for all your tutorials. You helped me with various configurations und explanations. :)

[@rallygallery]

Hi Ed. A massive thumbs up from me! Been waiting for this video as youngest son has wanted a minecraft server for him and his mates. Wanted to do it through cloud flare and this is absolutely superb. Set up and running! Thanks again from both of us!

[@SpaceinvaderOne]

Hey Mark glad it working. i hope you son has fun :)

[@prahjister]

If there was a Minecraft movie, it would be a blockbuster!

[@SpaceinvaderOne]

lol nice ;)

[@Apollos30]

Lol!

[@tristanmeuschel5370]

I'm sorry for what you've had to witness as of late, the world has fallen, millions must mine

[@vincentking8267]

🧐

[@david.bowerman]

I use a different docker that allows me to have multiple servers and manage them under a nice UI. MineOS-Node.

[@david.bowerman]

Though I can't see the comment, PP_Hyperion asked "how did you manage to set this one up. I've tried multiple times, but it cannot refresh the profile list. Have you also encountered this problem?" You have to be very careful with the permissions for this docker. If they are not set correctly, the WebUI will not load properly.

[@joelang6126]

Yeah I do too but I run it in a VM as the docker performance is woefully bad. Mine-OS is available as an ISO.

[@david.bowerman]

@@joelang6126 I was unaware of this as an option. I will look into it.

[@Aceriz]

Going to dig a diggy hole with my shovel. Great video as always

[@JuanGomez-su5ke]

Hey! I was doing a bit of digging on how to prevent the IP from being exposed, and it seems it's possible to do this by using Ngrok, and an NCFS Minecraft Server (docker) to tunnel the connection through Cloudflare.. It would be cool if you could get this done in a video!

[@ChrisJourdian]

Time for me to setup my own Minecraft Server!

[@bigred04bd3]

Does the docker pull the most up to date server? Is there a way I can run a different version and load an old world (from that version) to it?

[@poldelepel]

Once I went to a LAN-party and I met this cute girl. We had a really nice chat and suddenly she said: "I'ld like to see your mine!". I took her to my computer and showed her the server I made using this tutorial. The girl looked disappointed and walked away like a was a creeper. I'll never understand girls...

[@SpaceinvaderOne]

awesome man, made me laugh ...thanks for watching :)

[@poldelepel]

@@SpaceinvaderOne We should thank you!

[@slaggo1]

Great video Be careful setting online-mode to false, as it skips account authentication and will let anyone log in under any username (they can log in as you). Doesn’t matter too much if you are on a private server with people you trust

[@EdLi]

Any change we get an updated version of this video for Bedrock? I can only get mine to work local. Thanks

[@carlosdelgado5632]

Thank you Ed these 3 videos have helped me set up my home lab server using my own domain name

[@buns_o_steel]

Would you be able to create a video to show how to set up PhotoPrism and hook it up to CloudFlare DDNS? It's driving me crazy! I keep getting 522 errors even with DuckDNS.

[@tommytomtomtomestini3894]

Lol I skipped ahead a little and Arnold shouts "Enough talk!" ... how fitting :D

[@SpaceinvaderOne]

lol :)

[@bfwakefield4699]

great video, sent you a reply to your business proposal and never heard back, figured i would check to make sure you got it and it was not spammed i.e. unraid server issues. thanks in advance

[@SpaceinvaderOne]

I will check my email for your message

[@Hawkins1]

How do Minecraft players celebrate? -- They throw Block Parties! (Dad jokes win, right?!)

[@suspendedresolution]

Where did you create the dynamic A record? I've been trying to find it in a different video but haven't been able to. Replicating your instructions here didn't seem to work for me and I'm not sure where I went wrong. I have overseerr proxied through cloudflare so I've done something right. Just not sure what I'm doing wrong here.

[@kole2433]

also looking

[@kole2433]

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[@jonathans.8650]

Thank you, Spaceinvader One for all your great content! Really helpful Videos! :-) Could you maybe do a Video about Mail Server and starting an own E-Mail for a Domain? Maybe with OnlyOffice Mail Server? That would be awesome!

[@marcosmerlo12]

Obrigado bom tutorial, perguntar tem colocar ip 19132 minecraft bedrock?

[@geekdomo]

My kids asked me to set this up and its completely borked. I can run Bedrock but when I install Binhex or any other flavor of vanilla it crashes immediately at startup. Bedrock runs fine. Any reason this would be?

[@jmm6165]

What did princess Zelda eat for breakfast? A sausage link

[@boraacer7566]

When the creeper is sus doo dOO doo DOo do odo odod doodododo bum bum dOO doo DOo do odo odod dododododododo

[@rsuplido]

That CloudFlare SRV tutorial is 'crafty'. :)

[@SpaceinvaderOne]

ah ha like like it :)

[@Globalinvader2315]

Awesome tutorial! it works like a charm. very nicely explained as well. Cheers!

[@AffableGuacamole]

Video games never made me angry or want to hurt people. Working in customer service already did that.

[@SpaceinvaderOne]

lol nice

[@Gorgathor]

Is it possible to do the same configuration but for hosting two separate minecraft servers? Say one for a select group of people and another for other people?

[@lightsamus]

I think the easier way to do this is to have two Minecraft containers, and see sets of Subdomains etc. For a quick summary on how to do this after you've follow this guide is... Open your docker tab on Unraid and scroll down to the bottom, click the "Add Container" button. From the "Template" field select your existing Minecraft container but you'll need to give it slightly unique settings >> give a unique name (eg. binhex-minecraftserver_group2), change the Ports to something not in use (eg. just add one up from the default on the binhex-minecraft container, such as 25566, and 8223). While still on the this same page, you'll need to click "Show more settings ..." and give a custom AppData Config Path, otherwise both containers would point to the same world data (eg /mnt/user/appdata/binhex-minecraftserver_group2) Test your second server internally. Assuming that all works, and you want a pretty DNS name, just make a second set of records in your Cloudflare account, and a second set of Port Forwarding records in your router That should pretty much do it!

[@MrPerezOP]

@@lightsamus Yo. I just wanna say that you're the goat. I'm doing this at 12 AM right now and I couldn't find the path option lol. Thank so much!

[@MajorKonings343]

Followed the guide. The SRV creation on Cloudflare no longer has the "Service" box. I did everything else in this guide and the one about setting up the Dynamic record. When try to connect to the server using the minecraft."mydomainhere" it says unknown host. My ports are forwarded. I can still connect to it over LAN, but I'm not sure what else to do at this point.

[@walt_the_dolt]

this was really helpful. thank you!

[@MarkPalmer1989]

I run this in a virtual machine. A few years ago the docker version for me would end up corrupting all the data and would become unresponsive. Don’t know if this still happens but the virtual machine that I run has never had any problems.

[@joelang6126]

Same here. Much better performance too.

[@RJJellison]

I think your video's are great! I am however stuck. Running into trouble getting past the black screen @ 4:20 in the video. I restart the container but it simply goes back to it (There is no screen to be attached matching minecraft) with out starting the server. Unraid 6.9.2 - Any thoughts on what I am missing?

[@Raks4100]

Hello , Edit docker binhex-minecraftserver , change Key 9 JAVA_VERSION : 8 => 16 . Sorry for my bad english , i hope is work ;)

[@RJJellison]

@@Raks4100 That was it! Thanks

[@Raks4100]

@@RJJellison You're Welcome ! Enjoy it ;)

[@oromis995]

@@Raks4100 you're the man!

[@cwjhaddock]

Hey Space, I don't know if you're still looking at comments in the section or not. I followed your video for the local part, and it was easy to get started. The only issue I have is that no devices can connect to the server, or see it, on the local network. Any help from you or anyone else would be greatly appreciated.

[@JensHove]

Excellent video. Nice server! Thanks.

[@tylercgarrison]

oh shit been waiting for this!!!! great shit as always! cheers

[@ChazlazGaming]

What’s a rock group with four men who don’t sing? Mt. Rushmore

[@SpaceinvaderOne]

lol :)

[@kaelanbirks8780]

What would you need to change to make a second Minecraft Server?

[@pawelszczepanski6244]

Hi. So I've been following this tutorial and I encountered big issue. Currently newest MC version is 1.20.2 yet I want to make MC server for 1.16.5. There is a field for version in EDIT menu of the docker, but even though I input 1.16.5, it still creates server for 1.20.2. No matter if I edit it or reinstall the docker and input desired version before installation. Can anyone help me on this one?

[@reecegale6630]

did you ever get this to work? I still an unable to get it to work

[@silent_monk]

What did the creeper say to Steve? Bombs away!

[@Tab13111]

Steve walks into a bar and the bartender says "Sorry, we can't serve miners."

[@SpaceinvaderOne]

lol like it ! :)

[@creamlass]

hey spaceinvader :D amazing vid. question tho : where do my server backups get stored and hypothetically how would i restore one of those said backups? I see variables are set to back up every 12 hours and delete them every 14 days.

[@LonelyPallasCat]

Hi, did you ever figure this out?

[@ShadowHideDK]

am i the only one getting this message in the log when i try to start the container for the first time ? *'/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk/jre' is not a valid Java environment path*

[@brettmatthews9886]

I'm getting that. Fix for it?

[@ShadowHideDK]

@@brettmatthews9886 using ich777 minecraft docker

[@FatMax1492]

I'm sorry for commenting on a year-old video, but I don't really understand. Do I really need a cloudfare address to allow people from outside my local network to join? or can they just join by entering the ip and port number?

[@sirgriffinman]

I'd love to see a bedrock server video!!!! I am keen to run both, one for playing with friends and one for playing with my young daughter "bedrock"

[@jasonmuller2225]

I second that, would love a video on bedrock

[@lennardprice3218]

This is the exact video (my kids) have been waiting for, thanks a ton! I have been running UNRAID for years but still get hit with this error with almost ALL the dockers even following the tutorials 100%. Share binhex-minecraftserver set to not use the cache, but files / folders exist on the cache drive. Maybe my unraid setup was wrong to begin with?

[@KonPCL]

Why can't a Ender dragon read a book because it all ways starts at the end.

[@senivargaming8664]

Do you have a discord by chance? I am having some unraid + docker + pfsense issues id like to try and get help on.

[@markatniwiken1229]

FYI - I had issues until I set Privileged to "ON" in the container template. Looked like a permissions issue via the console when starting.

[@kaelanbirks8780]

Thanks! Same Here this was a lifesaver comment

[@nikaiwolf]

So for every game server do the same thing on cloudflare? Can you also setup a port range?

[@catch2030]

Thanks for all the unraid tutorials! Finally have a Minecraft server up and running smoothly. I have one question that maybe you know but how would I host another Minecraft server on my unraid server? I tried making a duplicate docker of the binhex Minecraft server with different ports and didn’t have any luck. Thanks in advance!

[@lightsamus]

When you made the duplicate container, did you also change the Appdata to something unique? I think you'll need to click "Show More Settings..." down the bottom of the page while building from a template.

[@bitman666]

I was warned last year that too much Minecraft would affect my eyesight, I’ve been bricking it ever since.

[@SpaceinvaderOne]

lol love it . I hope people here know that "bricking it" is a UK slang -- For people not in UK it means being really scared/in the process of '$h1*ing a brick'. lol

[@freddyboson8829]

Thanks for the awesome tutorial!

[@sorte2311]

could you show hot to setup a modded sever as well? My attemps have failed

[@hh00ng]

i think is possible to run it over the reverse proxy, as i run my plex over the reverse proxy (Nginx Proxy Manager) and point it back to the port 32400, where the incoming port from the external internet is 443, when i have the time (maybe over the weekend), i will setup the Minecraft server and try reverse proxy over it. i will update my result here.

[@KHIANO]

@ Spaceinvader One can you do jellyfin connects to a domain and unraid server to a domain also?

[@bigchew3149]

I Have Minecraft But i bought it From the Microsoft Store & i was wondering Will This Still Work to host on one of my UnRaid Servers?? Thanks

[@pipsqueak2009]

How does Super Mario see into the future? .... With a Luigi board!

[@SpaceinvaderOne]

lol a Luigi board, like it :)

[@anda3487]

My odds of winning are higher than Dreams.

[@mrarby9780]

Would it be easier to use mineos?

[@Hawkins1]

I see Ich777 has several dockers for Unraid Game Servers. Does this same concept apply when setting up other gameservers (ie. like Valheim?)

[@JEFFtheMACDONALD]

I've had mixed luck with running this setup with a Valheim server. Sometimes I can connect to my server with the domain name and other times I can't.....I'm not sure why.

[@Hawkins1]

@@JEFFtheMACDONALD I have actually easily set up a valheim server. Much simpler than Minecraft. No issues at all using the Valheim docker!

[@danielsleinsky8359]

WHAT DO MINECRAFTERS DO ON THE WEEKENDS... THEY GO TO SQUARE DANCES!

[@SpaceinvaderOne]

lol :)

[@eric90000]

Been waiting for this one! 😁 Are there any safety concerns when exposing your server to the Internet like this? You mentioned the WAN IP would be visible through Minecraft, is that an issue for the security of the other Dockers on the server, or the rest of your home network? Just want to make sure the likes of file shares, and other devices on the network wouldn't be at risk of attacks with this setup. Thanks!

[@SpaceinvaderOne]

I would recommend setting the port to a non standard port number for the minecraft server so its not running on that common port . Also if you only want people you know to be able to access the server then edit the server properties config file and change whitelist to true. Restart container then Adding and removing players to the accesslist 1. Open webui on the container to see the console. 2. In the console, you will need to type “whitelist add playername”. For example, “whitelist add spaceinvaderone”. 3. After you type this command, you will see a message stating “player added to whitelist”. 4. to remove type “whitelist remove playername” But basically any thing that you expose on your network to the internet is a potential security risk compared to nothing being exposed having a port open for minecraft it comes down to minecraft server rejecting or resetting connections that are not transmitting what it is looking for (game related information). So be sure to keep everything up to date.

[@eric90000]

@@SpaceinvaderOne Thanks for that info! :) and for all your work!

[@otakudoomer646]

Great video, I tried following along but I don't get the same message at 4:20. I get a plain white screen. I tried restarting like you suggested but still I just get a white screen. Any ideas?

[@gregnapier1181]

I have the same issue. If I can figure it out I'll leave a message here.

[@najchris11]

Oooh thanks! I struggled to do this for ages but I’ll go back and redo it with your instructions

[@stabbymeowkins]

If I were wanting to use a Waterfall/Bungee/Spigot server on Unraid, would I be able to do this? This method seems to use the very basic Minecraft stuff. Thank you in advance.

[@kevinmercado8263]

have you figured this out ? trying to do the same but struggling

[@chrisumali9841]

Thanks for the demo and info

[@SpaceinvaderOne]

Your welcome Chris. thanks for watching :)

[@chrisumali9841]

@@SpaceinvaderOne Once somebody was bugging me while I watched space invader videos, I said MINE your own business =P

[@SpaceinvaderOne]

@@chrisumali9841 post your joke in new comment as its a sub comment to you main one many people will not see it and it wil not get upvoted much

[@chrisumali9841]

@@SpaceinvaderOne ok, thanks

[@dunl]

I am running a modded version of minecraft, the allthemods10 app from the unraid app catalog, and I cannot figure out how to access the server terminal/console, help please! Love your useful videos!

[@TurtleSp3Tutorials]

how do you make 2 minecraft servers???

[@flhxs]

I really dig your videos! Get it? ;P

[@SpaceinvaderOne]

Ha thats awesome man took me a minute to get it !! :)

[@KirballsKeys]

I had the domain working for a few months then it suddenly quit working, has this happened for anyone else? If so, did you find a way to fix it?

[@nickgorayeb612]

Does this correlate to Plex as well? If not, would love to see a video exposing plex!

[@craigdavo]

Hi, is there anything for consoles?

[@SpaceinvaderOne]

A minecraft bedrock server is what is needed for consoles

[@miner2102]

My Server ip changed .02 and now my DNS won't load the server in the multiplayer tab? It did not automatically update at all and everything is set correctly from multiple of your videos. The thing that broke it was my Server changing it's IP.

[@Gizfreek]

Maybe it's astupid question but how can I change the minecraft version the server is running? It's currently set to 1.19.3 but I want to change it to 1.19.2 because of some shaders and mods. Key 9 says "latest" but changing it to 1.19.2 and adding the 1.19.2 folder to \binhex-minecraftserver\minecraft\versions does not work.

[@guy7345]

Love your work!

[@SpaceinvaderOne]

Thankyou Guy. And thanks for watching :)

[@AvalarionPlay]

I made two Servers one with the standard port and one with another and forwarded both to the correct Machines. But with the both URLs i made i get to the Standard Port Server.

[@itzsharon3570]

UnRAID isn't free anymore--or it never was. I also can't get to the screen your on. Any help??

[@irbricksceo]

Thanks for this, very helpful. Mine isn't quite working right (I can connect using my IP just fine, but the domain doesn't work, internal or external. Wondering if it might be related to having nextcloud -> swag running? doubt it though...) anyway, step 1 is done, so I gotta troubleshoot that and then I'll be able to play with my friends :D

[@krc92001]

Minecraft servers are only single threaded so I believe adding extra threads won't improve performance

[@camwmilner]

You ask an accountant, what's 1+1 and the accountant says 'whatever you want it to be'

[@zoltanbalint1486]

I also got stuck on the "there is no screen to be attached" even after a restart, as Jeremy wrote 3 days ago. Does anybody found a solution?

[@dogboyiscoollike8800]

I had that too. If the server doesn't start the web ui can't attach to it. 1. Check the appdata folder for the server jar 2. Make sure Key 8 is the correct path to that jar At least that is what worked for me

[@zoltanbalint1486]

@@dogboyiscoollike8800 Thank you for your answer. It helped, but I had to change the java version to 16 for the MC to use too.

[@chrisumali9841]

Once somebody was bugging me while I watched space invader videos, I said MINE your own business =P

[@iBRCKsHD]

could you possibly do a tutorial on setting a minecraft server up on a vps?..

[@user-fp3mn3dw7x]

VPS is not good for Minecraft since it is mostly a single threaded application, higher clock speed dedicated server is better than vps

[@pctutorials2129]

I get an error when trying to connect to the minecraft server "Failed to verify username"

[@ajugland]

How do you make more than one minecraft server without breaking the old one the easiest way?

[@jdmgtfour]

Does anyone know if a guide on how to set this up using TCPShield? Be nice to have that service run as a proxy as to not expose your public IP.

[@chpoit]

I testificate that none of my friends use cracked clients. Get it, villagers used to be called testificates, and it's close to testify, 10/10 worst best joke ever

[@mrjamiebowman]

Love unraid!

[@person98453]

Tried for over 6 hrs, everything seems to work but Minecraft cant see the online server. :/

[@rodvanrhyn1612]

Can a person setup other applications to do like you have done with Minecraft with no port number on the server name?

[@david.bowerman]

Only if SVR dns entries are supported.

[@rodvanrhyn1612]

They should be as it is in cloudflare isn't it?

[@david.bowerman]

@@rodvanrhyn1612 the other applications have to support the SRV record lookup request. Not all applications have this support. As long as you have the right settings on the record, and the application supports it, you can use SRV.

[@SkippyTheLost]

Also, Minecraft itself checks port 25565 when connecting without a specified port number, so an SRV record isn’t necessary as long as the server is exposed on the default port.

[@KoshyGeorge]

I'll take mine copy now.

[@Killadragon-rt1bq]

ok but how do i change the minecraft version to one that isnt the most up to date like 1.19.4

[@AceBurn90]

You can type your version in "Container Variable: JAVA_VERSION" Just change from "latest" to your wished version

[@LampJustin]

Since 25565 is the standard Minecraft port you never have to type it in! You therefore also don't need the srv record.

[@SpaceinvaderOne]

Ah yeah you are 100% correct. I am so used to having my minecraft server running on a non standard port. I like using a non standard port when opening a common port on my router. The SRV record will allow the minecraft server to use any port and the the minecraft client not having to have the port specified. But yes if using the stand port an SRV record isnt necessary. Thanks for pointing this out, I have edited the desription to reflect your comment. :)

[@LampJustin]

@@SpaceinvaderOne you're welcome :)

[@AshrielDrummer]

Great vid. Java supports mods, all "bedrock" has is raytracing. Raytracing in vanilla with no mods is not fun, though.

[@MarkPalmer1989]

Run the optifine mod and load a shader that will utilize tensor cores so you can have both

[@Maximuslollo]

Does anybody know how to setup an Minecraft FTB server on unraid? I dont know what I should do.

[@bitman666]

Wanted to tell a Minecraft joke but I was blocked.

[@SkippyTheLost]

I’d tell a joke about redstone, But I’d just be repeating myself. Edit: I’d love to be more original, But i always compare myself to others.

[@SpaceinvaderOne]

nice made me laugh :)

[@jeremyswanson1108]

I got stuck on the "there is no screen to be attached" even after a restart

[@Raks4100]

Hello , Edit docker binhex-minecraftserver , change Key 9 JAVA_VERSION : 8 => 16 . Sorry for my bad english , i hope is work ;)

[@Strohann501]

Thanks a lot for the video but even though I did everything exactly like you, no connections over the internet are possible :( Can maybe anyone help me out?