Plugins, mods, whitelisting and Minecraft-specific setup.
Running a Minecraft server means learning a vocabulary: server types, file names, performance numbers and permission systems. This glossary explains…
NGP Cloud supports Paper, Purpur, Spigot, Vanilla, Forge, Fabric, Bedrock and modpacks.
Once your server is running, joining takes seconds. You just need its address.
server.properties holds your server's core settings - player limit, difficulty, game mode, the message players see in their server list and more.
You do not need to memorise hundreds of commands to run a server well. About two dozen cover nearly everything you will do as an admin. This is a…
The server list entry is your first impression. A clear message and a small picture make a server look cared for, and take about five minutes to set…
A proxy lets players join one address and move between several servers: a survival world, a creative plot world and a minigame lobby, for example…
"Failed to verify username!" is the server saying it could not confirm that a player owns the account they are using. The cause is usually simple…
You try to join and the screen says "Outdated client! Please use 1.21" or "Outdated server! I'm still on 1.20.4". It is not a bug. The two sides are…
Almost everyone who plays Minecraft with friends hits the same wall: the single-player world is fun, but you want to be online together, whether you…
Fabric is the lightweight way to run mods on a Minecraft server. It starts quickly, updates soon after each new Minecraft release, and its mod list…
Plugins add features like ranks, economy, land claims and minigames. Installing one takes a couple of minutes.
A server resource pack changes how your server looks: custom textures, sounds, fonts, even new item models. Players download it when they join, so…
When a player explores new ground, the server has to create it on the spot: terrain, caves, structures and lighting. That is one of the heaviest…
Griefing, meaning breaking or defacing other people's builds, is the fastest way to lose players. The fix is not one big setting. It is a few layers…
A world rarely corrupts without a reason. The usual causes are a crash mid-save, running out of disk space, a bad mod, or copying the world while…
After months of play, the Nether is covered in tunnels and the End has no dragon and a shredded outer island. A fresh Nether or End gives players…
Running a modpack is the biggest step up in difficulty from a plain Minecraft server. Hundreds of mods have to load together, the first start can…
A world border keeps players inside an area you can manage, and a clear spawn point gives new players a good first minute. Both are quick to set up…
EssentialsX is the plugin that gives a Minecraft server its everyday commands: setting homes, teleporting to friends, warps, kits, a spawn point and…
Giving everyone operator status is the fastest way to ruin a server, and giving nobody anything makes it dull. A permissions plugin lets you give…
Most Minecraft lag comes from the server doing work nobody will notice: simulating mobs far from any player, ticking enormous numbers of items, or…
Lock your Minecraft server to approved players and hand out admin (operator) access using the console - from Discord or your dashboard.
Java and Bedrock Minecraft are different games that cannot normally talk to each other. That splits friend groups: one person plays on a PC with…
Gamerules are the switches that change how the world behaves: whether you keep your items when you die, whether the sun moves, whether creepers…
A Minecraft server that runs out of memory doesn't always say so. Sometimes you get a clear error. Other times it just gets slower and slower, then…
"Which server software should I use?" is the first question most new Minecraft owners ask, and the answers online contradict each other. Here's the…
"My server is laggy" can mean five different things. Two numbers tell you which: TPS and MSPT . They are the heart rate of a Minecraft server, and…
Bring a singleplayer save or a world from another host onto your NGP Cloud server.
RCON, short for remote console, lets a program send commands to your Minecraft server from outside. Server management tools, Discord bots and web…