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    Install Geyser: Bedrock players on your Java server

    How to install Geyser and Floodgate on your Minecraft Java server, give Geyser its own port and test whether Bedrock players can connect.

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    Set your server MOTD and icon

    Put a colored MOTD and your own icon on your Minecraft server: through the MOTD tab in the game panel and with a 64 by 64 pixel PNG.

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    Simple Voice Chat on your Minecraft server

    How to install Simple Voice Chat on your Minecraft server, give the voice chat its own UDP port and test whether your friends can hear each other.

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    Connect a domain name to your Minecraft server

    Let players join with play.yourname.com: link your domain in My CakeHosting or set an A record. SRV only works with a domain hosted elsewhere for now.

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    Install mods and modpacks on your server

    How to put a modpack or separate mods on your Minecraft server: Fabric or NeoForge, the right version and how friends use the same pack.

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    Install plugins on your Minecraft server

    How to install plugins on your Paper server: through the game panel or by hand, which version to choose and how to check that a plugin works.

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    Turn on the whitelist and add operators

    How to turn on the whitelist on your Minecraft server, add players and give friends operator rights (OP), through the game panel and with commands.

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    Edit the settings in server.properties

    What the key lines in your Minecraft server.properties do: players, difficulty, view distance, PvP and more, with recommended values.

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    A live web map of your world with BlueMap

    BlueMap shows your Minecraft world as a 3D map in the browser. Here’s how to install the plugin, add an extra port and open the map.

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    Change your server version

    Switch to another Minecraft version or server software such as Paper, Fabric or NeoForge in the game panel, and update Bedrock and other games.

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    Find lag on your Minecraft server with Spark

    Server lagging? Measure TPS and MSPT with Spark, run a profile and track down the cause, from mob farms to heavy plugins, step by step.

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    How to set the spawn on your Minecraft server

    Move your Minecraft server’s spawn with /setworldspawn, make new players land exactly on it and protect the area so nobody wrecks your welcome build.

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    How to use WorldEdit on your Minecraft server

    WorldEdit lets you build walls, fill floors and copy whole buildings in seconds. Here’s how to install it and use the basics without wrecking your world.

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    Reset your Minecraft server or start a new world

    Starting over on your Minecraft server? Here’s how to make a new world, keep the old one for later, or wipe the whole server back to zero.

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    Secure your Minecraft network: set up forwarding properly

    Without proper forwarding, anyone can bypass your proxy and log in as someone else. Here’s how to lock down a Velocity network with modern forwarding.

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    Set up a Minecraft network with Velocity

    A lobby, survival and minigames behind one address? Here’s how to set up a Minecraft network with a Velocity proxy and two or more Paper servers.

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    Upload your Minecraft world in the game panel

    Put your own Minecraft world on your server through the file manager or SFTP, for Java and Bedrock, and set it as the default world. Step by step.