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Guides for running your Minecraft server.

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How to deploy a Curseforge Minecraft Server

In this article we're going to deploy a Minecraft server pre-loaded with a modpack from CurseForge. No config files, no downloading a modpack and uploading it, just one simple click.

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Changing Minecraft version on a server

If you're looking to play Minecraft with a specific version, you can easily change the version on your server using our user-friendly interface.

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How to enable unauthenticated (cracked) Minecraft accounts to play on your server.

In some cases you might want to allow unauthenticated (also know as cracked) Minecraft users to be able to join your server. For example, when one or more of your friends doesn't have an official Minecraft account and is using a cracked client.

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Minecraft server "the authentication servers are currently not reachable"

Are you receiving the error "the authentication servers are currently not reachable" when trying to join your Minecraft server? This is likely not an issue with your Minecraft server.

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Does my Minecraft server support SRV records?

Minecraft servers will always be given a SRV record for the subdomain, but support might not be available for earlier game versions. We recommend using the subdomain to connect the game, which allows you to transfer the server and use a new IP address without updating the address with your players.

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How do I enable insecure mode on my Minecraft server?

Insecure mode on Minecraft server's enables users with "less than legitimate" versions of Minecraft to connect to your server. It does this by disabling the requirement for the server to validate account data with Mojang before allowing the user to connect to a server.

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How do I change the Java version on a Minecraft server?

Your Minecraft server comes with a range of different Java versions. Some versions of Minecraft (and modpacks) require a specific Java version; if this is the case your server will be pre-loaded with the correct version by default. You can optionally change the Java version on your server.

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How do I change world on a Minecraft server?

Click settings in the server navigation bar. Click world on the left menu. The available worlds on your Minecraft server will be listed at the top. Click the world you would like to play. Click save and restart your server.

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How do I create a new world on a Minecraft server?

ServerFlex makes it easy swap to worlds on your Minecraft server as we discuss in this article, and we also make it simple to start a whole new world. Follow along!

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How do I use my existing world in Minecraft?

If you have an existing Minecraft world which you and would like to continue with it hosted on ServerFlex, you can! Your world can easily be uploaded onto your Minecraft server and it will just work!

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RAM usage is consistently at 100% on Minecraft server

A common question we get from users is "Why is my Minecraft server's RAM at 100%?" - the answer is really simple: you're running too much on too small a server.

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Minecraft modded server won't start / keeps crashing

Modded Minecraft can be a real pain at times, your server can refuse to start, randomly crash and produce errors like there is no tomorrow on the command line. We'll be walking you through how to diagnose what is wrong with your server.

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How to create a Forge Minecraft server

We make it incredibly easy to deploy popular Minecraft server frameworks, like Forge. You can create a Forge server quickly from our control panel, without installing anything manually.

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How to create a Tuinity Minecraft server

We make it incredibly easy to deploy popular Minecraft server frameworks, like Tuinity and PaperMC. You can create a Tuinity server quickly from our control panel, without installing anything manually. Tuinity is a high-performance server framework, created from PaperMC.

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How to create a Spigot Minecraft server

We make it incredibly easy to deploy popular Minecraft server frameworks, like PaperMC and Spigot. You can create a Spigot server quickly from our control panel, without installing anything manually.

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How to create a PaperMC Minecraft server

We make it incredibly easy to deploy popular Minecraft server frameworks, like PaperMC and Spigot. You can create a PaperMC server quickly from our control panel, without installing anything manually.

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How do I whitelist players on a Minecraft server?

The default behavior of Minecraft is to allow anybody onto your server. It is advisable to whitelist which players can connect to your server to protect from greifers, this can be a problem even if you do not publicly share your IP address.

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How do I enable command blocks on a Minecraft server?

The default behavior for most Minecraft servers is to disable command blocks. Command blocks are a special block only placable by operators, this block can run Minecraft commands when a redstone signal is received.

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How do I enable flight on a Minecraft server?

The default behavior in Minecraft is to kick players who fly, this is to prevent players who use hacked clients. If you're are playing with friends or get kicked by mistake it can be a good idea to disable this protection.

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How do I install Forge mods on a Minecraft server?

We make it as easy as possible to add new Forge mods to your Minecraft server.

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How do I enable the whitelist on a Minecraft server?

A whitelist is a way of preventing people that you do not know from joining your Minecraft server - we highly recommend enabling the whitelist on any private servers.

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How do I change the view distance on a Minecraft server?

In order to prevent too many chunks being loaded, Minecraft restricts the default view distance to 10. For many players this is too late, so we allow you to very quickly change the maximum view distance.

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How do I change the spawn protection on a Minecraft server?

Minecraft servers will by default create a zone around the spawn point, this is to prevent greifers or accidentally exploding the spawn point into the nether. Inside this zone non-operators cannot place or destroy blocks.

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How do I change online mode on a Minecraft server?

In some cases you might want to disable authentication, this is used for certain plugins or to enable players which hacked clients to join. While we don't recommend this, we make it easy to change this behavior on your server.

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How do I change the max players on a Minecraft server?

We only charge you for the memory and CPU that your server consumes. The default server selects a maximum players of 20, but you can quickly change this.