Setting up a server
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Setting up a Server
- Start your server on your desired port
- Note: It is recommended to leave the port at the default (30000)
- Find out your internal IP of the computer you are running the server on
- Linux: open a terminal and type
ifconfig
and hit enter - Windows: Start → Run … →
cmd.exe
→ipconfig
- Linux: open a terminal and type
- Check the port forwarding settings on your router
- forward your chosen port for both TCP and UDP (30000 if you left it default) to the internal IP
- In addition, alter any firewalls you may have to pass the traffic at that port
- To see how to run a server, please read the section below
- Let your friends know your external IP
- Add
server_announce = 1
to your minetest.config to announce it to a public server list.
Running a Server
Linux
- Open a terminal.
- Type in
YOUR/MINETEST/DIRECTORY/bin/minetestserver
or just drop the minetestserver executable (located in/Minetest/bin/
) into the terminal (PLEASE READ THE NOTES BELOW!)- If you want to specify a specific game ID, the game ID choices are located in
/Minetest/games/
. Add in--gameid thegameid
to the end of the command. - If you get the error “Multiple worlds are available.”, the world choices are located in
/Minetest/worlds/
. Add in--worldname theWorld
to the end of the command.
- If you want to specify a specific game ID, the game ID choices are located in
- If your server crashes, then look at the
debug.txt
in/Minetest/bin/
- Enjoy running a Minetest server!
For easy use you can create an file named minetestserver.sh, add the lines below and put it in your /Minetest/bin/ folder. To run the server, just run the file in a terminal.
#!/bin/bash -x ./minetestserver --gameid minetest --worldname world
Windows
- Open command prompt by going in the Minetest installation folder, then in the “bin” folder, hold Shift, do a right click on a empty file (not on minetest.exe), click “Open command window here”.
- Type this:
minetest.exe --server
.- If you get the error “Multiple worlds are available.”, use
minetest.exe --server --worldname world_name
instead, whereworld_name
is the name of the world.
- If you get the error “Multiple worlds are available.”, use
- If your server crashes, then look at the
debug.txt
in/Minetest/bin/
- Enjoy running a Minetest server!
If you don't like to start the crashed server, simply start the server out of a batch file which contains the following code:
@echo off :crash minetest.exe --server --worldname world_name goto crash
See also
- For more possible commands study the Command line page.
- See the Setting up a server/Debian page for more Debian related informatian.
- See this forum thread for more information about "How to create and maintain a server - Windows"