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.
Minecraft
Guides for running your Minecraft server.
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.
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.
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.
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.