Should I go with a paid host?
I've hosted many many servers myself on a spare computer I have, usually just for some friends. More recently I've created a couple SMPs for online friends to join, but with this comes an issue. The majority of my friends that join end up with lag issues, sometimes severe enough that they cannot use elytra correctly. The machine itself runs the world fairly well; living in the same house, I can connect and I get absolutely zero issues with it, indistinguishable from singleplayer. My question: is this an issue I can fix or should I look for a paid host that my friends can properly connect to?
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using a host is usually the best
selfhosting has multiple issues
you can also be unlucky and hav ebad isp routes
I've looked into some server hosts but all the posts on reddit seem to be flooded with conflicting opinions and advertisement bots
There is Oracle you can look at -it has a pretty good free VM and there are vendors like linode, vultry,DO, etc that have like 2-3 months free each of credits if u dont wanna spend money
if ur kind of familar with a linux command line anyhow
I'm not opposed to spending money actually
If I can get a server with minimal issues I don't mind a high price
make a post in #marketplace and we should be able to get u a good option
is there any way i could test this
i may look into that
u could make sure its not their internet at their house by them pinging ur IP to see the latency or if any loss
Yes those are all good I have used all of them to host different things before including MC they are all pretty good
you could make them try https://1.1.1.1
where would you suggest i start?
im not but im not opposed to learning
more fun xd
it is pretty fun to set up a server
do mind while rare, they do have the ability and have in the past reclaimed instances and wiped em, so do your own off-site backups
that is true
Linode, Vultr, DO all have free credits
I used Linode for 2 months with a pretty high end server
I use debian but basically its simple u can setup server in 10 mins that restarts if crashed or reboots/etc with a systemd service
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for paid dedicated hosting I have used Reliable Site and Fiberstate but those cost money but I use my server for other things than mc(like VPN, Monero Node(not mining), AI dataset training, etc)
thank you very much for your help
ill look into those
yea np alternatively u can just run the jar file from a command line lol in linux but it will close when u close ur ssh window/session not restart automatically if a plugin makes it crash or something
like same as windows running it
u can dm or message here for help with the linux stuff and I can try my best to help u if u look into it
or just make a post and we can help you in general ;P
yes hehe
gotcha
thanks :)
just got it all set up with oracle- if this solves their lag issues its actually way better lol
cause now i can access the console via ssh from my phone
Yes! Hopefully it works
sorry I am kind of curious since I have never used Oracle for MC but how did it work out
My friend literally just hopped on to test it
he’s in Australia and had a nearly flawless connection
honestly really impressed
he was playing with 260 ping, on my last server it was over 700 for him
yes just make sure to backup the server consistently
as for handling the server itself
bc funny oracle
chunk loading and all seems to be great
yes true
I’ll come back to this once I get more players on
the one and only issue I have at the moment is that bluemap doesn’t seem to be working correctly- but it’s most likely user error
is bluemap a plugin
or seperate program
I am using the fabric mod version of it
hmm check the permissions of ur mc folder
plugin/mod
if u installed using root than maybe u made it where only root can modify the folder
whats the issue?
in the console it states that bluemap has been started successfully
but I can’t connect on anything
I made sure to forward the correct port already
I’ll look into it more when I get home from work
I’ll check this, thank you
yes go in as default and than use nano on like a random file within the directory u put it at and see if u can modify it or it says in red text permission denied root only
seems to work just fine?
i copied the files to my pc to see if there was something wrong with how i set it up- but it works on my pc
hmm okie sorry idk then
if its like a webapp u view it might be something funky with Oracle networking
hmmm
I've been trying to fix this for a couple hours now and still no luck :/
testing is difficult because I'm pretty new to linux still
If you can in the Config maybe change the port to something else
may as well try that
I’ll try tomorrow
I gotta take a break lol
the developer is helping to figure out what the issue is now lol
got it all working- it was such a small mistake 😭
one of the files for bluemap was being created in the wrong place
so i had to change a line in the config
nice!
back to troublshooting other mods now 🫠