How To Use My Own Domain For my Minecraft Servers Print

First of all, what is a domain? A domain makes it so a user doesn’t have to remember an IP address. For example, instead of typing 176.32.103.205 to access Amazon’s website, all you have to do is type in Amazon.com. You can also do this with our IP address assigned to your server. Below is a guide to help you set up a domain to access your Minecraft server.

The first step is to find the IP and port of your server, this is very simple:

1. Log in to the Control Panel
2. Locate your server and click on it
3. On the sidebar, you will see "Address" underneath that you will see the servers ip and the port separated by ":".

Next, you will need a domain, I recommend that you get one from name.com. You can get them for about $12/year with the code PRIVACYPLEASE.

For this example, we are using Bluehost.

1. Login to your domain name provider.
2. Navigate to Zone Editor (this is just where you manage DNS settings)
3. Add an A record for:
   1. Host: @
   2. Value: [ip of your Minecraft server, this IP excludes the port]
   3. TTL: [automatic or the default value, doesn’t matter]
4. Add an SRV record (not needed unless you have a port other than 25565):
   1. Service: _minecraft
   2. Protocol: _tcp
   3. Priority: 0
   4. Weight: 5
   5. Port: [the port assigned to your Minecraft server]
   6. Target: [your domain]
   7. TTL: [automatic or the default value, doesn’t matter]

If you would like to have your Minecraft server at a subdomain (xx.yourdomain.com), please use the following guide:

1. Login to your domain name provider.
2. Navigate to Zone Editor (this is just where you manage DNS settings)
3. Add an A record for:
   1. Host: [what you want for a subdomain, ex: mc)
   2. Value: [ip of your Minecraft server, this IP excludes the port]
   3. TTL: [automatic or the default value, doesn’t matter]
4. Add an SRV record (not needed unless you have a port other than 25565):
   1. Service: _minecraft
   2. Protocol: _tcp.mc
   3. Priority: 0
   4. Weight: 5
   5. Port: [the port assigned to your Minecraft server]
   6. Target: [your domain with the subdomain ex: mc.yourdomain.com]
   7. TTL: [automatic or the default value, doesn’t matter]

Generally, you can start using your domain about 30 minutes after you have configured the DNS settings. We find that this usually happens fast, but it can also take up to 4 hours to fully propagate.

PLEASE NOTE: SRV records only have to be used if you have a port associated with your IP. SRV records may not work for everyone trying to reach your server (usually smaller IPS’s have this issue). To get around this issue, you should consider obtaining a dedicated IP with us. With dedicated IP’s, you do not have to make an SRV record.

Please do not hesitate to submit a ticket if you are stuck!