Minecraft server guidance - it's a bit of a minefield :/ reddit / selfhosted ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeggerrrrrrrrrrz · 2023-11-29 08:03 Hi everyone, I've been looking at spinning up a minecraft bedrock server for my kids. I've found the official server, Nukkit and PowerNukkitX and managed to get all three up and running in a test VM. I can see Nukkit and PNX have plugins, which the kids want, the ecosystem seems like a bit of a badly documented quagmire, or maybe I've just not found the good forums / blogs to read. Do you have any recommendations on which platfrom (Nukkit/PNX etc) is most stable / most actively developed? Do you have any links to good blog posts or guides getting plugins installed and up and running for authentication and permissions and all that jazz? What have you had most luck with, and what do you like best? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- OwnZookeepergame6413 · 2023-11-29 09:48 [not sure if this answers your question, but this is by far the best post on server software](https://www.reddit.com/r/admincraft/s/Du6jk055Qo) I’ve found in the past few weeks learning about hosting my own server. In general r/admincraft is great . They also have a discord which is usually always better for smaller problems. Otherwise I feel with you. Just getting quality information on hardware for modded Minecraft is for some reason very hard. And it doesn’t get better. YouTube and Google most of the time assume you want to implement something on a server you rented somewhere. Anyway, good luck. Hope I could help :) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TheShock59 · 2023-11-29 11:25 It looks like that post is for Minecraft Java servers but OP seems to want a Bedrock server, they aren’t compatible sadly ---------------------------------------------------------------------- OwnZookeepergame6413 · 2023-11-29 11:35 Oh damn I was flying right past the bedrock. Anyway admincraft probably still has more info for bedrock. Thanks for pointing out! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- jasonweiser · 2023-11-29 11:48 Somewhat unrelated, but I run a bedrock and java server for my son and his friends and [pterodactyl](https://pterodactyl.io/) has been a lifesaver. It containerizes all the different games and you can do one-click upgrades and backups. I have set up everything from scratch and while it’s fun to learn, Pterodactyl has been way less of a headache. It has a solid [bedrock server](https://github.com/parkervcp/eggs/tree /master/game_eggs/minecraft/bedrock/bedrock) too, that is not resource heavy at all. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Zeptiny · 2023-11-29 13:13 Personally I prefer running a Java server with Bedrock compatibility, this can be achieved using a plugin called Geyser (plus Floodgate), can be used in the Paper software or any of it's forks (Ie. pufferfish, Purpur). They are a lot more documented and widely used. And any Spigot/Paper plugin can be used without problems, however, some plugins may not work perfectly with Bedrock players, such as Anti Cheat and plugins that heavily use GUIs. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- UninvestedCuriosity · 2023-12-01 11:07 Get yourself a good yaml linter for testing your configuration files and start to understand how to read the logs for whatever server you use. Minecraft is a really fantastic way to stay engaged in a lot of self hosted stuff.