Minecraft Server Guides
Setup tutorials, plugin walkthroughs, performance tuning and troubleshooting — written by the TickHosting team.
All
Getting Started
Mods & Plugins
Networking
Performance
Server Management
Server Setup
Server Software
Tick Hosting
Networking
How to Make a Minecraft Server Without Port Forwarding
Port forwarding scares off a lot of first-time server owners. Luckily, it is entirely possible to run a Minecraft server that friends can join without it.
Networking
How to Find Your Minecraft Server IP Address
Before anyone can join your world, you need to know its address. Here is exactly where to find your Minecraft server IP, whichever way it is hosted.
Networking
How to Change Your Minecraft Server IP Address
Your server IP keeps changing, or you just want a nicer address to hand out. Here are the actual options for changing your Minecraft server IP.