Although, You can create and host a Minecraft server on your own computer but it won’t be stable enough for most people because servers are optimized for these kinds of tasks. There are a lot of server hosting websites available, however, we personally recommend Digital Ocean for this task. This post will give you a step-by-step guide on how to host a Minecraft Server on Digital Ocean.
Sign-up on Digital Ocean
If you already have an account on Digital Ocean, simply login to your Control panel. Otherwise, you can sign up for one using either your email address, Google account, or GitHub account if you are a developer.
Create a Minecraft Server Droplet
Now, there are two ways which we can use to spin a Minecraft server on Digital Ocean. We can set up a Linux server -say Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS then install the Minecraft server on our new Ubuntu server. This method can be pretty tedious if all you need is to set up a Minecraft server. The other way is using the Digital Ocean Marketplace. Digital Ocean Marketplace is a library of pre-built applications that you can deploy on your digital ocean account in just one click. It contains a curated selection of applications including, docker, WordPress, laravel, Lampp, NodeS, Minecraft, etc. That is the method we will use to host a Minecraft Server on Digitaltal Ocean. Follow the steps below. That’s it! We have successfully set up a Minecraft Server on Digital Ocean. The next part is connecting to our Minecraft droplet from our local machine.
Connect to Your Minecraft Server
Now we are going to connect to the server that we just created on Digital Ocean, To Connect to the server and play Minecraft, follow these steps:- That’s it! Your server is now ready to accept any incoming connections. In this guide, we have looked at a step-by-step procedure of setting up a Minecraft server on Digital Ocean. It’s a pretty straightforward and quick process since we are using the Digital Ocean Marketplace, which offers pre-built applications that you can deploy with one click. Have some fun playing Minecraft.
