The MC Server Post

Hello, everyone. Today, I want to write a bonus post about how most Minecraft servers work. I hope you enjoy!

1. Devices:

Minecraft servers work like any other game server. They are an instance of Minecraft that is connected to the internet. All Minecraft servers must be run on a digital computer that is able to run Minecraft, and is connected to the internet. A Minecraft server is just like a website. The data is stored in a computer that sends this data to a router. Then, by allowing people to access that information from the router, they can access the code by entering the server’s ip address. In the case of websites, computers access the html code which the computer translates into a functioning, and interactable webpage. With a Minecraft server, your computer is being sent the Minecraft code, which you client is able to translate into the game we all love.

2. Port Forwarding

You might be wondering by now “well how do these computers send this minecarft server code to the internet?” Well, most computers send Minecraft servers into the internet by using port forwarding. By doing this, your computer opens up a TPC or UDP used by your router that anyone across the internet can access. Now you local ip address can be accessed from anywhere in the world. However, although Minecraft is pretty secure, if a weakness in the code is found, then your hosting network might be hacked.

3. How can we use this knowledge?

Mostly, this helps us figure out how to run our own Minecraft servers. If you use a hosting service, it’s most likely that these services own large server rooms, that have a very high total computational power. If you use one of these services, you now know that you server code is run from one of these servers that are connected to the internet. However, we can take this a step further. If this possible for any computer, then why cant you do it own you own computer? Well actually you can. Mojang has released on their website a downloadable jar file that allows you to run a Minecraft server on you computer. By itself, it can only run on your local network, but with some tinkering on the file and you computer, you can run the code to you router and anyone can play on you very own, self-hosted Minecraft server. Below is the Minecraft server download, and a tutorial of how to broadcast it to the internet.

Minecraft server download: https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/download/server

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I want to thank everyone for reading this bonus content from us. You can always still expect us to post server reviews on Sundays, so make sure to come back for those. Also, I am no computer genius, so if I made any mistakes in this post, please feel free to correct me in the comments. Once again, thanks for reading!