Minecraft server setup, plugins, mods and performance tuning.
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Pterodactyl is in maintenance mode. Pelican Panel is the fork that's actually moving. Install on Ubuntu 24.04 + first gameserver in 20 min.
Run a CurseForge or Modrinth modpack server (Forge / NeoForge) on Ubuntu. Server-pack download, JVM tuning for modded RAM appetite, systemd unit, update workflow.
Install LuckPerms on a Minecraft proxy network, sync permissions across backends, define groups and inheritance, avoid the per-server-permission trap.
How to migrate a Minecraft proxy network from BungeeCord or Waterfall to Velocity — config translation, plugin replacements, modern IP forwarding, and the gotchas.
Practical comparison of BungeeCord and Waterfall — performance, plugin compatibility, security patches, and which one you should actually pick for a small network.
Stand up a Velocity proxy on Linux from zero — install, velocity.toml, modern IP forwarding to Paper backends, systemd unit, firewall. The clean install, no BungeeCord baggage.
Full breakdown of BungeeCord's config.yml — listeners, servers, IP forwarding, priorities, the options nobody documents and the ones that bite you.
You want to run a Minecraft server and now you're looking at a list of options: Vanilla, CraftBukkit, Spigot, Paper,
BungeeCord is a proxy that sits in front of multiple Minecraft servers and lets players switch between them without disconnecting. One IP,
Most guides tell you to run Minecraft in a screen session and call it done. That works until the server reboots and