Instance Management A collection of guides regarding how to manage an instance on your service Finding your instances What is an instance? An instance is a profile on your server. This will allow you to install multiple versions of Minecraft or a modpack on your server. In the left sidebar on the panel there will be a section called Games & Software under that you should see Minecraft: Java Edition. If you click on Minecraft Java Edition it will expand a list of instances you have installed on your service. To manage an instance all you need to do is click on the name of the instance you want to manage and it will take you to the Console page of the instance where you will be able to navigate to the different management pages of the instance. Note - You can run multiple instances at the same time, provided you have enough RAM to run them and disk space to install them. Minecraft does not share ports, each additional instance will require a new 'server port' in the "Settings" menu and can be connected to via your HOSTNAMEorIP:customportnumberhere - Eg: myserver.playat.ch:29974 Validating modpack install If you are having issues with your server such as it not starting or certain recipes not working, the modpack files may have become corrupted and/or some critical files may be missing, this guide will cover how to validate the modpack files. Go to the console page of the server you are having issues with and if the server is currently running, click the stop button and wait for it to shut down. In the top right of the console page, where the control buttons are, you will see an orange/yellow button with a wrench icon. If you click on this button it will start validating the files for the modpack that's installed, if it finds any corrupted configs, it will replace them with the default config for that modpack and rename the broken one to config_name.format.bkp Opping a Player There are multiple methods you can use to OP a player when using our panel, those methods have been listed below. You will first need to go to the Console page of your instance, if you are not sure how to get to your instance, take a look at the How do I find my Instance guide here: https://www.creeperhost.net/wiki/books/minecraft-java-edition/page/finding-your-instances Method 1 - Using the Online Players list If the player is currently playing on the server they should appear in the online player list on the right of the console page. If you do not see the player in the online player list please go to method 2 If you see the player you want to OP right-click on them to bring up the player management menu and click on OP. You should now get a notification at the bottom of the screen saying that the player is now an OP. Method 2 - Using console commands Click in the textbox below the console output where it says Enter your command or message here and press enter to send and type /op playerName then press the enter key on your keyboard. You will then get a message in the console output saying Made playerName a server operator Method 3 - Using the player's menu You will need to reboot your server after using this method Once on the console page for your instance you will then have a Instance navigation menu to the left of the console window in here you will see a Players option, if you click this it will take you to a new page where you can add players to the whitelist or as operators (OPs). Now that we are on the Players page click on the Operators tab. From here we can now enter either the user name of the player we want to add as an OP or use the UUID, we can also select the OP level for the user. You can read more about OP levels here https://www.creeperhost.net/wiki/books/minecraft-java-edition/page/operator-levels Once you have entered the username or the UUID of the player and selected their OP level click the add button The page will now refresh and add the player to the OPs list. You may need to tell the player that you OPped to reconnect to the server for the changes to take effect. Sending Console Commands To send console commands fist click on your instance and make sure you are on the Console page. Once you are on the Console page you will see a large box in the centre of the screen that may have a lot of text in it. Below the large box there will be textbox with the words Enter your command or message here and press enter to send , if you click on this text box you will be able to type commands such as /op playerName and to send the command all you need to do is press then enter key on your keyboard. Starting/Restarting/Stopping your server To start/restart/stop your server first click on your minecraft server in the sidebar. This will take you to the Console page of the instance you selected. You can find a guide on finding your instance here https://www.creeperhost.net/wiki/books/minecraft-java-edition/page/finding-your-instances In the top right of the Console page there are 3 buttons in green, orange and red. The green button will start the instance if it is stopped, the orange is to restart the instance, and the red will stop the instance. If the instance is unable to start for some reason, you will get a notification at the bottom of the screen with a message saying it was unable to start the server. Importing a modpack from CurseForge Before you follow this guide you will need to have already downloaded the modpack.zip of the modpack you want to import from CurseForge or if its a custom pack using the Twitch app you will need to export the modpack. Twitch has a guide on exporting modpacks here https://support.curseforge.com/en/support/solutions/articles/9000197912-exporting-and-importing-modpacks Click on the instance you want to import the modpack to ( https://www.creeperhost.net/wiki/books/minecraft-java-edition/page/finding-your-instances ) then make sure that the server is stopped by pressing the red stop button in the top right. Next click on the Importer link in the instance navigation On the importer page click on Click or drag your twitch export to upload . This will open a window where you can browse to where your CurseForge modpack.zip is. Click on the modpack.zip then click on Open It will now upload the modpack, once the upload is done you will get a notification saying that its being installed and you should see a progress bar showing files being downloaded. Once the pack has finished installing you will get another notification saying that your instance is ready to be used and you should be able to start the instance ( https://www.creeperhost.net/wiki/books/minecraft-java-edition/page/startingrestartingstopping-your-server ) Changing Settings To change the settings of your server such as the display name of the instance or the MOTD of the server select the instance you want to make the changes on then click on the Settings link. This will now load the Settings page for the instance where you are able to make our changes. The settings page has also been split into categories to make it easier to find the settings you want to change. You can change the settings categories by clicking on either General (default), Admin, World, Network, System, Security or Advanced You can read about what the settings do here https://www.creeperhost.net/wiki/books/minecraft-java-edition/page/settings After you have made the changes you want, remember to click the Save button located at the bottom of the page. You will also need to restart your server for the changes to take place Updating your server To find your instance please follow this guide: https://www.creeperhost.net/wiki/books/minecraft-java-edition/page/finding-your-instances First, you will need to make sure that the instance you are changing the version on has been stopped (you can find out how to stop your server https://www.creeperhost.net/wiki/books/minecraft-java-edition/page/startingrestartingstopping-your-server ) After stopping your instance you can now click on Versions On the Versions page click in the Search Versions textbox at the top of the page and enter the name of the modpack you want to install or update. When you find the modpack you want to install or update make sure the version you want to install is selected in the dropdown then click the Install button and wait for a notification saying that the modpack has finished installing. Whitelist a player There are multiple methods you can use to whitelist a player when using our panel, those methods have been listed below. You will first need to go to the Console page of your instance, if you are not sure how to get to your instance, take a look at the How do I find my Instance guide here: https://www.creeperhost.net/wiki/books/minecraft-java-edition/page/finding-your-instances Method 1 - Using console commands Click in the textbox below the console output where it says Enter your command or message here and press enter to send and type /whitelist playerName then press the enter key on your keyboard. You will then get a message in the console output saying that the player has been added to the whitelist Method 2 - Using the player's menu Once on the console page for your instance you will then have an Instance navigation menu to the left of the console window in here you will see a Players option, if you click this it will take you to a new page where you can add players to the whitelist or as operators (OPs). Now that we are on the Players page make sure that the Whitelist tab is active (there will be a green line under the active tab). From here we can now enter either the user name of the player we want to add to the whitelist or use the UUID, Once you have entered the username or the UUID of the player click the add button The page will now refresh and add the player to the whitelist. Enable Geyser MC (Bedrock support on java Minecraft) You will first need to go to the Console page of your instance, if you are not sure how to get to your instance, take a look at the How do I find my Instance guide here: https://www.creeperhost.net/wiki/books/minecraft-java-edition/page/finding-your-instances Before proceeding you will need to ensure that your instance is running on Vanilla Minecraft 1.16.2 or newer. Once on the console page for your instance you will then have an Instance navigation menu to the left of the console window in here you will see a Settings option, if you click this it will take you to a new page that contains most of the settings available for your instance. On the settings page, click on the Network tab then scroll down a little bit until you see an option called Allow Bedrock . By default this option is disabled, to enable it simply click on it to enable it then scroll down to the bottom and click on save. You can now start your server back up and you should be able to have players connect using both Minecraft: Java Edition and Minecraft: Bedrock. Changing Java versions Minecraft 1.17 and onwards uses a newer version of Java compared to previous versions, so it may be necessary to change the Java version to start your Minecraft server. Older versions of Minecraft can also benefit from using a newer version of Java, see the table below on the compatibility between Minecraft versions and Java. Minecraft Version Java Version 1.11 and older Java 8 1.12 - 1.13 Java 8 or Java 11 1.14 - 1.16 Java 8, Java 11, Java 14, Java 15 1.17 Java 16 1.18 and newer Java 17 Changing Java versions To change the Java version on your Minecraft instance firstly click on your instance to bring up the console page then click on Settings > System. You should now see an option called JRE (Java Runtime Environment). Click on the dropdown below the JRE text then select the appropriate version for the Minecraft version you are running. Note: The table above is in regards to Vanilla Minecraft, modded servers may not be compatible with all the java versions listed for that Minecraft version. Setting/Changing the server icon If you are strugging to find your minecraft server please take a look at the following guide. 1. Go to your minecraft server on the panel, then click on the image that's to the left of the instance and modpack name. 2. A popup will open that will ask you to either click in the highlighed box or drag an image into the box. The image you upload MUST be 64x64 in size and a PNG. 3. After clicking done, you will see that the icon next to the instance and modpack name will change to the image you uploaded. World pregen Pre-generating a minecraft world can help reduce the lag you may encounter when starting a new server as world generation is one of the most common sources of lag in minecraft. If you would like to pre-generate your world start your server up then head to to the World & Backups page, we recommend you only pre-generate your world when there are little or no players online as it can cause severe lag. Once there, you should see a little blue button with a sapling icon. Clicking this button will open up a popup which will allow you to select how many blocks in each direction you want to pre-generate using the slider, changing this will also update the estimate of how long it will take to finish pre-generating the chunks.