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Getting Started with Connect

This page explains how to install and configure Connect to list your Minecraft server on the Connect network and allow players to join your local server.

Prepare your Minecraft server​

If you already have a Minecraft server running, continue with the next step.

Connect supports Spigot/PaperMC, Velocity and BungeeCord and depending on your use-case you can choose to connect one or multiple platforms using Connect. In this tutorial we are going to use a single PaperMC server.

See How do I create a Minecraft server? for more information on how to set up a Minecraft server.

Download the plugin​

  1. Download the Connect Java plugin into your Minecraft server or proxy
  2. Configure and start your Minecraft server
    • Set enforce-secure-profile=false in server.properties
    • OR online-mode=false in server.properties
  3. Join your server publicly at <your server name>.play.minekube.net

Every server has a unique configurable endpoint name that directly reflects the domain your players can join with.

You can freely change the name in the created config.

plugins/connect/config.yml
endpoint: your-server-name

Play!​

As soon the Connect plugin is running on your server players can join at your-server-name.play.minekube.net. This is your servers public domain that instantly configured for you and free forever.

Note that custom domains are not yet supported. Feel free to request this feature to be added more early on our Discord.

Players can also discover your server from the in-game Server Browser Hub at minekube.net and can join with the /browser join <your-server-name> command.