Allowing A Friend To Connect Over The Internet To A Minecraft Server Ive Hosted

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A straightforward way I've discovered to let my buddies connect to my Minecraft server, which is working by myself machine is to use a free software referred to as ngrok to expose my server to the internet.



1) Obtain ngrok from http://www.ngrok.com. You will have to signup for a free account as effectively, and comply with their setup instructions.



2) Start your Minecraft server



3) To share your native Minecraft server, run the following in a terminal:



4) This will display some info, with a line like the following:



Write down the quantity that is where the XXXXX is above.



5) Your server is now available on the internet! However how do your folks connect with it?



6) Inform your friends to start Minecraft, then



- click "Multiplayer"- click "Direct Connect"Fill in the next, replacing XXXXX the number you wrote down in step 4)



ngrok.com:XXXXX



7) They should now be connected to your Minecraft server!



TROUBLESHOOTING: Note - if it does not work, then instead of "Direct Connect", add it as a server by selecting "Add Server", then supply ngrok.com:XXXXX. Then simply connect with the server that means as an alternative! Minecraft servers