How One Can Setup Minecraft Server On A Mac - Half 1: Setup Server

These directions are based on the official mac instructions at minecraft site.

In case you don’t want much help, go there. But if you like photos, begin here.

This is the primary a part of a 3 part tutorial:

- Part 1: Setup Server
- Half 2: Setup Local Shopper
- Half 3: Setup Internet Client

Part 1: Setup Server

Download the minecraft server jar file.

Create a listing referred to as ‘server’ and drag the jar file in there.

Make a command file

To make it straightforward to begin your server, we're going to create a ‘start.command’ file. Double clicking this file will launch your server.

Open TextEdit (/Functions/TextEdit).

Set the format to plain text.

Copy in the following textual content.

Make sure to change the minecraft_server.jar to match the identify of the jar in the listing (in my case minecraft_server.1.7.4.jar).

Reserve it in the identical directory as your jar file.

Make this command executable by opening a terminal (/Functions/Terminal) and typing

chmod a+x

with a space after it. Drag and drop the start.command file into the terminal window and then press enter.

Double click on the beginning server to start the server.

If all works a new server window will open and you will see a number of errors about lacking recordsdata and directories - don’t worry this is ok.

Congrats! You’ve setup the server. Next we are going to configure Time Capsule so your server runs for everybody in your community.

In the event you ran into issues, verify this troubleshooting part for fixes.

Troubleshooting server setup

Unable to entry jarfile error

If you bought ‘Unable to access jarfile’ when double clicking the start.command file,

the filename in your start.command file doesn’t match the jar file identify on disk.

Fix this by opening the start.command file

and changing the filename to be appropriate (make sure you get the numbers, in my case, 1.7.4 included in the file identify).

Rich-textual content-format error

If your textual content file keeps desirous to rename itself start.rtf, it’s since you haven’t made the textual content file ‘plain textual content format’. Go over the directions again above, and make this file plain textual content format.

Configure Time Capsule

Before any shoppers can connect with our server, we need to configure Time Capsule to keep a static local IP deal with, and inform it what port number our server goes to be working on.

You might have your mother or dad for this step (as a result of it will require Time Capsule password).

Open System Preferences > Community

Click the advanced button within the decrease right hand nook. After which the ‘TCP/IP’ tab.

The place it says Configure IPv4, change that option to ‘Using DHCP with manual address’.

Change the IP address to 10.0.1.x, the place x may be any quantity from 1 to 100.

Note the address you sort right here: 10.0.1.x. You are going to need it later once we setup the Airport Utility

Hit Okay and return to ‘System Preferences.

You may have to save lots of your modifications earlier than leaving the ‘Network’ preferences first.  Minecraft Server List  Ok.

Now go to the ‘Sharing’ section of System Preferences and be sure that Internet Sharing is on.

Do that by first clicking on ‘USB Ethernet’

And then double clicking ‘Internet Sharing’ on the left hand aspect. When it asks you if you actually need to enable Internet Sharing say ‘OK’.

Now, open up AirPort Utility and edit your Time Capsule settings.

Click the Time Capsule picture and then the ‘Edit’ button within the decrease proper.

Go under Community and ensure the option Router Mode is ready to DHCP and NAT. Now, click the + button beneath the Port Settings.

Type in the next:

- Description: Minecraft Server (or no matter you wish to call it)
- Non-public IP Tackle: The deal with you chose for the 4th step.

Change every little thing with the word port in it to 25565.

It should look one thing like this now.

Now hit ‘Update’ and update the Time Capsule.

Okay. At this point you need to be good.
You've a server.
You have got a router that is aware of about your server and won’t attempt to change your IP deal with.
Subsequent we are going to setup the native shopper.
And then after that the internet consumer.