3 articles
Proxies for a server network
Velocity or BungeeCord, how to join a lobby and game modes into one network and keep the backend servers closed.
- Velocity vs BungeeCord: which proxy to chooseA proxy joins several Minecraft servers into one network behind a single address. We compare Velocity and BungeeCord using their own documentation, explain what happened to Waterfall, and show where the anticheat goes in such a network.6 min read
- Setting up Velocity: a network with a lobbyWe build a network from a Velocity proxy, a lobby and a survival server: velocity.toml, secure player info forwarding, Paper configs on the backends and the firewall — without it, anyone can join under someone else's name.8 min read
- How to build a Minecraft server network: proxy, lobby, shared database and securityA network is a proxy at the front, a lobby and game modes behind it, a shared database for plugins whose data must be the same everywhere, and a firewall that keeps the servers closed to direct connections. Here's what goes where and how to tie it together; setting up Velocity itself has its own article.7 min read
Run the best anticheat for modern Minecraft
DGuard catches all 47 kinds of cheats in our comparison — the closest rival, Intave, has 27. Full protection on every plan, free up to 30 players online.