Ps ngrok -ErrorAction Silentl圜ontinue | kill -PassThruĬmd.exe /c 'START /b cmd /c ngrok tcp 25565 -log=stdout' # Run using powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File script.ps1 With a simple script you can automate the startup and shutdown of ngrok and your server. In addition, remember to close ngrok when you stop your server. Keep this in mind when connecting people to your server. Join your server and play! Note that each time you start ngrok, your public address will change. Tcp://0.:19565, I would instruct people to paste 0.:19565 into the Direct Connect box.

For example, if my public ngrok address was

This is the address your friends will connect to when they join your server.

The address will be listed under Forwarding in the terminal window. See Part 1 of Installing Optifine Without Java to find the path where Minecraft manages its own copy of Java. You do not need to install Java separately to run Java edition if Minecraft is already installed on your system. Start the Minecraft server: java -jar server.jar nogui This works with LAN worlds too! Upon opening the world to LAN, write the port listed in the game's chat instead of 25565 in the ngrok command. If you're using a port other than the default port, update the last argument above accordingly. Steps 1 and 2 can be performed in any order. Follow steps 1-3 on the ngrok dashboard.This is free and you will need one to use ngrok. You can download the server software for the latest release version ofĬreate a new folder and place the server software in that folder. If you want to extend a LAN world instead of a dedicated server you can also skip to Part 1. If you already have a server set up, you can skip to Part 1.

Part 0: Download the Minecraft server software Note: This will only work with Java Edition servers because at the time of writing, ngrok does not support UDP, which Bedrock servers use. Not everyone wants to or is able to port-forward their router so friends can join their Minecraft server.įortunately, it is easy to share your server without port forwarding using secure tunneling services like ngrok.īelow is a condensed tutorial showing you how to use ngrok with your Minecraft server.

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