Connect

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What is Connect?

Connect is a powerful Minecraft plugin that links servers with the global Connect Network. It allows server owners to advertise their server through multiple channels and get more players that are already playing on the shared open network. Players can discover your server from the in-game server list while you are the complete owner of your Minecraft server and decide where to host it.

Connect also makes localhost servers running on your PC publicly joinable and provides a free domain for every server. Feels like magic, you should try the quick start!

You may already have questions - don't worry. We will cover every little detail in the rest of the documentation. For now, please read along, so you can have a high-level understanding of what Connect offers.

Public localhost servers and more players!

As soon as you installed the Connect plugin, your server is open to the Internet and players can join your Minecraft server running locally on your PC by your auto-reserved domain!

No need to configure DNS records, or poking holes into your WiFi router's firewall!

What is Connect network?

Connect is also a highly available, scalable and self-healing network built on top of best-of-breed cloud native technologies and securely interconnects all running Minecraft servers and proxies that are using the Connect plugin without noticeable overhead.

The Connect Network is vital for the Connect plugin and is responsible for the following:

• Establishing a tunnel connection between players and servers
• Providing a free public domain for servers (localhost servers too!)
• Advertising servers to players through multiple channels like the Browser Hub
• Providing public APIs for developers to integrate Connect into their own projects

Connect has the potential to obsolete traditional proxies like BungeeCord or Velocity and become the largest shared Minecraft server network in the world.

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Getting started

1. Download the plugin jar:

   • Spigot/Paper/Bukkit (recommended)
   • Velocity
   • BungeeCord

   If your server is in online mode you must edit your server.properties file.

   enforce-secure-profile=false
   

2. Start your Minecraft server.

   java -jar *.jar --nogui
   

3. Share your domain and play with your friends on your local server, it just works!

   See your reserved domain name in your server console!

Like what you see?

Visit the official Connect website for more information! Join the Discord and advertise your server today! You can also checkout our GitHub organization for our projects!