Create your first server

What you need first

An account with a confirmed email address and credit for the first term. A plan offered as "Free" needs no credit; everything else is paid from your credit when you order.

Order

1. On Game servers, pick the game, for example Minecraft Java. In the dashboard, Order takes you to the same place.
2. Click Add to cart on a plan. The plan sets RAM, CPU and storage. If a plan says "Sold out", there is no room on the nodes right now; as soon as there is, you can order it.
3. In the cart, enter the Server name and choose the template under Game / server. Paper is the default for plugin servers and the right choice if you are unsure. Depending on what is offered, Purpur, Fabric, Forge, NeoForge, Vanilla, Folia, Velocity, BungeeCord and, for phones and consoles, Bedrock are listed as well.
4. Click Place order with obligation to pay. The first term is paid from your credit. If it is not enough, the cart shows how much is missing, with a button to top up.

The server then shows Installing. The node downloads the server software and sets up the configuration. For Forge and NeoForge the installer runs once, which takes a few minutes longer than for Paper.

Start

As soon as the server shows Stopped, it is set up. You find it in the dashboard under Services. Press Start, then look at the Console. On the first start Minecraft generates the world, which takes a moment depending on version and settings.

Java servers need you to accept the EULA once on the first start. How that works is explained under Files.

Connect

The address is in the server's Overview under Connection. How to enter it in the client and what to check if nothing happens is under Connect to your server.