Making your server public

⚠️ IMPORTANT: Please do not make your server public from a machine that you care about not getting hacked, unless you know what you're doing Opening a port and forwarding come with big security risks that we are not responsible for.

YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

Now, with that warning out of the way (seriously, if you don't know what you're doing do not do this), let's begin.

Port Forwarding

This step is different for everyone based on the router you use.

It usually involves going into the router's admin dashboard and forwarding port 25565 to your device's local IP. Once you have that set up, your server will be public on your global IP. Others can connect to it within Minecraft by typing in your IP address.

Security Risks

As we've stated before, making your server public comes with security risks. Making a server public means anyone can access it, even people you wouldn't want (like hackers). Having an open port means that instead of their potential attacks being deflected by your firewall, attacks on forwarded ports make it to the device, which will receive and acknowledge them. Without a proper security system in place, it's probably a bad idea to host your Minecraft server (or any server for that matter) locally.