Minecraft Server?

[littleturd1]

Would be cool to see some kind of integrated service for setting up game servers. I could that being a big marketing thing to bring people in! anyone know of a relatively simple system to set up a Minecraft server inside og HexOS/TrueNAS?

[Zer0Log1c]

I'm fairly new to the NAS world but have been hosting game servers off and on again on my main gaming rig for years. Some quick searching makes it look like Minecraft Server hosting can be done fairly easily with TrueNAS Scale so I'd say there's at least some hope that it could be done through the TrueNas backend (if that's even the right framing) of HexOS.

While it certainly piques my interest, I don't expect it to be high on their integration list for a while. Maybe we can get a rough guide going on the community side to begin with?

[Blittz]

AMP would do this and much more. If HexOS supported AMP, that would handle pretty much any compatible game server.  AMP discussion:

 

[Emeraldagaming5]

I never got too serious about game hosting but I used to host an MC server for a short while, between friends, only stopping due to external factors. I would 100% find value in a feature like this, especially since I'm planning to switch to something like HexOS for NAS usage anyway sometime in the future.

If they did a first-party, simple intergrated solution, something else to consider would be the extra strain on customer support, although I'm speaking from a speculative position. Think about it this way - You can find cheap or even free solutions to a fair bit of HexOS's basic function, like cloud storage or streaming sites. The people that value this convenience over the basic freedom of self-hosting, and actually go for these alternatives, are probably far less technical and would likely have placed far more load on CS than the average HexOS customer if there was no simple, cheap alternative. As you know, there is no simple, cheap alternative to hosting an MC server, so you can see how something like this feature, that offers a dead simple setup with less cost than a year of a dedicated server from Bisect or the like, would draw in that kind of inexperienced customer. I hope you understand what I mean.

Like I said, I'd personally absolutely love a feature like this, I could run a 24/7 small-scale Minecraft server along with my NAS at hardly any extra cost, I just think it would be best if it was offered by the community instead of HexOS directly. I'm excited to see where this goes.

Edited December 6, 2024 by Emeraldagaming5
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[LuciferMstar]

15 hours ago, Blittz said:

AMP would do this and much more. If HexOS supported AMP, that would handle pretty much any compatible game server.  AMP discussion:

 

I look in my TrueNas server and AMP still not available. It would be nice if they bring that at least on HexOs. I already pay for game server and would like to get my own.