[Guide] Create and maintain a server on Windows

[lightonflux]

Imho such an howto would be better placed in the wiki. But there should be a separation between the OS specific stuff and the minetest side of the server administration.

[TheCrafter]

Hi I have this very little problemo. The thing is that my connection always time's out. Why?

Are there any special mods enabled?
Could you post the last 20 lines of debug.txt of your server and client?

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01:39:00: ACTION[ServerThread]: Announcing to servers.minetest.net
01:39:00: ACTION[main]:         .__               __                   __   
01:39:00: ACTION[main]:   _____ |__| ____   _____/  |_  ____   _______/  |_
01:39:00: ACTION[main]:  /     \|  |/    \_/ __ \   __\/ __ \ /  ___/\   __\
01:39:00: ACTION[main]: |  Y Y  \  |   |  \  ___/|  | \  ___/ \___ \  |  | 
01:39:00: ACTION[main]: |__|_|  /__|___|  /\___  >__|  \___  >____  > |__| 
01:39:00: ACTION[main]:       \/        \/     \/          \/     \/       
01:39:00: ACTION[main]: World at [D:\minetest-0.4.10\bin\..\worlds\Server]
01:39:00: ACTION[main]: Server for gameid="minetest" listening on 0.0.0.0:30000.
01:44:05: ERROR[CurlFetchThread]: servers.minetest.net/announce not found (Timeout was reached) (response code 100)
01:49:05: ERROR[CurlFetchThread]: servers.minetest.net/announce not found (Timeout was reached) (response code 100)

[lag01]

hello, my server sometimes is absent from server list and i found in my logs this:

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21:19:12: ERROR[CurlFetchThread]: servers.minetest.net/announce not found (Timeout was reached) (response code 0)
21:39:13: ERROR[CurlFetchThread]: servers.minetest.net/announce not found (Timeout was reached) (response code 0)

After some time it shows in server list, but it shows "0.4.10, minetest, ?" and no mod list.
This problem started about two weeks ago, on version 4.9. Yesterday i installed 4.10, but this evening this problem came back again.

What can be this problem and what can i do?

upd: i found this: https://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?id=5688, may-be it will help.

[magnificentx]

My server says:
Server for gameid="minetest" listening on 0.0.0.0:30000

is this correct?
i've already fowarded the port on router.

[Minetestforfun]

Thanks for this guide !
But... a game server on windows... :'(

[Krock]

My server says:
Server for gameid="minetest" listening on 0.0.0.0:30000

is this correct?
i've already fowarded the port on router.

My server outputs the same. It should be correct then.

[davidthecreator]

:o Sounds dificult and does it Works with mt 0.4.10

[Esteban]

:o Sounds dificult and does it Works with mt 0.4.10

Yes. I recommend that you should look up for tutorials about setting routers and be fully informed before doing anything. Some routers work different that the one presented in the tutorial, so you'll have to look for its manual or search the webs. I wish you good luck :)

[davidthecreator]

What does 24/7 means

[Krock]

What does 24/7 means

That's uptime.
A day has 24 hours, a week 7 days. This means, it's the whole week online.

[coconut]

Nice guide, ty dev :D

[THEGGABOOK77]

When I open the shortcut
The file opens and closes
quickly

[Calinou]

When I open the shortcut
The file opens and closes
quickly

You probably have multiple worlds, thus you need to specify a world using --worldname.

If a command window opens and closes quickly, it means it either errored out, or just outputted its help message (it didn't do anything).

[gumangel]

i need some help to complete the fields,i completed them as you say,but there is one field that i dont know how to fill : Private ip adress:
should i leave it blank?

[ABJ]

Craig, I followed the steps but I can't seem to get my server to show on the public list OR be able to connect with external IP.

[roalex543]

please help me with this Server for gameid="minetest" listening on 0.0.0.0:30000 this is good? I thank you if you help me :)

[Krock]

please help me with this Server for gameid="minetest" listening on 0.0.0.0:30000 this is good? I thank you if you help me :)

That text is completely normal, your server works.

Craig, I followed the steps but I can't seem to get my server to show on the public list OR be able to connect with external IP.

Check your router settings. Minetest requires a forwarded UDP port.
I'm not able to connect to my local server using the external IP; ask a friend to try instead.

[roalex543]

please help me with this Server for gameid="minetest" listening on 0.0.0.0:30000 this is good? I thank you if you help me :)

That text is completely normal, your server works.

Craig, I followed the steps but I can't seem to get my server to show on the public list OR be able to connect with external IP.

Check your router settings. Minetest requires a forwarded UDP port.
I'm not able to connect to my local server using the external IP; ask a friend to try instead.

another problem tells me Using world specified by --worldname on the command line I do? is that I'm beginner

[Krock]

another problem tells me Using world specified by --worldname on the command line I do? is that I'm beginner

That's completely normal.
Here an example from my server:

[roalex543]

another problem tells me Using world specified by --worldname on the command line I do? is that I'm beginner

That's completely normal.
Here an example from my server:

hello! I get this error when I try to enter with 127.0.0.1.

Error:Couldn´t resolve address :this is usually a temporary error during hostname resolution and means that the local server did not receive a response from an authoritative server

[Krock]

Error:Couldn´t resolve address :this is usually a temporary error during hostname resolution and means that the local server did not receive a response from an authoritative server

That's strange. Remove the setting "server_address" from your minetest.conf file, restart the minetest server and retry.
If the error still exists after that: Take a screenshot and post it here.

[ABJ]

please help me with this Server for gameid="minetest" listening on 0.0.0.0:30000 this is good? I thank you if you help me :)

That text is completely normal, your server works.

Craig, I followed the steps but I can't seem to get my server to show on the public list OR be able to connect with external IP.

Check your router settings. Minetest requires a forwarded UDP port.
I'm not able to connect to my local server using the external IP; ask a friend to try instead.

Krock I did that and still it does not work (the window shows up and reads the things) but not only does it not display on public list (YES I set that announce thingy to true!!) but also I can't connect with my server using external IP (Or is that what you were addressing in the last sentence of your post?)

[Krock]

Krock I did that and still it does not work (the window shows up and reads the things) but not only does it not display on public list (YES I set that announce thingy to true!!) but also I can't connect with my server using external IP (Or is that what you were addressing in the last sentence of your post?)

If the server is in the same (router-)network, you should use the internal IP.

If you don't know that IP, do step 3 on your server:

Firstly, You need to find out your default gateway and access your router settings.

• Open up command prompt and type ipconfig /all
• Find where it says Default Gateway
  

Look at the "IPv4 Address" output, it tells you the network internal address (in this case 192.168.1.100).
Connect with your client to that address. If that's not possible, then is your minetest version on the server broken; update it.
But when you're able to connect, then it's a problem with the router settings.

[ABJ]

I have a Zhone router. Anyone know the name for the firewall tab for that?

[ABJ]

Krock, does ALL the public servers show on the list? Or is there a limit (If server is below certain level it doesn't show)?
eg:-Craig's Server hasn't been showing on the list for more than a week but the last post on their thread says it's now up after being down for a few days. Could this "limit" be why my server is not showing?