How to Turn On My Friend's Server

Want to jump into the game, but your friend's server is down and they're MIA? No worries! Skip the wait and fire up the server yourself with a single click.

Here's how to take matters into your own hands on Nodecraft Lite:

1. Grab the Share Link URL and Password from your buddy.

2. Hit START on the Share Link URL.

Minecraft server dashboard showing status as 3. Punch in the password if prompted.

Dialog box titled 4. Sit tight for the server to deploy and start up. Note: The time to deploy and launch varies by game and mods, but the Share Link will show when the server is Online.

5. Hop onto the server using the IP, Port, or DNS Hostname from the Share Link page.

Steam Game Auto Updater

For Steam game updates, ask your pal to toggle on Auto Update on Start in the control panel. Game on hassle-free!

Interface for auto-updating a server with SteamCMD, featuring a warning about mod issues and a

Is This Feature Available on Nodecraft Pro Servers?

At this time, this feature is only available for Nodecraft Lite servers. However, for both, server owners can still provide access to anyone they want to manage their server through our server permissions feature which requires a Nodecraft login. Send them this link: How to Add Sub-Users to an Instance.

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