How to host minecraft server without port forwarding reddit

Not everyone wants to or is able to port-forward their router so friends can join their Minecraft server. Fortunately, it is easy to share your server without port forwarding using secure tunneling services like ngrok.

Below is a condensed tutorial showing you how to use ngrok with your Minecraft server.

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Note: This will only work with Java Edition servers because at the time of writing, ngrok does not support UDP, which Bedrock servers use.

Part 0: Download the Minecraft server software

If you already have a server set up, you can skip to Part 1.
If you want to extend a LAN world instead of a dedicated server you can also skip to Part 1.

You can download the server software for the latest release version of Minecraft Java Edition here.
Create a new folder and place the server software in that folder.

Part 1: Setup Ngrok

Note: Windows users, instead of running , run

1. Create an account at ngrok.com.

   This is free and you will need one to use ngrok.

2. Open the ngrok web dashboard.
3. Follow steps 1-3 on the ngrok dashboard.

Part 2: Run the server with ngrok

Steps 1 and 2 can be

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