Hey, does anybody host a server for players outside the home network? At home, we have the server running of the “player 1” laptop and connect via local IP. For external players, I am hesitant to expose our network and am considering a VPS.
Do you have any recommendations? Thanks!
We spin up a VPS on demand then tear it down again once they’ve finished playing.
Some months we accrue so little use that Hetzner doesn’t bother issuing an invoice!
We’ve shared the provisioning scripts on Codeberg if you want to try it ou: LuanParty.
Great, will check those out!
I haven’t done much with my home server yet, but it does have a Minecraft server “exposed”.
I’ve got a $5/month Linode (VPS) running a reverse proxy and a wireguard server. That forwards traffic (through wireguard) to a second reverse proxy on my home network which then forwards to the appropriate service.
It’s affordable, not too difficult to set up, and gives me a static IP I can point my domains at while obscuring my home network.
Interesting setup. I currently access my home network via VPN, do not fell confident with reverse proxies etc, yet. But same goes fit VPS, so I am ready to learn something new.
As far as security goes, you’d only be as exposed as any Minecraft server is. That is to say, not much.
Got it!
Just throw it behind a VPN
That would take me to trust the devices of my kids’ friends, which is not the case. Feel like the current gen does not understand their way around computers and potential risks. Only know how to use a tablet and use highly processed content 😄
Why would it require that you trust the end devices? If that is the case you are configuring it wrong.
Just set it up to only route traffic that matches the IP address of the server. You could use pure wireguard or something like Netbird.
I thought that I only want to have trusted devices for any access to the home network. Of course I can only allow restricted access, so got your point. Thanks!
