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How to Configure RCON on a Minecraft Server

Managing your Server

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Dec 22, 2024

RCON is a tool that can be used to remotely execute commands to your Minecraft server. This can be used by a server operator and developer to create applications that can connect and interact with a Minecraft server.

How to Configure RCON

By default, RCON is disabled on all Minecraft servers. However, it can be easily enabled by configuring some options in your server.properties file.

Additionally, you will need to generate an additional port for your server, and define a unique password. With those three parts complete, you'll be ready to reboot your server and start using Minecraft RCON features.

Step 1:

Access your server's control panel and navigate to the Files tab.

Step 2:

Find the server.properties file, and click its name to edit it

Step 3:

Set the enable-rcon field to true

Step 4:

Change the rcon.port field to your newly generated additional port

If you haven't already, you can quickly create an additional port for your Minecraft server by following this guide.

Step 5:

Set the rcon.password field to your desired unique password

Step 6:

Save the file, then restart your server

Once your server finishes restarting, RCON should be enabled, secured and ready for you to use to remotely manage your Minecraft server.

Kobe Plane

Game Experience Engineer