Connecting to your server

Add your server in Minecraft and understand what “online” means.

Every server gets an address of the form name.flashhosting.net. You chose the name at checkout and can see it at the top of your server's page.

Add the server in Minecraft

  1. Open Minecraft: Java Edition and click Multiplayer.
  2. Click Add Server, give it any name, and paste your address into Server Address. No port is needed.
  3. Click Done. The server appears in your list as online.

Why it always shows online

Your address answers the multiplayer list around the clock, so players can connect whenever they like without anyone starting the server first.

New servers run in offline mode, so any username can join. Online mode, which checks players against their Minecraft account, is a switch on your server's Settings tab.

The direct address

Your name resolves through an SRV record, which is why players never type a port. Some launchers, server-list sites and Discord bots ignore SRV records — for those, the server page also shows a direct host and port you can paste instead.

Using your own domain

If you own a domain you can point it at your server, so players connect to play.yourdomain.com instead. Add one SRV record at your DNS provider:

_minecraft._tcp.play   SRV   0 5 <port> <your server address>
  1. Copy the direct host and port from the top of your server's page.
  2. At your DNS provider add an SRV record named _minecraft._tcp.play (replace play with whatever subdomain you want).
  3. Set priority 0, weight 5, the port from your server page, and the target to your Flash address.
  4. Wait for DNS to propagate, usually a few minutes, then connect with play.yourdomain.com.

Keep the SRV record pointing at your Flash address rather than a raw IP, so it keeps working if your server is ever moved to another machine.

Troubleshooting

  • “Can't resolve hostname”: DNS for a brand-new server can take a few minutes to spread. Wait five minutes and try again.
  • “Connection timed out”: check the server is not suspended on its overview page.
  • “Outdated client/server”: update Minecraft to the current release; every Flash server runs the latest supported version.