Server Set-Up
This is the set up tutorial for game server platforms; Bukkit, Spigot, Sponge, Nukkit and Fabric based servers.
Use this tutorial for proxy platforms: Network Set-up
These icons are used to aid during installation
💭 Question about possible issues (Someone has had these before)
📢 Important note about the settings being changed
🚧 Additional steps for some users
💡 Extra stuff
There is also a video tutorial for a simple installation. Follow the text tutorial at the same time in case your platform needs extra steps.
✔️ Requirements
- An unused open port for Plan webserver on your Minecraft server machine
- Java 11 (If you don't meet this requirement install older version 5.4 build 1722)
💭 I'm using a host, how do I get an open port?
Some hosts offer a port range that contains open ports, while others need you to contact them to have a port opened.
If you have access to the firewall, you can open the port from there directly.Opening port on a firewall is explained in this tutorial.
💭 I don't have an open port, what now?
You can try using an existing webserver on the same machine. Please note that the support for this is limited.
🚩 Installation Goals
Here are the goals the tutorial aims to guide you through.
At the end of this tutorial you will have
- .. a link that points to Plan webserver
- .. access to the webserver of Plan (Running on your server on the plugin)
- .. an open port for Plan webserver
Additionally you might have
- .. Accepted GeoLite2 EULA
- .. if using Pterodactyl Panel, allocated a port for Plan
- .. if using Azure or similar, enabled port forwarding
- .. if using Cauldron or Thermos, updated ASM Library from v4 to v5.
After installing, it is also possible to
- .. set up MySQL for Plan
- .. set up Login and HTTPS on Plan webserver
Step 0: Prepare
Download Plan.jar (or PlanFabric.jar for fabric) - If you don't have one get one from Releases
🚧 Pterodactyl Panel Users
Port needs to be allocated before it can be used, see this section to do so.
🚧 Cauldron / Thermos Users
ASM 5 is required, see this section on how to update the library before getting started.
Step 1: Install
Place Plan.jar to the plugin directory (/plugins/ or /mods/) and restart the server.
Plan/config.yml should appear in the plugin directory.
Step 2: Change Webserver Port
💡 Tip
Plan has a built in webserver.
Extra web-hosting is not required if you have an open port.
Default Webserver Port is 8804.
If 8804 is not available or you want to use another port, change Webserver.Port to another value in the Plan config:
Webserver:
Port: 8804
Reload the plugin after changing the port with /plan reload to apply changes.
📢 Important
Make sure to use a Port that is not designated for a non HTTP protocol like FTP.
You can find list of well-known ports on Wikipedia if necessary. (Generally, don't use ports below 1024.)
💭 Failed to bind port, what now?
The port is likely in use by another program, try using another port.
Step 3: Open Port from Firewall
Open the port you chose in Step 2 by using your firewall software. If your host has given you an open port you can skip this step.
💡 Tip
You can use this tool to test if the port is open:
https://www.yougetsignal.com/tools/open-ports/
🚧 Azure Users
Make sure to enable port forwarding on Azure
Step 4: Check that the address is correct
Now Plan should have enabled.
Find the address in the Plan enable log on the console.
[INFO]: [Plan] Webserver running on PORT #### (<Address is here>)
💭 Why is the address
http://0.0.0.0:8804orhttp://:8804?These are invalid addresses.
Plan looks for the IP inserver.properties- If the IP is not valid you will need to change the address, instructions below.
You can change the address with Webserver.Alternative_IP settings.
Point the address to your server:
Webserver:
Alternative_IP:
Enabled: true
Address: "play.address.net:%port%"
📢 Important
Don't replace
%port%in the address with any port, it is replaced withWebserver.Portby Plan automatically. Make sure to changeAlternative_IPtotrue.
💡 Advanced Tip
If you don't want to have
:PORTat the end of the address, you can use a reverse-proxy like Nginx or Apache.
Step 5: Try to access the page
If you didn't reload Plan after the last step, do so now with /plan reload.
Find the address in the Plan enable log on the console like in the previous step, and try to access it with your browser.
💡 Tip
You can also get a link to the page by using/plan servercommand.
💭 Why can't I access the page?
There can be multiple different causes depending on the error the browser gives you.
ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSEDorERR_TIMED_OUT: The browser could not connect to the address or port. Make sure you got the address right and check that the port is open (Redo steps 3 and 4 if necessary).ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED: The address could not be resolved, this is a problem with DNS. Set up DNS A-record to point to your server machine or change the address to something else (Step 4)ERR_DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN: The DNS might not have not updated the A-record yet- See Access issues flowchart
If these steps do not solve the issue, you can ask for support on Discord
Now you should have a Plan properly set up on your server.
Next section is about additional set-up
(Recommended) (Optional) Accept GeoLite2 EULA
So that Plan can download Geolocation database you need to accept GeoLite2 EULA in the Plan config under Data_gathering.Accept_GeoLite2_EULA
🚧 Sponge Users
Geolocation is disabled by default on Sponge. See how to enable it in this section
(Optional) MySQL
Plan does not create a new database automatically, so you need to either create or use an existing one.
- Open your MySQL client or panel and connect to the MySQL.
- Find 'Execute SQL' or similar, where you can execute SQL statements.
- Create a new database with
CREATE DATABASE <db_name> CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci; - Give the MySQL user privileges to the table with a
GRANTstatement. How to grant privileges
💭 Should I give all privileges?
MySQL: Privilege-Granting Guidelines
If you don't want to give all privileges, Plan needs at least the following:
ALTER, CREATE, CREATE_TEMPORARY_TABLES, CREATE_VIEW, DELETE, DROP, INDEX, INSERT, LOCK_TABLES, REFERENCES, SELECT, SHOW_VIEW, UPDATE
- Set
Database.TypetoMySQLand the otherDatabase.MySQLsettings appropriately:
Database:
Type: MySQL
MySQL:
Address: localhost
Port: 3306
User: <user>
Password: <password>
Database: <db_name>
Launch_options: "?rewriteBatchedStatements=true&useSSL=false"
⚠️ If you get MySQL time zone error on start-up
Example of the error: Failed to initialize pool: The server time zone value 'unknown' is unrecognized or represents more than one time zone.
- Set up default time zone for MySQL
- or add
&serverTimezone=UTCtoDatabase.MySQL.Launch_options
⚠️ Public key retrieval not allowed error on start-up
Example of the error: Failed to initialize pool: Public Key Retrieval is not allowed
- Remove
&useSSL=falsefromDatabase.MySQL.Launch_optionsso that the public key is not retrieved publicly.
(Optional) Protect the Website with a Login Prompt
In order to enable user authentication, HTTPS set up is required. This requires a Certificate to be installed:
How to create users is also covered by the linked tutorial.
💭 I set this up correctly, why can't I access the page?
Make sure that the address has
https://in front of it.
Plan doesn't upgrade http traffic to https because it only has one port.
Extra (necessary) Set-up Section
Sponge
Geolocation is disabled by default to match Ore guidelines.
- Player Geolocation can be enabled by setting
Data_gathering.Geolocationstotrue
Pterodactyl Panel
On Pterodactyl the port Plan runs on needs to be allocated.
- Go to node category of your panel (http(s)://panel.domain.com
/admin/nodes) & create a new node if you don't have one. - Navigate to The node >
Allocation - On the right side in
Assign New Allocations, put your IP Address (Alias is not necessary) & fill in the port(s) you wish to reserve. - Next, Choose a server from http(s)://panel.domain.fr/
admin/servers& navigate toBuild Configuration>Allocation Management - Click on
Assign Additional Portsand choose what port(s) you wish to assign to this server. ClickUpdate Build Configurationto save changes. - Restart docker container to apply changes to the build config
After the steps change Alternative_IP settings in Plan config to point to the machine Pterodactyl is running on (in step 4).
- (Optional) It is recommended to increase "tmpfs_size" pterodactyl setting. See https://pterodactyl.io/wings/1.0/configuration.html#other-values, this prevents any "Disk or temporary directory is full" errors when using SQLite.
Cauldron / Thermos / KCauldron
The SpecialSource library included in Cauldron uses ASM4. Updating it to the latest version is required.
Instructions for updating to ASM5:
1. Navigate to the bin\net\md-5\SpecialSource\1.7-SNAPSHOT folder of the server
2. Delete the SpecialSource-1.7-SNAPSHOT.jar jar file
3. Download SpecialSource v1.7.4 from http://central.maven.org/maven2/net/md-5/SpecialSource/1.7.4/SpecialSource-1.7.4.jar
4. (KCauldron) Copy the jar file to the bin\net\md-5\SpecialSource\1.7-SNAPSHOT folder
4. (Cauldron / Thermos) Copy the jar file to the libraries\net\md-5\SpecialSource\1.7-SNAPSHOT folder
5. Rename the jar file you just copied to SpecialSource-1.7-SNAPSHOT.jar