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Network First Setup

This step-by-step tutorial will guide you through the process of creating and configuring your own server network in the Proxy-as-a-Service dashboard. With it, you will easily launch your servers and start building your community.

Before You Get Started​

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Steps​

Step 1: Logging into the Goxy Dashboard​

In order to use Goxy, you must have an account in our dashboard. If you don't have an account yet, please proceed to registration.

After logging in, you will see this view:
list of available networks

Step 2: Creation of a New Network​

A network is a collection of multiple servers in our proxy, which from the player's perspective form a single server. However, the logical connections between servers allow you to experience unique gameplay. The player doesn't even know that he is being switched between different servers - to the player it looks as if he is switching between different maps.

Network in Goxy can be either a single server to play with friends or a large server with 10,000 online players. Thanks to its unique approach, we makes it easy to scale game servers.

To create a network, perform:​

  1. Press the Create New Network button in the list of available networks.
  2. Select the plan, plan duration, maximum number of online players.
    goxy creation of a new network 1
    goxy creation of a new network 2
  3. Enter the server name and define the server subdomain.
    goxy creation of a new network 3
  4. Pay and enjoy Goxy!
    goxy creation of a new network 4

Step 3: Adding a Destination Server​

The first step, even before you can create a server, is to create a New Folder. Folders in Goxy allow you to group servers easily. With this solution, for example you will be able to create several lobby servers, and Goxy will balance the load when players enter the server:

  1. Press the New Folder button in the list of servers.
    list of network servers
  2. Enter the name of the folder.
  3. Press the Create button.
    list of availble servers

Now you can create your first server:​

  1. Press the New Server button in the list of servers.
    list of availble servers
  2. Complete the server details:
    • Server Name
    • Server Address
    • Number of slots
  3. Press the Create button.
    list of availble servers

Step 4: Generating the Access Token to the Destination Server​

The Access Token can be said to be a unique password to the server. The token allows you to identify a single server. For this reason, each server in Goxy must have its own generated token. Without it, connecting to Goxy servers and entering the server - will not be possible.

  1. Press the New Token button in the list of network tokens.
    list of network tokens
  2. Complete the token details:
    • Token Name - we recommend using the same name as the server name
    • Select token folder
    • Select token server
  3. Press the Create button.
    list of network tokens
  4. Copy the generated token. After closing this window, you will not be able to view it again, and you will need it in the next step.
    list of network tokens
  5. Make sure the new token appears in the list of all tokens.
    list of network tokens

Step 5: Minecraft Destination Server Configuration​

Goxy works on all major versions of Minecraft servers, starting with engine version 1.8.8. The server must be based on the Spigot engine (if you use another, contact us).

  1. Turn off the server you will be configuring.
  2. Download the official Goxy plugin. If something is not working properly. You can also download it from our Dashboard - by going to the list of servers for the selected network.
    view of network servers with download plugin button
  3. Move the downloaded plugin to the plugins folder, in the root directory of your server.
  4. Start the server to generate the plugin configuration.
  5. Turn off the server again to avoid overwriting data.
  6. Open the config.yml file from the plugins/goxy folder. The contents of the file should look as follows:
    plugins/goxy/config.yml
    api:
       token: "<here paste the key>"
  7. In the token field in the api section, enter the previously generated server access token.
    plugins/goxy/config.yml
    api:
        token: "FHJ9M2VTli9rXb8Hruvj4FxzGNmx2dLqPKmNbminuK28hEUx"
  8. Restart the Minecraft Server. In the server logs you should see the information that the Goxy plugin has successfully connected to our server.

Step 6: Setting up the First-Choice Server​

The last step is to select the Folder to which Goxy will direct players as soon as they enter your server. This is necessary for Goxy to know which folder applies to the lobby:

  1. Go to the First-Choice Server tab.
  2. Select the Folder you created earlier.
  3. Click the Save button.
    first-choice server

You Managed to pass the Entire Guide​

Setting up Goxy is trivial and takes a few minutes. If you've done everything correctly, you should be able to join the server using one of your network's verified domains.
goxy verified domains

What's next?​

Goxy is a powerful tool for Minecraft server administrators, where you have many proprietary solutions and options for customizing the proxy. It is very likely that your next steps will be:

  1. Adding a New Domain
  2. Redirect people from your domain to Goxy's servers