Console, start, stop and restart

The Console page shows the server’s live output, along with its memory, CPU and disk use.

• Start boots the server.
• Restart stops it cleanly and starts it again.
• Stop sends the game’s normal stop command so it saves first.
• Kill ends the process at once and does not save. Use it only when a server is stuck and won’t stop.

Type commands into the box at the bottom of the console, for example say Restarting in 5 minutes on Minecraft. Don’t type a leading /.

A server keeps crashing

Scroll up in the console to find the first error. The usual causes are:

• Out of memory: a mod or plugin pack that needs more memory than the plan has.
• A broken plugin or mod: remove the newest one and start the server again.
• Corrupted world files: restore a backup from before the problem started.