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I know how to make a free server without mods. But I would really like to make a server for free with mods. So is i possible to make a server for FREE with MODS? If it is possible how?

Question is, where can you get a server 24/7 online for free? Answer: at home :-P

If you have a computer to spare (laptop or desktop), and admin access to your broadband router to set up port forwarding, then you can do it.

Google "port fowarding"

Check the server guide t the top of the server forum list

Any questions just add to this thread :)

taikedz wrote:Question is, where can you get a server 24/7 online for free? Answer: at home :-P

If you have a computer to spare (laptop or desktop), and admin access to your broadband router to set up port forwarding, then you can do it.

Google "port fowarding"

Check the server guide t the top of the server forum list

Any questions just add to this thread :)

I have Linux. How do you do it for Linux? Not for Windows. I have Ubuntu MATE.

Hehe. I run MATE too :)

How familiar are you with command line? Get a Minetest server:



Alternatively I have a first version of mt-manage out, which uses the official PPAs

Quick start: https://github.com/taikedz/mt-manage/tr ... tall_guide

Extended guide for manual set up: https://github.com/taikedz/mt-manage/bl ... d_guide.md

Then port forward on your router. If you are hosting on your machine on 30000, then port forward external 30000 to your machine

If you are running on 30001, forward external 30001 to your machine. Etc.

http://www.wikihow.com/Set-Up-Port-Forw ... n-a-Router

Is there a website to make a server? I don't really know much about that. I know there is a website named minetesthosting.com. But that website won't allow mods unless you pay money.

....... any reason why some site might offer to run a dedicated server application with mods and all for free?

You may want to look at how much it costs to run a server. Minetest on a server is not some wee website page. It's a server application, that uses sizeable amounts of processing and RAM.

In short: nope. Free is available only if you put some work and learning in yourself. Or if you sell your soul and identity to a big corporation.

You may try installing virtualbox and run a server within it.
I've done so on a laptop with less than 2 GB ram, added mods and it ran fine with 3 players ( 1 player being me on the same laptop running virtualbox )

This will allow any device connected to your router to join and play on your server without enabling port forwarding. It's a good way to learn/test/secure and practice remote administration because you can ssh,ftp,telnet into a virtual machine just like you would any you rent/free from far away.
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Then you can enable port forwarding to go public.
The only disadvantage to this would be the need for more ram and processor (running a operating system within a operating system)
The advantage to this is that mistakes on virtual machines are easy to fix with snapshots ( which return the machine exactly as it was before the mistake)
If you can't find free you'll save money by not having to learn while paying.

Your best bet for finding "free" is probably searching for "free vps"
I've tried, lot's of scams, and some are not vps' at all, but more like a free webpage or some other mistitled crap.
So expect to pay between 10-30 USD monthly for a decent small server with 1 GB or more of ram and 10 or more GB or disk space. Or less than 150 USD a year. Deals like that are about the best I've found.