Docs / Manage your server
Power & status
Start, stop, and restart your server, and what each status means.
Power controls
The overview page has Start, Stop, and Restart controls. Stopping saves the world and shuts the server down cleanly; the world and all files stay exactly as they were for the next start. Restart is the usual fix after changing settings or installing mods, and the standard first move when the server misbehaves.
Owners and operators can use power controls; viewers can only watch. See Sharing & roles.
What the statuses mean
| Status | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Provisioning | Being created or rebuilt — wait for it to finish. |
| Running | Online and accepting players. |
| Stopped | Cleanly shut down; world saved. Start it any time. |
| Suspended | Paused over billing — usually a failed payment. Fix it on the Billing page and the server can start again. |
| Error | Something went wrong; try a restart, then check the console log. |
Daily automatic restart
In settings → Maintenance you can schedule one automatic restart per day at a fixed UTC hour. Long-running Minecraft servers slowly accumulate memory bloat; a daily restart at a quiet hour keeps performance flat. It only applies while the server is running — a stopped server is never started by the schedule.