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Server settings

Name, version, MOTD, whitelist, operators, and maintenance options.

The Settings tab is owner-only — it’s where everything about the server that isn’t day-to-day operation lives. Saved changes that affect the game (version, MOTD, whitelist) are applied to the server itself, which may trigger a brief restart.

General

• Server name — the label shown across the dashboard; changing it doesn’t affect the join address.
• Version — move the server to another Minecraft version supported by its software.

Game settings

• MOTD — the “message of the day” shown in players’ server lists.
• Difficulty — peaceful through hard.
• Whitelist — when enabled, only listed usernames can join. The reliable way to keep a server private.
• Operators (OPs) — usernames with in-game admin commands. Note this is separate from dashboard roles: an in-game OP has no dashboard access, and a dashboard operator isn’t an in-game OP unless listed here.

Maintenance

Daily automatic restart — pick a UTC hour and the server restarts once a day at that time (while running). See Power & status for why that’s worth doing.

Sharing, plan & deletion

Settings is also home to sharing (grant dashboard access by email), the plan change form, and server deletion.