Start with your Minecraft server

Already renting a server? Add it here, then install the matching companion through your hosting panel. Voxel Panel does not rent a Minecraft server for you.

Your connection checklist

Progress comes from your account and this server’s recorded results. No step runs a command automatically.

Connection repair wizard

Start with what the panel can actually see. If you have an error from your server console, select it below—never paste a password, key or private config.

Make this server’s dashboard yours

Drag a card to reorder it, or use Move up / Move down. Hide cards you do not need. Layouts are saved separately for each server and account. Your existing Settings widget choices still apply.

Does this plugin set fit?

Compare the reported Minecraft version and platform with publisher declarations. A matching version label does not prove which JAR is installed or guarantee gameplay compatibility.

One change queue

Collect Studio field edits, supported server settings and saved plugin release selections. Review the entire list, put dependencies first, then preview and apply one step at a time. There is no automatic restart.

Add a field from Plugin Studio’s preview, settings from Work centre → Server settings, or a release from a saved Update planner plan.

Host credentials are used only for the operation and are never stored in the queue. Existing plan, file, backup and second-person approval checks still apply.

App update centre

Check the installed build and release notes. Small updates use a pinned publisher signature and keep your installed dependencies. Native app/runtime upgrades still use the full setup.

In the installed app: right-click the Voxel Panel icon beside the Windows clock → Install signed small update. Save open drafts first. The panel briefly stops and restarts; your hosted Minecraft server is not restarted. Keep the panel PC on and awake. Older app versions need the current full installer once to enable this menu.

Pin what you use most

Favourites are private to your account. Opening a favourite never sends a server command or bypasses your plan. Maximum 24 pins.

Notifications centre

Failed actions, warnings and work needing attention are kept separate. Reporting gaps are not proof of Minecraft downtime. This panel cannot monitor independently while its PC is off.

Your server’s web map

Connect an existing BlueMap, dynmap, squaremap or other web map. The map opens in your browser on its own website; Voxel Panel does not generate or host a world map. Configure the map plugin and HTTPS address separately first.

Public HTTPS domain required; no query strings, fragments, dashboard addresses, IP addresses or custom ports. Map reachability is not verified. A detected plugin does not confirm its map is configured.

Report a problem or suggest an improvement

Your report stays on this panel installation, where its installation administrators can read it. Nothing is sent to Voxel Panel developers, email or an external issue tracker.

Your reports

Automatic connection recovery

The installed background app retries a lost temporary connection with a short, capped delay. Keep the PC on and awake. A changed connection may require a fresh browser sign-in; credentials are never sent to a new address automatically.

Visual server settings

Connect the intended host in Server Care, then read the supported fields. Other properties, passwords and network/security keys stay private. Apply requires a stopped server and creates a settings-only undo snapshot, not a full world/server backup.

Settings-only undo snapshots

Plan several plugin updates together

Scan up to 8 mapped packages for stable publisher releases matching the reported platform and Minecraft version. Private/premium or unrecognised packages need manual checks. A different version label does not prove that a release is newer. This planner saves a review list; it does not install or restart anything.

Saved update plans

Saved task recipes

Recipes guide one reviewed step at a time: announce → save → backup → restart. Save waits for companion completion; backup waits for the host. Host steps need Pro and the connection entered in Server Care. Nothing runs automatically on a timer.

Guided runs

Your team's task board

The server owner's Pro plan sponsors accepted staff. Viewers read; operators can claim or update their tasks and comment; owners assign, reassign and archive. Keep passwords, keys and private account details out of task notes.

Incident and reporting timeline

Reporting gaps can mean Minecraft, the network or the panel was unavailable. They are not proof of server downtime. This PC cannot monitor independently while the panel is off; time before the first observation stays unknown.

Known sign-ins

Browser names are self-reported, not verified physical devices. No IP or location is collected. Tracking begins with this update. Revoking a sign-in is permanent for that session, even if its cookie is refreshed on a public page.

Account migration requires the installation administrator; ordinary plan upgrades do not grant access to other accounts.

Pick up where you need.

Save a backup. Find it here later.

Upload a backup archive exported from your host, or save one you already have. Files stay on the computer running this panel. Download an independent copy before changing your server.

Other backup options

Free Toolbox has snapshots of editable Studio drafts and optional host backup controls. Keep larger world backups in your hosting provider’s backup storage.

Player profiles & moderation notes

Private username-based records for this server. A warning here is a note, not an automatic punishment or message. Username changes are not linked by UUID.

Looking for installed plugin settings?

Plugin Studio now brings your installed inventory, individual configuration drafts and the optional Kit Builder together.

Your server files, brought into Studio

Checking automatic configuration sync…

Drafts never overwrite live files. Refreshing preserves existing drafts. A server snapshot can be older than what is currently on disk.

Share the right controls with the right people.

Staff use a limited Team view. Owner tools, host keys, files, pairing and billing stay private. An approval records a second person’s review; it never executes a change by itself.

Accept a private invitation

Sign in with the email the owner invited. Review the server and permissions first. Invitations expire after 48 hours and work once.

Staff for your selected server

Require a second person for important changes

Requires another accepted staff account with review permission. Covers access-changing controls, host power/console/restore, live YAML writes, plugin installation/update/rollback and world switching. Read-only tools, draft edits, backups and announcements are excluded. The owner can explicitly disable this policy; that is recorded.

Servers shared with you

Change requests

Review the exact destination, operation and hashes. Requests expire after 15 minutes; a changed inventory, policy or reviewer invalidates approval. After approval, the requester repeats the exact reviewed action. A fresh preview may be needed if its shorter review token expired.

See the trend. Plan the next change.

Performance history

Verified plugin updates add markers automatically. A comparison needs samples on both sides; player counts and workload can change the result.

Maintenance countdown

Plan announcements before a restart. This does not block joins, change the whitelist or restart automatically. The app and companion must stay connected for messages; late announcements are skipped.

1. Check that players received the announcements.
2. Save worlds, then request and verify a full host backup in Server Care.
3. Use the explicit host restart when ready, then check fresh status and console output.

App updates

Check the pinned HTTPS release service. Downloads are manual; checksum verification does not provide an operating-system publisher signature. No installer runs automatically.

Understand your server before changing it.

Host tools use the limited connection entered in Server Care. Keys clear when you change servers or sign out. World actions require your own compatible Pterodactyl host.

Search current console logs

Read-only search of logs/latest.log, with best-effort redaction. Up to 2 MB / the last 5,000 lines are searched and 200 matches shown. For larger or rotated logs, use your host.

Why can’t this player use a command?

Request a read-only LuckPerms check, then search fresh logs for that player and node. The explainer interprets text as clues; it never grants permissions or OP.

World management

Stop Minecraft before exporting, uploading or switching. Existing worlds are kept. Uploaded worlds go to a new folder and are not activated until a separate reviewed switch.

Exports use host disk quota and remain there until you clean them up manually. Download links are private and temporary.

Use Backups to upload a ZIP first. World tools accept at most 64 MB compressed / 256 MB expanded / 25,000 entries and exactly one Java level.dat. World-only data is copied; datapacks, plugins and server configs are excluded. Larger worlds need manual hosting tools.

Activate an existing or staged world

Only level-name is changed. Host writes are not atomic. Keep the server stopped if a write is uncertain and inspect server.properties or restore the host backup. Modded dimensions/plugins still need a matching setup.

Practise a restore on this PC

The installation administrator can prepare a checksummed world copy from the selected ZIP, without starting Minecraft. Then choose it in Free Toolbox → Playable local world and use a matching trusted server/plugin profile. Up to four copies are kept. Local process separation is not a security sandbox.

Connect hosting controls

Backups and file updates below currently use compatible Pterodactyl Client APIs. Other panels need an adapter. Enter a limited key with the required file, backup, schedule and status permissions. Keys stay in this page’s memory and clear when you switch servers or sign out.

A backup every day, run by your host

The hosting panel runs this schedule even when your PC is off. Backups stay in the host’s backup storage. Your host controls quota, retention and any storage charges; Voxel Panel never deletes old backups automatically. A host may refuse a new backup when its quota is full.

After creation, review the host’s next-run time below and explicitly enable the schedule. If task creation is uncertain, inspect the disabled schedule in your host instead of creating another.

Preview → safety backup → update → verify

Stop Minecraft using your host first. This updates one public Modrinth server JAR at a time, keeps its previous bytes privately on the panel PC, then verifies the written file. It never hot-loads code or automatically restarts Minecraft. Licensed/private files still use manual host updates.

Host writes are not atomic. Keep the server stopped if a write is interrupted and use the reviewed rollback below. Reverting a JAR does not reverse config or world migrations; keep a full host backup too. Coordinate with other staff while files are changing.

Use Plugin Manager to find a matching stable release. Its review includes the release ID. Review the publisher’s changelog and required dependencies; unknown or pinned sets may need manual updates.

Make a full safety backup

Update history & rollback

Your servers, neatly separated.

Each signed-in customer sees only servers owned by their account. Create named workspaces for survival, creative or client projects. Grouping never gives another account access. The workspace selector can show one group or all your servers.

Organise the selected server

Choose a server above.

Moving a server changes its group only. Its worlds, pairing, billing allowance and live files stay as they are.

For customers using the website

1. Create an account if the administrator has enabled sign-up.
2. Create your own server entry and follow Settings → Connect server for the matching companion.
3. Your server appears only in your account. Your host remains responsible for running Minecraft.

This installation uses the configured dashboard backend. Separate customer PCs are not automatically routed through this one Pages address. A permanently hosted shared backend or a separately configured customer installation is needed for that deployment model.

A separate world. Open it in your browser.

Checking whether a hosted lab worker is connected…

No live server files are mounted. Matching Paper/Folia and plugin templates run on a dedicated gVisor worker. Your Minecraft account is needed for browser play. With no host connected, nothing can start.

Selected Studio drafts above are copied into the lab only. Hosted mode starts a fresh world; uploading/copying a live world is not implemented.

1. Choose how you want to test

A real world loads when you start the test server. Join it in your Minecraft client at localhost:25566 in local mode. The website prepares the kit; the local helper still needs your licensed JARs and starts no server automatically.

Copy mode asks for a world folder containing level.dat in the local helper. It copies into the new test folder and sets the level name. Private player folders are excluded. Other dimensions or additional plugin worlds are not copied automatically.

2. Pick plugins and configuration drafts

We match names and versions from this snapshot. You supply the actual licensed JARs from your host. The bridge and private player folders are excluded. A world copy is included only when you explicitly select it in the local helper.

Configuration drafts to include

These are your edited copies from Studio. Safe config snapshots can arrive automatically through the opted-in Paper/Folia companion. Your edits remain separate drafts.

3. Download and prepare your test kit

1. Save the ZIP. It contains your version recipe, selected config drafts and instructions. It contains no server or plugin JARs.
2. Open SETUP_TEST_LAB.cmd in your prepared Voxel Panel 0.3.11 folder. A file-picker window walks you through choosing the ZIP, downloaded server folder, matching server JAR and a new test folder.
3. Follow START-HERE.txt in the generated folder. Local mode has a start button and localhost join steps. Sandbox mode has a reviewable .wsb profile and a separate start button inside the VM. Minecraft never starts automatically.

Appearance & layout

Saved to your Voxel Panel account, across browser visits. No Minecraft settings are changed.

Server name

This changes its name in Voxel Panel. It does not rename your host, world or Minecraft MOTD.

To reconnect: revoke access, generate a code, stop Minecraft, set server-id and api-key to empty strings in VoxelBridge/config.yml, paste the new pairing-code, then start Minecraft. Keep the panel URL unchanged.

Revocation cancels queued actions and disables schedules. Already dispatched actions may still run. Review schedules before enabling them again.

Connection audit