Server Guide

A Guide to Creating and Running a FTB Server.

Finding a Host
There are two ways of running the server. You can pay for a host like CreeperHost or if you have a good enough computer (or another decent computer) that can host it.

There are several things that come into play when choosing where your server is hosted:
 * How many players?
 * With 2-10 players on you need about 2-4GB of ram.
 * With 10-20 players on you need about 7-8GB of ram depending on how technical the server is.
 * How strong the server needs to be to support all the mods?
 * Will my personal computers be strong enough?

The best way to test if the server can handle it is trying it out.

Now that you have made your choice the tutorial will split into two.

Running it on a personal computer
Mac and Linux- Open terminal and do "cd (server file)" then "bash startserver.sh"--Windows-Double click the start.bat Every router is different so I suggest you google on how to port forward with your router model.
 * 1) First thing is to download the server from http://www.feed-the-beast.com/server-download
 * 2) Next is to extract all the files into a folder that looks like this PIC
 * 3) Next is edit the either the start.bat(Windows) or the start.sh(Mac and Linux) -Xms512M -Xmx1G, This is the lowest and most high amount of ram the server can use edit it to your liking.
 * 4) Next is to start the server:
 * 1) Now you can connect to your server using the IP localhost.
 * 2) Now this is the most tricky part port forwarding. Port forwarding lets people outside if your internet connect to the server.

Server Host
Creeperhost is extremly easy in the server software section they have automatic buttons that install FTB packs.

With any other host it isn't so easy


 * 1) Get FTP access then replace the jar that they have with the ftbserver.jar(remember to rename ftbserver.jar to whatever they had. Then drop in the mods coremods...etc
 * 2) Start the server. If it runs, great! If not ask your host on what to do.