
Keep in mind that if you are using commands from the server software, the console will accept only the commands without the forward slash / so you would just type it as is without it. This lets the client know that the text that follows after will be a command and not a text message. If while initiating a command you are in the game, you will have to use the forward slash / before typing it in. We will not be covering Bukkit plugins since this guide is based on the Vanilla server software, so instead we will be sticking to some of the commands used in the Vanilla servers. The Vanilla servers do not offer a ton of commands, but Bukkit supports many of them with their plugins. You are probably going to be familiar with commands such as ‘/spawn’ or ‘/warp’ and similar commands if you have ever played Minecraft in a multiplayer server before.

The first commands you should learn about are the most useful ones. To ban a user in this way then add the username or ip address per line of the file. You also have a bans.txt and a ban-ip.txt in your server FTP. To ban someone or unban someone go again to your console, or in game if you are already OP, and issue the command “ban username” or “pardon username”. The Ban players command can work with both usernames and ip’s. Just add the / before the command and it will work the same. note: If you have already OP’d yourself then you can issue this command in the game in your regular in game console. Remember not to use the / when issuing the command in the console. Once there issue the command “whitelist add username” or “whitelist remove username”. Now that whitelisting is enabled we can go to the console again. Hit save at the bottom and restart your server. Find the option listed whitelist-enabled=disabled and change it to whitelist-enabled=enabled. A lot of the controls for your server like seed type, view distance, online mode and more are found here. Here you will see at the top Server Settings. This can be done in the left hand menu under files, config files.

If you are wanting to whitelist your server and protect it from unknown visitors then you will first need to enable whitelisting in your control panel. Now you will have access to various commands that you will be able to use on your server, we will cover the main ones below. To OP yourself and gain permissions to your server for the first time you need to issue the command “op username” (Ex: op denireilly). Here you can issue simple Minecraft server hosting commands. Now that you have created your own server, you need to become the ruler of it! The easiest way to do this is to log into your Multicraft Control Panel and find your Console.
