There are three ways to play multiplayer in "Minecraft: Java Edition:" through an online server, a LAN server, or a "Minecraft Realms" server.

This Minecraft guide will help you decide whether this feature is for you, and if so, how to set up the Minecraft Realms server for you and your friends.

How to play with friends on Minecraft: Java Servers are the basic building block of Minecraft's multiplayer mode. Anyone playing together will need to be on the same server.

Released over a decade ago, Minecraft is a popular survival sandbox game where players must gather food and kill monsters to survive.

We'll cover the prerequisites for joining friends in Minecraft, no matter which version you're playing, as well as troubleshoot some common issues found when trying to play Minecraft multiplayer.

It’s a bad idea to run your server as the root user, so you’ll want to create a new user just for running minecraft: adduser minecraft; adduser minecraft sudo ...

Minecraft Alpha - How to Create a Multiplayer Server for Windows (Part 1) by Paul Soares Jr ...