Appendix 4How to Install a Cloud Server
You can run a Minecraft server on your own computer, but there are some drawbacks to doing that. The biggest one is that your computer needs to be powered on and connected to the Internet 24×7. That’s a little difficult on a laptop. Also, anything you’re doing personally on the computer may slow down the Minecraft server and all your players—and anything the server is doing will slow down the other programs on your computer. So if a lot of folks want to connect to your server and play on it, you might prefer to set up a remote server in the cloud.
Setting up a Minecraft server in the cloud is very similar to setting up a server locally, with one important difference: you don’t have physical access ...
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