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An allocation is an IP address + port pair on your node. Your primary allocation is the address players join through; additional allocations serve extra ports (query, RCON, voice, Bedrock vs. Java).

Prerequisites

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  • A server you can access — the address is shown in its header and on its card.
  • To add or remove allocations, the Admin tab’s Ports section, which needs the server.network permission (panel administrators have it through admin.write).

Find your server’s address

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The address is shown in the server header and on the server card in your list — IP:port, using the primary allocation. See connecting to your server for how to read and share it.

See and manage allocations

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Allocations are managed in the server’s Admin tab under Ports. The node owns the pool of addresses; if you need another port (for example for a plugin’s web map), ask your administrator.

  1. Pick a free address from the Select allocation list and set the port it maps to inside the server (the field the panel labels Container port).
  2. Select Add allocation.
  3. Each row shows the host address (IP:host port) mapped to the server-side port, marks the Primary one with a star, and labels the rest Secondary.
  4. Set primary promotes a secondary allocation; Remove allocation deletes one. Removing an allocation from a running server closes its firewall rule immediately and disconnects anyone using that port, so the panel asks you to confirm first.

If the node’s pool is empty, the section links straight to the node’s allocations page.

Rules

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  • Never point two servers at the same allocation — the second one fails to bind with port already in use. See server issues.
  • Changing the network mode or primary port is part of the server’s admin configuration, not something you change from the game itself.
  • If players cannot connect, first confirm you are sharing the primary allocation and the server is running.
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