Subdomains & connecting

Where to find yours

Open your server and look at the connection info on the server page (or Settings → Connect). You'll see a Host, a Port, and the full address.

Server subdomains look like 123-a1b2c3d4e5.games.ravenhost.space (Minecraft) or 456-f6e7d8c9b0.app.ravenhost.space (apps). The random part keeps everyone isolated — you can only ever reach your own server on it.

Minecraft (game servers)

To join from the Minecraft Java client:

1. Open Minecraft → Multiplayer → Add Server.
2. Paste a Server Address and Port in the form yourhost.games.ravenhost.space:PORT.
3. Hit Done and join.

The port in Step 2 is the one shown on your server page (default is different from the standard 25565 — use the one we show). Online-mode and whitelist are off, so anyone can join up to the max-player limit.

Apps & websites (language servers)

App servers run NodeJS, Python, Java, PHP and more. Your app listens on a port — connect to it at:

http://yourhost.app.ravenhost.space:PORT

• PORT is the allocation port shown on your server page — not 80/443.
• Your app should listen on 0.0.0.0 and accept that port (most frameworks bind all interfaces by default).
• For Node: app.listen(PORT). For Flask: app.run(host="0.0.0.0", port=PORT).
• The app subdomain points at the shared host — use your exact port so your app, and no one else's, is reached.

Customizing an app subdomain

App subdomains start with a random tag. You can set a friendlier name (e.g. myapp.app.ravenhost.space) in Settings → Connect & Subdomain. Names are lowercase letters, numbers and dashes. Minecraft game servers keep their random name.

Changing max players

In Settings → Connect & Subdomain → Max players type a number and save, then Restart your server. Raise the value for bigger lobbies — remember more slots needs more RAM, so keep it realistic for your plan.

Troubleshooting

• “Connection refused” → the server is stopped or still booting. Start it and wait.
• Wrong port → copy the exact host:port from the connect card, don't guess 25565/8080.
• App unreachable → make sure the app listens on 0.0.0.0 and on the shown allocation port.
• Minecraft “can’t connect” → keep the server started for at least 30 seconds (world gen takes a moment).