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SimpleCloud separates managing your network from running your Minecraft servers. You manage the same network through the dashboard or CLI, while serverhosts provide the machines that run it.

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The three parts

Dashboard

The web interface for configuring your network and viewing servers, logs, and status.

CLI

The terminal interface for setting up serverhosts and managing the same network without the dashboard.

Serverhost

The background service that prepares and runs Minecraft servers on its machine.

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How they work together

  1. Install a serverhost on every machine whose resources you want SimpleCloud to use.
  2. Configure groups and persistent servers in the dashboard or CLI.
  3. SimpleCloud starts the requested Minecraft servers on a suitable serverhost and reports their status and logs.
The dashboard and CLI change the same network; choose whichever interface fits the task. The serverhost does not replace either interface—it runs the Minecraft servers you configure through them. When you add another machine, install another serverhost. SimpleCloud can then use both machines to run your network.

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Next steps

Install SimpleCloud

Connect your first machine and start using the dashboard.

Create a server group

Run replaceable server instances from shared settings and files.

Create a persistent server

Run one named server that keeps its files across restarts.