Setting up a Velocity Network Print

Setting up a Velocity server may seem complicated at first, but if a server owner follows this guide they should be able to easily set it up. 

If you run into any issues while setting up a Velocity server, please open a ticket and specify which step(s) you had an error(s) on. 

Steps: 

1. Purchase 2+ servers:
   A "proxy" server
   1+ (typically at least 2) other server(s) to connect to the Velocity proxy
2. Go to the Velocity server and delete all the files
3. Upload a Velocity jar file (make sure it is the version you need) - rename it to "server.jar"
4. Start the server to generate the necessary files
5. In the proxy server's server.properties file change the ip to 0.0.0.0, and make sure the port matches the main port the proxy has in the network tab. 
6. In the velocity.toml go to the [servers] section. Put the IP's and ports along with user friendly names for the servers in the correct format:
   serverName = "192.168.1.101:27015"
7. under "try" specify the order you want your velocity to attempt to connect the player to
8. Restart the velocity server
9. Go to one of the servers you would like to connect
10. Before setting up velocity, make sure it works by connecting to the server as you normally would. 
11. Once you have confirmed it works, stop the server.
12. Open the config folder, in paper.yml find Velocity - set enabled to true, set online mode to true, and set the secret to the secret found in the forwarding.secret file in the Velocity/Proxy server
13. Open the server.properties file of the server (do not do this in the proxy server) and set online-mode to FALSE
14. Make sure to do this in the server.properties file and not the paper.yml file
15. Repeat steps 9-14 until you have set up all your servers. 
16. Your Velocity server should now be set up, for more detailed information on Velocity server setup, see their official guide.
17. If you encounter any issues and cannot solve them on your own, open a ticket. 
18. If you are attempting to setup a Minehut proxy, you MUST open a ticket. It is impossible without our assistance at the time this article has been made (September 14th, 2023).