
This guide will help you set up on your server a custom domain using Google Domains.
The video has all of the information in this article. But, you can keep reading if you want.
Setting Up a URL
We want to set up a domain (URL) with Google Domains so our friends can connect to our server with just the URL, like mydomain.com
. We want to ditch the 198.758.43.3:3532
nonsense.
What you need to do:
- Go to the domain list: https://domains.google.com/m/registrar/
- Click on
Manage
.

- Click on
DNS
.

You should see something like this:

- Scroll down till you see
Custom resource records
:

- Where it says
1H
, type5M
This allows us to make changes within five minutes instead of an hour.
- Next, we need the IP Address from your server. Find your server by logging in here: https://mc.ggservers.com/index.php?r=server/index
- Once you have opened your server, you want to find the line that says
IP
and has a number next to it. You should see something like this:

- You need to copy and paste the number to the left of the colon exactly as it is here into the field that says
IPv4 Address
. ClickADD
to finish.

- Now, we have a URL pointing to our server.

At this point, you could connect to your server using the URL and port number like this: mydomain.com:25698
But, what’s the fun in that? We want people to be able to connect just by typing in mydomain.com
. If it says anything other than 25565
for your “port” as pictured below, we need to do a little more work to make the URL work right.
Setting Up a Nice URL

You will have to do the following steps:
- Click on “SRV”. This is a service record, we’re telling the world that our Minecraft server is at
mydomain.com:port
but we’re calling itmydomain.com

You should see something like this:

- Put
_minecraft._tcp
in the field that has@
in it. This tells Google what kind of service we’re using.
- In the box marked
1H
type5M
.
- In the other box we want to type
0 5 PORT @
- Find the line that says
IP
and has a number next to it. You should see something like this:

- Replace PORT with the number to the right of the colon exactly as your number appears here into the field that says
IPv4 Address
.
If you are using a subdomain like mc.mydomain.com
you will want to use that instead of @.
It will look something like this:

- Click on
ADD
.

You’re done! It may take up to an hour to work but usually only takes about 5 minutes.
Now you can connect to your website using just your domain (URL) without needing any fancy numbers or special symbols. It just works.

