Minecraft Bedrock Server Properties Guide

This guide explains the key settings inside your server.properties file and how to configure them correctly on your Beacon Hosting Bedrock server.

What Is server.properties?

The server.properties file contains configuration options that determine how your Bedrock server behaves — from world settings and difficulty to how many players can connect.

Important Server Properties Explained

• server-name: The name of your server shown to players.
• gamemode: Sets the default mode for new players. Options include survival, creative, or adventure.
• difficulty: Controls how challenging the game is. Use peaceful, easy, normal, or hard.
• max-players: Sets how many players can join your server at once.
• allow-cheats: When set to true, players can use commands like /gamemode, /tp, etc.
• white-list: When enabled (true), only players on the whitelist can join.
• spawn-protection: Sets how many blocks around the world spawn are protected from edits.
• online-mode: When true, requires Xbox Live login (recommended for authentication).

How to Edit Server Properties via Beacon Hosting

1. Log into your Beacon Hosting control panel.
2. Go to your Bedrock server’s dashboard.
3. Open the File Manager, or connect via SFTP.
4. Find and open the server.properties file.
5. Make your changes, save the file.
6. Restart the server to apply the new settings.

How Whitelist Works

To use the whitelist feature:

1. Set white-list=true in server.properties.
2. Then use these commands in the console or in-game:
   • /whitelist on
   • /whitelist add <PlayerName>
   • /whitelist remove <PlayerName>
   • /whitelist list