# How to Use Your Own Domain for Your Minecraft Server

> Let players join with play.yourdomain.com instead of an IP address and port.

Source: https://www.beaconhosting.org/knowledgebase/how-to-create-a-subdomain-on-the-games-panel
Category: Minecraft
Last updated: 2026-11-05

You can point a domain you own (for example `play.example.com`) at your server, so players don't need to remember an IP address and port.

You need a domain from a registrar such as Cloudflare, Namecheap or Porkbun. Beacon doesn't sell domains or give out free subdomains.

## 1. Add it in the panel

1. Open your server and go to **Network**.
2. Under **Domain Alias**, click **Add Domain**.
3. Enter the address players should use, for example `mc.example.com`, and save.

The panel then shows the **DNS records** to create.

## 2. Create the DNS records

At your domain provider, open the DNS settings and add the records the panel shows:

| Type | Why |
|---|---|
| **A** | Points the name at your server's IP address |
| **SRV** | Tells Minecraft which port to use. Only shown when your server isn't on the default port 25565 |

Copy each value exactly: the host, the target and the port.

> [!NOTE]
> On Cloudflare, set the A record to **DNS only** (grey cloud). Minecraft traffic can't go through Cloudflare's proxy.

## 3. Wait, then join

DNS changes usually work within minutes, but can take up to a day. Then players add the server with just the domain, no port.

## Bedrock players

Bedrock doesn't read SRV records. Bedrock players (including through Geyser) enter the domain **and** the port.

To remove the domain, open **Network** and remove the domain alias, then delete the records at your provider.