Server Management

Bedrock Server Manager (BSM) provides a comprehensive set of tools to manage the lifecycle and runtime of your Minecraft Bedrock Dedicated Servers. This section covers starting, stopping, restarting, sending commands, and monitoring server resources.

Basic Operations

The dashboard is the central hub for managing your servers. From here, you can perform basic operations on any configured server instance.

Starting a Server

To start a server:

  1. Navigate to the Dashboard page.

  2. Click the Start button on the server card.

  3. The server status indicator will change from Stopped to Starting, and finally to Running once the server is fully operational.

Stopping a Server

To stop a running server:

  1. Navigate to the Dashboard page.

  2. Click the Stop button on the server card.

  3. BSM will attempt to gracefully shut down the server.

Graceful Shutdown: BSM sends the stop command to the server console, allowing it to save chunks and player data before terminating, if that fails, it will forcibly kill the process after a timeout period.

Restarting a Server

To restart a server:

  1. Navigate to the Dashboard page.

  2. Click the Restart button on the server card.

  3. The server will shut down and immediately start up again. This is useful for applying configuration changes or refreshing the server state.

Console Interaction

You can send commands directly to the server console without needing SSH access to the host machine.

  1. Navigate to the Dashboard page.

  2. Click the Send Command button on the server card.

  3. A prompt will appear asking for the command.

  4. Type your command (e.g., say Hello World, op <player_name>, gamerule doDaylightCycle false) and click OK.

  5. The command is sent directly to the server.

Note: Do not include the leading / for commands sent via the console, although most commands will work with or without it.

Resource Monitoring

The Monitor page provides real-time visibility into the performance of your server instances.

Viewing Usage Stats

  1. Select the server from the dropdown menu in the web dashboard.

  2. Navigate to the Monitor page from the web dashboard.

  3. Real-time metrics include:

    • PID: The process ID of the server instance.

    • CPU Usage: Percentage of CPU cores used by the server process.

    • Memory Usage: RAM consumed by the server (e.g., “350 MB”).

    • Uptime: How long the server has been running.

    • Server Log: A live feed of the server console output, allowing you to see player activity, errors, and other events as they happen.

    • Quick Actions: Buttons to start, stop, restart, or send commands to the server directly from the monitor page.

Auto-Refresh

The monitor page automatically refreshes data periodically (typically every few seconds) to give you an up-to-date view of your infrastructure.