Configuration Guide

The glowstone.yml file allows you to edit your server settings. It can be found by default in the config directory in your server installation.

glowstone.yml

server

Key	Type	Default	Description
ip	string		Which interface the server should listen on, usually blank.
port	integer	25565	The port the server should listen on.
name	string	Glowstone Server	The server's name, used in queries.
log-file	string	logs/log-%D.txt	Where the log is stored relative to the server folder.
online-mode	boolean	true	Whether connecting players are authenticated. Only disable this if you know what you are doing.
max-players	integer	20	The maximum number of players on the server.
whitelisted	boolean	false	Whether the whitelist is enabled.
motd	string	Glowstone Server	The message shown in the server list.
shutdown-message	string	Server shutting down.	The message used to kick players when the server stops.
allow-client-mods	boolean	true	Tell Forge clients whether or not the server allows for client mods.
snooper-enabled	boolean	false	Whether Minecraft stats reporting is enabled. Currently not implemented.
prevent-proxy-connections	boolean	true	Whether the server should verify that the same IP that is used for connecting to the server is also used for authenticating with the Mojang servers.

console

Key	Type	Default	Description
use-jline	boolean	true	Whether the fancy console is enabled. Disable if you're having console problems.
prompt	string	'>'	The console prompt that appears before the input field
date-format	string	HH:mm:ss	How the time and date are displayed within the console.
log-date-format	string	yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss	How the time and date are logged in the log files.

game

Used to configure gameplay settings.

Key	Type	Default	Description
gamemode	string	SURIVAL	The default gamemode, one of SURVIVAL, CREATIVE, ADVENTURE, or SPECTATOR.
gamemode-force	boolean	false	Whether players are forced to the default gamemode on join.
difficulty	string	NORMAL	The difficulty, one of PEACEFUL, EASY, NORMAL, or HARD.
hardcore	boolean	false	Whether hardcore mode (ban on death) is enabled.
pvp	boolean	true	Whether player vs. player mode is enabled. Currently not implemented.
max-build-height	integer	256	The maximum height at which players may build.
announce-achievements	boolean	true	Whether achievements are announced in the chat.
allow-flight	boolean	false	Whether flight prevention is disabled. Currently not implemented.
command-blocks	boolean	false	Whether command blocks are enabled. Currently not implemented.
resource-pack	string		The URL of the resource pack to send to clients by default.
resource-pack-hash	string		The hash of the resource pack for data integrity purposes.

world

Used to choose how the default worlds are configured. For advanced world configuration, a plugin such as Multiverse may be appropriate.

Key	Type	Default	Description
name	string	world	The name of the main world.
seed	string		The seed to use for the main world, or blank for random.
level-type	string	DEFAULT	The world type to use for the main world, one of DEFAULT, FLAT, DEFAULT_1_1, LARGEBIOMES, or AMPLIFIED.
spawn-radius	integer	16	The radius around a world's spawn point to protect from damage, or 0 to disable.
view-distance	integer	8	The radius of the area of chunks to send to players.
gen-structures	boolean	true	Whether structures (villages, strongholds, etc.) are generated.
allow-nether	boolean	true	Whether a Nether is created by default.
allow-end	boolean	true	Whether an End is created by default.
keep-spawn-loaded	boolean	true	Whether chunks around world spawns are kept loaded by default.
populate-anchored-chunks	boolean	false	Whether anchored chunks, like world spawns, are populated as soon as they are loaded. False means that these chunks will wait to be populated until a player loads those chunks for the first time, resulting in a long "Downloading terrain" wait time, and server stutter on first world join.
classic-style-water	boolean	false	Changes the water flow behavior to be finite with a moving source.
disable-generation	boolean	false	Disables world generation.

folders

Key	Type	Default	Description
plugins	string	plugins	The plugins directory relative to server root.
update	string	update	The directory relative to 'plugins' to copy updates from on startup.
worlds	string	worlds	The world container relative to server root.

files

All files are relative to the config directory.

Key	Type	Default	Description
permissions	string	permissions.yml	The file to read custom permissions from.
commands	string	commands.yml	The file to read command aliases from.
help	string	help.yml	The file to read help topics from.

advanced

Advanced server configuration options.

Key	Type	Default	Description
connection-throttle	integer	4000	Time in milliseconds a client must wait before reconnecting.
idle-timeout	integer	0	How long until an AFK player is kicked (0 for never).
warn-on-overload	boolean	true	Whether to show warnings if the server is overloaded.
exact-login-location	boolean	false	Whether to skip fixing block collisions on player login.
plugin-profiling	boolean	false	Whether the /timings command is enabled.
deprecated-verbose	true, false, default	false	Whether to always, never, or only sometimes show deprecation warnings for plugins.
compression-threshold	integer	256	The minimum packet size to compress. -1 to disable, 0 to compress everything.
proxy-support	boolean	false	Whether proxy (e.g. BungeeCord) support is enabled, granting access to the real IP and UUID of proxied players. Requires the proxy to be configured correctly.
player-sample-count	integer	12	How many online players are shown in the server list.

extras

Extra services which Glowstone can optionally provide.

Key	Type	Default	Description
query-enabled	boolean	false	Whether the query server is enabled.
query-port	integer	25614	The port the query server runs on.
query-plugins	boolean	true	Whether the query response includes plugin info.
rcon-enabled	boolean	false	Whether the rcon server is enabled.
rcon-password	string	glowstone	The rcon password.
rcon-port	integer	25575	The port the rcon server runs on.
rcon-colors	boolean	true	Whether the server should send color-codes to the rcon client.

creatures

Used to control mob spawn limits. Currently not implemented.

database

Used to control the database engine used by some plugins. Glowstone now includes MySQL/SQLite by default.

worlds.yml

This is used to customize the terrain generation and other world specific settings that don't belong in the main configuration file.