User’s Guide

Welcome, user, to the Sponge User’s Guide! In this guide are a number of pages discussing topics that a server owner may find useful. Use these to learn how to take full control of your server, along with the extra capabilities provided by Sponge!

Note

This guide shows topics targetted specifically at server owners.

If you are here to develop, see Developing Plugins for plugin development, and Developing Sponge for Sponge development.

• Quick Start
• Java (JRE) Installation Guide
• Installing Plugins
• Configuration
  • Introduction to HOCON
  • sponge.conf
  • server.properties
• Managing Who Can Do What
• Commands
• Managing the Whitelist
• JSON Syntax
• Managing Bans
• Log Files
• Compatibility
  • Migrating from Bukkit
  • Using Forge Mods
  • Migrating from Canary
• Troubleshooting
• Port Forwarding
• Other Platforms