Finding Your Server IP and Port (and Sharing It With Friends)

Your server IP and port are the address your friends type into the game to join you, and both are shown right at the top of your server in the GuavaHost control panel.

3 min read · Updated Oct 4, 2026 · By GuavaHost Team

Where to find it

Sign in at customer.guavahost.com, open My servers and click Manage on your server. At the top of the server page, next to Address, you will see an address made of two parts separated by a colon, for example 123.45.67.89:25565. The part before the colon is the IP (the numeric address of the machine). The part after the colon is the port (the specific door on that machine your server listens on). Together they are your full connect address.

Click the copy button next to it to put it on your clipboard. The same address is on your server's card under My servers, and in the Ports & network card on the server's Overview as Server address, with a Copy button.

Sharing it the right way

How you share depends on the game, but the pattern is the same:

• Some games want the whole thing. Paste 123.45.67.89:25565 into the Add Server or Direct Connect box exactly as shown.
• Some games split it into two fields. Put 123.45.67.89 in the address field and 25565 in the port field.
• If the port is the game's default, many clients let players type just the IP and fill in the port automatically. When in doubt, share the full address to be safe.

Send your friends the exact text you copied. A single wrong digit or a missing port is the most common reason someone cannot connect.

Checking your other ports

The Ports & network card on your server's Overview lists every port your server has. The Server address at the top is your main game port, the same one shown at the top of the server page. Some games use extra ports for things like query, RCON, voice or a map viewer, and those appear under Other ports, each with its own copy button and a label such as "RCON port" or "Query port" where we know what it is for. If a feature needs a second port, this is where you confirm which one to hand out.

Click Manage on that card to open the Ports & network page, where you manage your ports yourself:

• Add a port. Click Add a port and let us pick the next free one, or choose the number from the list of free ports on your machine. Each server can have up to six ports.
• Point a game feature at a port. Under Game ports you will find settings like RCON or Query. Click Choose a port to point one at one of your ports, or to add a new port for it.
• Change the main port. Click Make main next to another port. Your connect address changes, so share the new one with your players.
• Remove a port you no longer use. Stop your server first, because a running server keeps its ports open until it stops. The main port can't be removed.
• Add a note so you remember what a port is for.

Port changes apply the next time your server starts, so restart it afterwards.

Does the IP ever change?

Your connect address stays the same as long as your server lives on the same machine. If you change your server location later, or the team moves you, the IP and port change, so always re-check the top of the server page and re-share the current address after any move.

If friends still cannot connect

1. Confirm the status next to your server's name reads Online. Nobody can join a server that is Offline or still Starting.
2. Double-check they copied both the IP and the port, with the colon in between.
3. Make sure their game version matches your server version, which you can see and set in Startup settings on the Settings tab (or on the Version page for Minecraft Java).
4. Have one friend try, rather than everyone at once, so you can rule out their setup versus yours.

Good news on one front: every GuavaHost server includes free DDoS protection, so you can share your address publicly without exposing yourself to the usual attacks.

Still stuck? Jump into our Discord at discord.gg/GuavaHost and the team will help you out.

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