Custom subdomains

Replace your server's raw IP:PORT address with a clean, memorable hostname on pulsarsrv.com — included free with every plan, set up in under a minute, no DNS knowledge required.

What a subdomain gets you

Out of the box your server lives at something like 185.16.39.48:23344 — accurate, but painful to share. A subdomain wraps that allocation behind a clean name:

Before:  185.16.39.48:23344
After:   myserver.pulsarsrv.com

• The port is hidden — players type the hostname only and the game resolves it automatically (Minecraft and Hytale both use SRV-style lookup for this).
• If we ever migrate your server to a different node or port, the subdomain follows it — no need to message your players again.
• It's free, doesn't count toward any plan limit, and lives on pulsarsrv.com alongside everyone else's — pick a name that's still available.

Creating a subdomain

1. Open the Game Panel and select your server.
2. Click Network in the left rail, then switch to the Subdomains tab.
3. Hit the Create Subdomain button (top right).
4. Fill in the dialog:
   • Subdomain — the name you want, e.g. myserver. Lowercase letters, digits and hyphens only.
   • Domain — leave as pulsarsrv.com.
   • Allocation — the IP:PORT the subdomain should point at. If your server has multiple allocations (e.g. a Velocity proxy in front of a backend), pick the one players should connect to — usually your primary.
5. Click Create Subdomain. The record is live within seconds.

Using it in-game

Once the subdomain is created, anyone can connect with just the hostname — no port:

Multiplayer → Add Server
Server Name:    My Pulsar Server
Server Address: myserver.pulsarsrv.com

For Minecraft: Bedrock, paste the hostname into the Server Address field and leave the port at 19132 — or whichever port the panel shows for your Bedrock allocation. Hytale and other games follow the same pattern: hostname only, the rest is resolved automatically.

Multiple subdomains

You can create more than one subdomain pointing at the same server — handy for:

• Aliases (e.g. play.pulsarsrv.com and mc.pulsarsrv.com both leading to the same place).
• Different allocations on a network — e.g. lobby.pulsarsrv.com on your proxy, survival.pulsarsrv.com direct to a backend.
• Soft-launches — share a "test" subdomain with staff before pointing your main address.

There's no hard cap, but please don't squat — unused subdomains may be reclaimed if you sit on dozens at once.

Changing or removing a subdomain

From the same Network → Subdomains tab:

• Repoint — to change which allocation a subdomain points at, delete it and recreate with the new allocation. Players reconnecting after that pick up the new target automatically.
• Delete — click the trash icon next to the entry. The DNS record is removed within ~60 seconds. Anyone connected at that moment stays connected until they disconnect; new joins will fail until you give them a different address.

Troubleshooting

• "Server not found" after creating. Give it 30–60 seconds — propagation is fast but not instant. Worth flushing DNS on the client too: Windows ipconfig /flushdns, macOS sudo dscacheutil -flushcache.
• Connects but kicks with "wrong version". The subdomain is fine — your client and server are on different game versions. Open Changing version.
• "This subdomain is already taken." Someone else on pulsarsrv.com grabbed it first. Pick a different name — adding a number or your community's prefix usually does it.
• Connects to the wrong server. Double-check the Allocation field — if you have a proxy and a backend on the same panel account it's easy to point at the wrong one. Delete and recreate with the correct allocation.

Still stuck? Open a ticket from the Billing Panel — include the subdomain you tried to create and we'll dig in.