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Setting Up a Custom Play Domain for Minecraft (SRV and A Record)

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Setting Up a Custom Play Domain for Minecraft (SRV and A Record)

Here’s how to set up your own domain name for your Minecraft server.

Here’s how to set up your own domain name for your Minecraft server.

  1. Go to your web hosting package. (If you don't have a web hosting package, use Cloudflare.com! Check out the guide here.)

  2. Navigate to DNS Management.

  3. Add the following record:

Record type: A

Name: play

Value: Your service’s IP (if you can't find it, contact us!)

TTL: 3600

Save it!

  1. Now, add another record:

Record type: SRV

Name: _minecraft._tcp.play

TTL: 3600

Priority: 0

Weight: 5

Port: Your Minecraft server port (can be found on the Allocations page at https://game.ping64.net/)

Value: play.yourdomain.extension (replace yourdomain.extension with your chosen domain!)

Save this as well!

You have now created both an A and SRV record. It may take a few hours for everything to start working!

If you encounter any issues, feel free to reach out via Discord or create a support ticket through this link.

Lars Volkers
Updated on: 03/13/2026
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