Installing On Windows

1. Make sure you have installed the Java Runtime Enviroment (JRE) properly. Here is a tutorial.
2. Download the latest Simple Server Wrapper package and unzip it where you like.
3. Run launch.bat to start the server for the first time. Simple Server will issue some warnings about missing files and will create all the necessary configuration files and try to download the latest minecraft_server.jar automatically. If the download of minecraft_server.jar fails, you have to download it here and put it into the same directory containing the SimpleServer.jar.
4. Now stop the server again by typing stop into the server console.
5. Open simpleserver.properties and adjust the values as needed. This is best done when the server is not running.
6. After restarting (by running launch.bat), you can now connect to the server using your IP Address and the port indicated in simpleserver.properties/console! You may find your Internet IP Address via this site. If you are connected to the local network that your server is hosted on then you have to connect via 127.0.0.1:port or use localhost:port.
7. To explore and activate the different features Simple Server has to offer, read the page about Configuration.

If you want to run SimpleServer together with bukkit, read our Bukkit Guide