luantiserver
runs a dedicated Luanti game server
TLDR
Start Luanti server
$ luantiserver
Start with specific world and game$ luantiserver --world [/path/to/world] --gameid [minetest_game]
Start on specific port$ luantiserver --port [30000]
Start with interactive terminal and verbose logging$ luantiserver --terminal --verbose
Start with custom config and logfile$ luantiserver --config [/path/to/minetest.conf] --logfile [/path/to/server.log]
SYNOPSIS
luantiserver [options]
DESCRIPTION
luantiserver runs a dedicated Luanti game server. Luanti (formerly Minetest) is an open source voxel game-creation platform. The server hosts multiplayer worlds with full mod support, using UDP on port 30000 by default.
PARAMETERS
--world path
World directory path.--worldname name
Set world path by name.--port port
Set network port (UDP). Default is 30000.--gameid id | list
Set game ID to use, or list available games.--config file
Load configuration from specified file.--logfile file
Set logfile path ('' for no logging).--terminal
Display an interactive terminal over ncurses during execution.--info
Print more information to console.--verbose
Print even more information to console.--trace
Print enormous amounts of information to console.--quiet
Print only errors to console.--migrate backend
Migrate from current map backend to another (sqlite3, leveldb, postgresql, redis).--migrate-players backend
Migrate from current players backend to another (sqlite3, leveldb, postgresql, files).--migrate-auth backend
Migrate from current auth backend to another (sqlite3, leveldb, files).--go
Run server without a client directly.--help
Print allowed options and exit.--version
Print version information and exit.
CAVEATS
Luanti only uses UDP protocol; all other traffic can be safely dropped by a firewall. The --terminal option requires compilation with ncurses support.
HISTORY
Luanti was originally known as Minetest and was renamed in 2024. It is an open source voxel game engine and platform with an active modding community.
SEE ALSO
luanti(1), minetestserver(1), minetest(1)
